UCL Health and Safety Objectives 2022/2023

The health and safety objectives for UCL are agreed annually by the Work Health and Safety Committee and are part of the Safety Management System.

Objective 1: T100 Programme

All departments have measurable reasonable time bound action plan to achieve the relevant T100 level for their Departmental hazard profile.
Plans to be approved by Faculty Deans by July 2023.

All departments using ionising radiations to have a documented plan in place, approved by Safety Services, by April 2023 to review their radiation risk assessments using the new templates.
All departments using Class 3R, 3B, or 4 lasers to have a documented plan in place, approved by Safety Services, by May 2023 to review their laser risk assessments using the new templates.
- Radiation risk assessment templates will be notified to Radiation Protection Supervisors when available.
- Laser risk assessment templates will be notified to Laser Safety Officers when they are available.

All stress risk assessments recommended by Workplace Health (WH) as part of a management referral will be reported by Faculty/Professional Services area to the Work Health and Safety Committee on a monthly basis.
Managers to record stress risk assessments completed with their reports through riskNET. These will be reported by Faculty/Professional Services area to Work Health and Safety Committee and compared against those recommended by WH on a monthly basis. The expectation is that higher numbers of stress risk assessments are taking place than those recommended by WH.
Where high levels of stress are identified Faculties/Professional Services areas (department/team) to complete a risk assessment detailing actions taken, and actions identified, as per agreed timescale.
- Stress risk assessment templates will be notified to Departmental Safety Officers when available.

To increase compliance with the mandatory fire safety training for staff new starters to 95% by September 2023
To increase compliance for fire safety refresher training for staff to 40% compliance by September 2023

All departments generating hazardous waste to have in place a waste management plan which should cover:

Types of hazardous waste generated including waste from spill or leak containment
The name of the person who is responsible for the waste from production to removal from the site
Information on when waste is reduced, reused or recycled as well as how it is processed (landfill, heat treatment etc)
How the quantity of waste generated will be monitored
- Waste management plan templates will be notified to Departmental Safety Officers when available

We encourage all staff and students to report accidents, hazards and near misses when they happen.

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