About Birkbeck Health and Safety Services

The Health and Safety Officer is Tom McCartney and his role in Birkbeck is to:

• advise the College on how to comply with statutory requirements
• offer advice on all aspects of safety to all College staff
• where necessary, initiate enforcement of statutory and College requirements for health and safety
• act as Radiation Protection Advisor to the College
• act as Fire Officer to the College
• act as secretary to and as the executive arm of the College Safety Committee
• investigate accidents and incidents
• deliver induction safety training/information to all new staff
• deliver training sessions on a range of safety topics
• develop College safety policies and assist with school and departmental safety policies
• liaise with external bodies on health and safety matters
• assist with annual inspections of departments
• carry out audits of school and departmental safety management systems.

Service Level Agreement