Health and Safety Guidance for NESS Field Research Staff

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974, all staff are required to co-operate with their employer with regard to safety arrangements.  Accordingly, NESS research staff based around the country are required to familiarise themselves with the information in Birkbeck's Health and Safety Statement and the URLs below.  If you have been supplied with a PC to use at home, please print out, complete and post the 'DSE self-assessment' form to Birkbeck Health and Safety Services.

Birkbeck General Statement of Safety Policy:  http://www.bbk.ac.uk/so/policies/safetypolicy

Birkbeck guidance on DSE work:  http://www.bbk.ac.uk/so/policies/dse

Interactive training package on computer workstations: http://www.learninglink.ac.uk/keepfit/index.htm

Birkbeck self-assessment form for DSE workstations: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/so/forms/dseassess/printable

Birkbeck Policy on Home Working: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/so/policies/home

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on home-working:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg226.pdf

Health and Safety when conducting Social Science Rsearch:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/so/guidance/SOCIALRESEARCH

Suzy Lamplugh Trust doc on personal safety in the home
http://www.suzylamplugh.org/downloads/inandaroundthehome.pdf

Interactive training package on manual handling (lifting): http://www.learninglink.ac.uk/moveit/moveit.htm

Fire safety guidance from the London Fire Brigade: LFB - fire safety in your home:
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/fire_safety/in_your_home/in_your_home.asp

Home Office guidance on personal safety:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/staying-safe/

If you have any queries on any safety matter, please contact Birkbeck Health and Safety Services  by phone or e-mail: t.mccartney@bbk.ac.uk

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