Welcome to Health & Safety

Edinburgh Napier University is committed to ensuring the health and safety of staff, students, visitors and contractors by taking all reasonable steps to provide and maintain safe working conditions, equipment and systems of work.

Health & Safety Covid updates and guidance

***Staff returning to campus:

All staff are encouraged to complete the Return to Campus Health & Safety Guidance (Staff) training course on Moodle prior to returning to campus and should read the Return to Campus Life - Staff Health and Safety Guidance (updated v12.0 27/09/2021).

**Staff continuing to work from home:

All staff working from home must complete the Essential Skillz Home Working eLearning module (accessed from Apps Anywhere apps.napier.ac.uk - Essential Skillz) and read the updated guidance regarding working from home.

***Students returning to campus:

All students are encouraged to complete the return to campus health and safety (student) moodle checklist and quiz and read the
Return to Campus Life - Student Health & Safety Guidance (updated v11.0 27/09/2021)

Covid Response Plan

Covid-19 Universities & Colleges SOP - management of outbreaks in places of further and higher education in Lothian (Sept 2021)

Covid-19 Emergency Response Procedures (Sept 2021)

ERP Flowchart (Sept 2021)

Overarching University Covid-19 Return to Work Risk Assessment (v15.0 updated 27/09/2021)

It is important to continually review/assess all school/service risk assessments, to ensure that all the COVID-19 risks have been fully assessed and that all required additional control measures and PPE are suitable and sufficient and that the University is in full compliance with the current Public Health and government advice/guidelines at all times.

Other Health & Safety Covid-19 documents/guidance

Ventilation - Merchiston - how to operate restrictor latch on windows

Visitors to campus (v2.0 02/08/2021)

Multiple occupancy office management (v2.1 04/08/2021)

Working Alone during Covid-19 (v1.2 02/08/2021)

Accident report form (complete this form for both accidents on campus and work-related accidents at home - further info)

Guidance on the safe use of other facilities
(updated v1.3 04/10/2021) for any University activity spanning research, knowledge exchange and general business activity

Room Bookings Health & Safety Guidance
(updated v3.0 27/09/2021)

Accident reporting - how to report an accident from home

Personal Protective Equipment COVID-19 guidance (v2.4 12/08/2021)

First aiders guidance COVID-19 (v2.3 12/08/2021)

Cleaning/decontamination guidance COVID-19 (v2.2 12/08/2021)


Overarching University Covid-19 Return to Work Risk Assessment (v15.0 updated 27/09/2021) It is important to continually review/assess all school/service risk assessments, to ensure that all the COVID-19 risks have been fully assessed and that all required additional control measures and PPE are suitable and sufficient and that the University is in full compliance with the current Public Health and government advice/guidelines at all times.
Other Health & Safety Covid-19 documents/guidance
Ventilation - Merchiston - how to operate restrictor latch on windows
Visitors to campus (v2.0 02/08/2021)
Multiple occupancy office management (v2.1 04/08/2021)
Working Alone during Covid-19 (v1.2 02/08/2021)
Accident report form (complete this form for both accidents on campus and work-related accidents at home - further info)
Guidance on the safe use of other facilities (updated v1.3 04/10/2021) for any University activity spanning research, knowledge exchange and general business activity
Room Bookings Health & Safety Guidance (updated v3.0 27/09/2021)
Accident reporting - how to report an accident from home
Personal Protective Equipment COVID-19 guidance (v2.4 12/08/2021)
First aiders guidance COVID-19 (v2.3 12/08/2021)
Cleaning/decontamination guidance COVID-19 (v2.2 12/08/2021)

Other useful links:

NHS

NHS Inform - COVID-19 guidance

Test and Protect app

Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

HSE - Coronavirus (COVID-19) : latest information and advice

HSE - Working Safely during the coronavirus outbreak - a short guide

HSE - Talking with your workers about preventing coronavirus

HSE- guidance on first aid cover and training

HSE - arrangements for driver welfare and hours of work during coronavirus

HSE - Choosing hand sanitisers and surface disinfectants to use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Health Protection Scotland

Health Protection Scotland - Guidance for non-healthcare settings

Scottish Government

Scottish Government - Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance

Scottish Government - public use of face coverings

Scottish Government - guidance for universities

Scottish Government - guidance for laboratories and research facilities

Other

Universities UK - Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Edinburgh Napier has secured The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Order of Distinction Award for 17 consecutive Gold Awards. The award for Occupational Health and Safety recognises consistently high standards in the management of Occupational Health and Safety within the University. In order to enter the award category the Health & Safety Team had to submit a detailed portfolio of all of our management systems in Occupational Health and Safety, which RoSPA then evaluated.

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Find your way round the Health & Safety website - use the menu on the left to access each section

link to Health and Safety information booklets Health and safety information booklets available to download

link to contact details for the health and safety team Contact details for the Health and Safety Team

Details of Health & Safety training events and how to register

What to do in the event of fire or emergency

link to forms and checklists Health and safety forms and checklist templates

link to guidance on health and safety issues Guidance section covering many different health and safety issues

link to Health and Safety policies Information on policies and procedures

The main functions of the Health & Safety Team

~ to provide information, training and advice on all aspects of health, safety, welfare and the environment as it affects the University staff, students, visitors and contractors in order to ensure that standards of health, safety and welfare within the University comply with the requirements of all relevant legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes etc. and the University Health and Safety Policy and Procedures.

~ to develop, implement and monitor fire precautions and procedures throughout the University.

~ to develop, implement and monitor the management of health, safety, fire and workplace policies and procedures throughout the University.

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