1 HEALTH & SAFETY FIRE SAFETY SATUTORY RESPONSIBILTIES FOR MANAGERS

2 HEALTH & SAFETY ADVISER John Friary City extn 1109 North extn

3 FIRE SAFETY ADVISER Ian Jerome City extn Whitechapel High Street.

4 AIMS & OBJECTIVES (1) Update staff managers on statutory duties With respect to Fire Safety With respect to Health & Safety

5 AIMS & OBJECTIVES (2) Explain the implications of new fire safety regulations Explain how managers should fulfil their statutory duties

6 HEALTH & SAFETY LEGAL FRAMEWORK 2 basis of Health & Safety Law: 1. Criminal Law – HASAWA 1974 and MOHAS ( Acts of Parliament and Regulations made under the Acts) 2. Common Law – Negligence ( Based on Case Law)

7 HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY Statement of Intent Organisations Arrangements University H&S Policy Department H&S Policy

8 HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTATION Health & Safety Forum (Sub Committee of BoG meets in Nov, Feb and May ) Estates Health & Safety Group Meetings (meet monthly) Building User Groups ( meet bimonthly?) Health & Safety Website Message of the Day/Metropolitan

9 ACCIDENT REPORTING, INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS Reporting – RIDDOR and University Forms(Accidents/Incidents/Aggression) Investigation – Part 2 of Form, carried out by Supervisor Causes - Slipping, tripping and falling, manual handling (most common early in Academic Year) Analysis – staff 10.2 per 1000 at risk (50.5 in UK HE Sector), students 1.1 per 1000 at risk (1.9 in UK HE Sector)

10 WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS Regime of Annual/Biannual Inspection of University Buildings Thermal Comfort Furniture and Equipment PAT Testing Risk Assessments DSE Assessments

11 HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT HSG65 Policy Organising Planning and Implementing Measuring Performance Reviewing Performance Auditing

12 HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN, DO, CHECK, ACT Plan – establish standards based on legal requirements and risk assessments Do – implement plans to achieve objectives and standards Check – Measure progress with plans and compliance with standards Act – Review against objectives and standards and take appropriate action

13 RISK ASSESSMENTS DSE Manual Handling Fire First Aid All aspects of work on site and off-site Underpins all of health and safety policies

14 RISK ASSESSMENTS – 5 STEPS Look for the hazards Decide who might be harmed and how Evaluate the risks and decide whether the existing precautions are adequate or whether more should be done Record your findings Review your assessment and revise it if necessary

15 BACKGROUND FIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (1) Fire Precautions Act 1971 Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

16 BACKGROUND FIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (2) Fire Precautions Act 1971: Fire certificates issued by the Fire Authority. Only applies to designated types of building use. Not educational establishments.

17 BACKGROUND FIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (3) Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997: Applies to all workplaces (including LMU). Requires fire risk assessment to be done and recorded.

18 BACKGROUND FIRE SAFETYLEGISLATION (4) Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: Replaces FP Act 1971 and Workplace Regs. FP Act 1971 and Workplace Regs to be revoked.

19 BACKGROUND FIRE SAFETYLEGISLATION (5) Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: Applies to virtually all buildings except private dwellings Comes into force 31 October 2006

20 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key Points (1): Organisations have to appoint a “Responsible Person” The “Responsible Person” can delegate various tasks to “Competent Persons”.

21 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key Points (2): Fire risk assessments must be carried out. These must be recorded

22 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key Points (3): A written Fire Safety Policy must be in place. Contents of the Policy are prescribed in the Order Records must be kept

23 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Fire Safety Arrangements Article 11. (1) “The responsible person must make and give effect to such arrangements as are appropriate, having regard to the size of his undertaking and the nature of its activities, for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the preventive and protective measures.”

24 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Responsible Person “In relation to a workplace, the employer, if the workplace is to any extent under his control

25 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Responsible Person “The person who has control of the premises (as occupier or otherwise) in connection with the carrying on by him of a trade, business or other undertaking (for profit or not)”

26 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Responsible Person “The owner, where the person in control of the premises does not have control in connection with the carrying on by that person of a trade, business or other undertaking.”

27 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Competent Person “A person is to be regarded as competent for the purposes of paragraph …. where he has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities to enable him properly to implement the measures referred to in that paragraph”.

28 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 How does his affect you? Training At the time when first employed Repeated periodically where appropriate

29 Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 How does his affect you? Fire risk assessment Record keeping

30 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO Induction training Keep Records Fire risk assessment Keep records Health & Safety Departmental Policy