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.

**As COVID-19 is a new and evolving risk and Public Health and the government are continually reviewing and updating COVID-19 measures and guidance, it is important to also 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. All Covid-19 health and safety guidance has and will be reviewed and updated as required and the current editions will now be posted on the Health & Safety Website.**

Covid-19 Health & Safety guidance and documents

Overarching University Covid-19 Return to Work Risk Assessment v13.0 (20/04/2021)

Covid-19 cases in staff and student population (07/05/2021)

Staff working 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.

Staff required to be on campus : All staff are required to undertake the following before coming back on site:
click here and complete the mandatory Return to Campus Health & Safety Guidance (Staff) training course on Moodle. (Full staff guidance document is available to download below)

Staff documents:

Covid-19 Return to Work Health and Safety Guidance (v10.2 24/03/2021)

Manager safe return to campus checklist

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

Students:
All students must complete the return to campus health and safety (student) moodle checklist and quiz (Full student guidance document is available to download below).

Student guidance document:
Student return to campus life Health & Safety Guidance (v9.2 24/03/2021)

Covid-19 Emergency Response Procedures (15/12/2020)
ERP Flowchart (29/09/2020)

Multiple occupancy office management (v2.0 24/03/2021)

Working Alone during Covid-19 v1.1 (14/01/2021)

Guidance on the safe use of other facilities for any University activity spanning research, knowledge exchange and general business activity

Room Bookings Health & Safety Guidance (v2.0 24/03/2021)

Accident reporting - how to report an accident from home

Personal Protective Equipment COVID-19 guidance

First aiders guidance COVID-19

Cleaning/decontamination guidance COVID-19

Other useful links:

NHS

NHS Inform - COVID-19 guidance

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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