health and safety self assurance toolkit

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Health and Safety

Self Assurance Toolkit

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Today’s Aims

• How to complete the toolkit

• Points to consider

How to complete the toolkit

Purpose of the Toolkit

• To help you identify effective systems of control

• To help you identify areas for improvement

• To help you plan improvements

• To help the University monitor performance, but NOT as a ranking exercise.


Ten questions:1. How does your department decide what actions to take to comply with health and safety legislation?

2. How does your department conduct risk assessments and ensure that precautions/controls are adequate?

3. How does your department establish and maintain management control?

4. How does your department consult with its members and encourage participation in developing safety procedures?

5. How does your department identify training needs and ensure everyone is informed and suitably trained in procedures?

6. How does your department ensure incidents are reported, managed and investigated?

7. How does your department conduct inspections and ensure corrective and preventative measures are implemented?

8. How does your department ensure those with authority are committed to controlling risk and preventing harm to people?

9. How does your department manage health and safety in respect to the following ‘key topics’ (Personal Protective Equipment)?

10. How does your department ensure health & safety is seen as an integral part of the department's overall objectives?


Ten questions:1. How does your department decide what actions to take to comply with health and safety legislation?

(Planning to improve performance)

2. How does your department conduct risk assessments and ensure that precautions/controls are adequate?(Risk Control)

3. How does your department establish and maintain management control?(Control)

4. How does your department consult with its members and encourage participation in developing safety procedures?(Co-operation)

5. How does your department identify training needs and ensure everyone is informed and suitably trained in procedures?(Communication/Competence)

6. How does your department ensure incidents are reported, managed and investigated?(Accidents and Incidents)

7. How does your department conduct inspections and ensure corrective and preventative measures are implemented?(Surveying/Corrective measures)

8. How does your department ensure those with authority are committed to controlling risk and preventing harm to people?(Leadership/Review)

9. How does your department manage health and safety in respect to the following ‘key topics’ (Personal Protective Equipment)?(Key Topics)

10. How does your department ensure health & safety is seen as an integral part of the department's overall objectives? (Integration)


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Each question has a set of answers



Each answer has a different ‘Performance Level’ statement


For each answer, you select the statement that best represents your department


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Points to Consider

Points to Consider

1. How does your department decide what actions to take to comply with health and safety legislation?

Answers• Implementation of University health and safety policies

Evidence• Consider meeting minutes, emails, handbooks, safety manuals,

standard operating procedures

Points to Consider

2. How does your department conduct risk assessments and ensure that precautions/controls are adequate?

Answers• Risk assessments• ‘Suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments• Review of risk assessments• Control measures

Evidence• Attach fire risk assessment• Consider ‘general’ & ‘topic specific’ assessments• Consider emails, incident reports, minutes, inspections

Points to Consider

3. How does your department establish and maintain management control?

Answers• Health and safety responsibilities• Supervision• Contractor control• Arrangements with other departments/organisations

Evidence• Attach statement of safety organisation• Consider how people are selected & understand their roles• Consider levels of experience and the required supervision• Consider how well the department interacts with others over safety

Points to Consider

4. How does your department consult with its members and encourage participation in developing safety procedures?

Answers• Discussion forums for health and safety• Agenda and recording of safety discussions• Staff and student involvement in developing controls

Evidence• Attach minutes & agendas from safety discussion forums• Consider terms of reference and representation on committees• Consider how active and informed are the committee members• Consider what discussions are held at group levels

Points to Consider

5. How does your department identify training needs and ensure everyone is informed & suitably trained in procedures?

Answers• Health and safety induction training• Ongoing health and safety training• Communication of health and safety information• Competent health and safety advice

Evidence• Consider induction training, including different types of individual or

remote locations, and what records kept• Consider training records or attendance on courses• Consider how well updated information is known• Consider whether individuals contact the DSO and take your advice

Points to Consider

6. How does your department ensure incidents are reported, managed and investigated?

Answers• Incident reports and investigations• First aid provision• Contingency plans for fire and flood• Contingency plans for hazardous substance spills

Evidence• Attach a summary of the incidents reported in past year• Attach your department’s assessment of first aid needs• Consider how well prepared the department is for an emergency

Points to Consider

7. How does your department conduct inspections and ensure corrective and preventative measures are implemented?

Answers• Safety inspections• Safety inspection personnel and involvement• Implementation of corrective measures

Evidence• Attach inspection reports from the past year• Consider how effective the inspection process is at finding problems• Consider whether actions are rectified in a timely manner• Consider actions arising from other sources, such as risk

assessments, incident investigations, committees.

Points to Consider

8. How does your department ensure those with authority are committed to controlling risk & preventing harm to people?

Answers• Head of Department• Supervisor influence• Governance

Evidence• Attach:

• All: Statement of Safety Organisation, Agenda and Minutes from relevant Safety Meetings, Inspection Reports, Accident Reports, Self Assurance Questionnaire, Fire Risk Assessment.

• Topic Specific: Ionising Radiation monthly returns, Biological Survey, Laser Inventory/Inspection report, New or modified Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems

• Consider what involvement Heads of Department and Supervisors

take in implementing the measures outlined in the other questions.

Points to Consider

9. How does your department manage health and safety in respect to the following ‘key topic’ – Personal Protective Equipment ?

Answers• Protective eyewear• Respiratory protective equipment• Protective gloves• Protective clothing• Miscellaneous (e.g. hearing, foot, head, fall from height protection)

Evidence• Consider implementation of University policy statements• Consider risk assessments and ‘hierarchy of controls’• Consider selection, fitting, training, storage, cleaning, maintenance

Points to Consider

10. How does your department ensure health & safety is seen as an integral part of the department's overall objectives?

Answers• Changes in research or teaching activities• Planned improvements for the forthcoming year

Evidence• Consider building projects• Consider new groups or equipment arriving• Consider individuals collaborating with other departments• Consider emerging or new technologies

• Implement a plan for improvement based on overall findings.

And finally…

• Toolkit open at least End of September, 2013

• Identify areas of improvement and use the findings to devise some form of action plan for 2013/14

• Discuss the findings during safety committees

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