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These written arrangements for the Department of Geography have been drawn up under the authority of the Head of Department to correspond with the work hazards and activities under his control.
This page was last reviewed in January 2024. This content is currently under review.
The Head of Department hereby acknowledges that he is responsible to the Provost and President for the implementation of UCL’s corporate health and safety arrangements wherever they apply to the department. Details are given of Codes of Practice, Departmental Guidelines and contacts and recommended control measures for activities carried out for/by members of the Department. They will be reviewed at least annually. All members of the department should make themselves aware of these arrangements and check for changes at the start of each academic year. Any changes made to these arrangements at other times of the year will be communicated via email. Where the document reference is given as "lab manual", this can be found on the departmental lab pages.
Topic | Document Reference | Date Last Reviewed |
| Accidents and Incidents | 1 | June 2018 |
| Allergens | 2 | June 2018 |
| Biological Agents | Lab Manual | June 2018 |
| Building Maintenance | 3 | June 2018 |
| Carcinogens | Lab Manual | June 2018 |
| Chemicals | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Compressed Gases | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Consultation | 4 | June 2018 |
| Contractors | 5 | Sept 2018 |
| Control of access | 6 | June 2018 |
| Co-operation between organisations | 7 | June 2018 |
| Cryogenic substances | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Dangerous goods transportation | 8 | June 2018 |
| Disabilities | 9 | June 2018 |
| Display screen equipment | 10 | June 2018 |
| Electricity | 11 | June 2018 |
| Emergencies | 12 | June 2018 |
| Events | 13 | June 2018 |
| Exhibitions | 14 | June 2018 |
| Fieldwork | 15 | June 2018 |
| Fire | 16 | June 2018 |
| First aid | 17 | June 2018 |
| Gas monitors and detectors | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Integrating incoming groups | 18 | June 2018 |
| Inspections | 19 | June 2018 |
| Inspection, testing and maintenance of engineered safety equipment | 20 | June 2018 |
| Ionising radiation | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Laboratory work | 21 | June 2018 |
| Lone working | 22 | June 2018 |
| Manual handling | 23 | June 2018 |
| Noise | 24 | June 2018 |
| Non-ionising radiations, e.g. UV and microwave emitters | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Office work | 25 | June 2018 |
| Out of hours working | 26 | June 2018 |
| Permits to work | 27 | June 2018 |
| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Placements | 28 | June 2018 |
| Pregnant workers | 29 | June 2018 |
| Purchasing arrangements | 30 | June 2018 |
| Record keeping | 31 | June 2018 |
| Resourcing for safety Management | 50 | June 2018 |
| Review of safety management arrangements | 32 | June 2018 |
| Risk assessment | 33 | June 2018 |
| Safety committee | 34 | June 2018 |
| Safety policy distribution and display | 35 | June 2018 |
| Sensitisers | 36 | June 2018 |
| Signage | 37 | June 2018 |
| Slips, trips and falls | 38 | June 2018 |
| Social events | 39 | June 2018 |
| Soldering and welding | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Spill procedures | Lab Manual | June 2018 |
| Storage | 40 | June 2018 |
| Substances | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Supervision | 41 | June 2018 |
| Safety Training | 42 | June 2018 |
| Unattended or overnight processes | Lab Manual | July 2017 |
| Vacating UCL premises | 43 | June 2018 |
| Vehicles | 44 | June 2018 |
| Violence | 45 | June 2018 |
| Visitors and members of the public | 46 | Sept 2018 |
| Waste management | 47 | June 2018 |
| Working at heights | 48 | June 2018 |
| Working in the open air | 49 | June 2018 |
| Working with Boats | 51 | June 2018 |
| Workshops | Lab Manual | July 2017 |