Model (S) Full Index

Full Index to Model (S)- [Science/Eng. & Services.]

Volume 1: Safety Management System ( revised 2014)

Volume 2: Requirements for the Controls of Hazards and Risks

Volume 3: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (part revised 2014)

Volume 4: Safety Action Plans

Appendices

Volume 1 (S): Universal Safety Management System (2021)

1.0 Circulation
2.0 Foreword-Review-and-Amendment-Procedures-Jan-2022
3.0 University-Safety-Policy-Revised-2021	3.1 Introduction 3.2 University Safety Policy 3.3 Statutory Responsibilities of the University as an Employer and the Executive of the College 3.3.2 Employee Responsilities 3.4 Responsiility for safety at College/Functional Area Level 3.4.1 School/Department Safety statement responsiility 3.4.2 Other Responsiilities outside the control of the College/Function/School/Department 3.5 Principal Legislation applying to the University
4.0 College-Function-School-Department-Safety-Organisation-and-Responsibilities 2021
5.0 Responsibilities-of-University-College-Officers-Designated-Officials Dec 2021
6.0 Resources 2014	6.1 University Responsibility 6.2 College/School/Department/Unit/Centre Responsibility
7.0 Training-Jan-2022	7.1 Legal Requirements 7.2 Department responsibility for training 7.2.1 Undergraduate and Post Graduate Safety Training 7.2.2 Employee/ Post Doc Safety Training 7.3 Specific Training 7.4 Completion of Training records 7.5 Responsibility for training
8.0Safety-Consultation-and-Safety-Reps 2024	8.1 Legal Requirements 8.2 Safety Representatives 8.3 Safety consultation at department level 8.3.1 General 8.3.2 School/Departmental Safety Officer and Department Safety Action Team 8.3.3 Safety queries and concerns
9.0 First-Aid-Health-and-Welfare 2020	9.1 General 9.2 Provisions of First Aid Boxes/Kits at Department level 9.3 Location and Number of First Aid Boxes within the Department 9.4 names and Location of Department First Aiders 9.5 Names and Telephone Numbers of Emergency Services 9.6 Emergency First Aid Procedure 9.7 Training 9.8 Medications 9.9 Supervision 9.10 Welfare - Drinking Water 9.11 Smoking Proscription
10.0 Accident-and-Dangerous-Occurrence-Reporting May 2021	10.1 General 10.2 UCC internal reporting system
11.0 Safety-Auditing-Occupational-Health-and-Hygiene Jan 2022	11.1 Audits and Inspections Occupational Health and Surveillance 11.2.1 Legal Requirements 11.2.2 Department/Unit/Centre health surveillance 11.2.3 Pre-employment health screening 11.2.4 Occupational Hygiene (air analysis monitoring and personal dosimetry
12.0 Postgraduate-and-Undergraduate-Students 2014	12.1 General 12.2 Graduate Students 12.3 Undergraduates 12.4 Student Projects 12.5 Responsibilities of Supervisors for Student Projects 12.6 Project Risk Assessment and Levels of Supervision
13.0 Persons-with-Special-Needs 2020	13.1.1 Pregnant employees, employees who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding 13.1.2 Individuals who suffer from medical conditions 13.1.3 Individuals who have visual, aural or mobility impairments 13.1.4 Young persons/persons of an advanced age 13.2 Arrangements for Persons with Special Needs
14.0 Members-of-the-public-Visitors-Contractors-Shared-Workplaces 2020	14.1 Members of the Public and Visitors 14.2 Contractors 14.3 Employers Sharing the same Workplace 14.4 Typical Health & Safety Requirements for Inclusion in Contracts with Third Parties
15.0 Atypical-Working-Times 2014	15.1 Introduction 15.2 Night work and Shift Work Employees 15.3 Late and Off-Peak Working
16.0 Permit-to-Work-Systems-and-Safe-Operating-Procedures 2014	16.1 Permit to Work Systems 16.2 Safe Operating Procedures 16.3 Specimen Permit to Work form 2014 UCC permit to work general e-template 2014
17.0 17.0 Student Placements in the workplace 2014	17.1 Introduction 17.2 Legislation 17.3 Placement Approval/Appraisal 17.4 Review and Feedback

Volume 2 (S): Controls of Hazards and Risks

Requirements for the Control of Hazards & Risks

Note: all docs have individual rev #'s ( most current document in each case).

The list below is not exhaustive. Schools/Depts should add to the list below based on their Dept RA reconciliaiton. (With an summation of the appropriate risk controls listed and the persons responsible operationally for managing said risks)

	Year	Controls for Normal Work Hazards		Year	Controls for Special Work Hazards
18.1	2007	Offices	18.12	2006	Fieldwork
18.2	2006	Fire-and-other-emergencies-Jan-2022-(Offices-and-Non-Offices)	18.13	2006	Noise-at-Work
18.3	2006	Visual-Display-Screen-Equipment-(VDSE)	18.16	2006	Asbestos
18.4	2006	Manual-Handling	18.21	2006	Laboratories-(General)
18.5	2006	Slips-Trips-and-Falls	18.22	2007	Compressed-Gas-Cylinders
18.6	2006	Violence-at-Work	18.23	2006	Compressed-Air
18.7	2006	Machinery-and-Equipment-(Offices-and-Non-Offices)	18.24	2006	Laboratory-Glass-Apparatus
18.8	2006	Movement-of-Vehicles	18.25	2006	Use-of-Rubber-and-Plastic-Tubing-in-Laboratories
18.9	2006	Lecture-Theatres-Seminars-and-Meeting-Rooms	18.26	2006	Overnight-Experiments-and-Unattended-Operations
18.10	2006	Electrical-Safety	18.27	2006	Non-Ionising-Radiation
18.11	2007	Falls-from-Height	18.28	2006	Burns
18.14	2006	Occupational-Stress	18.29	2006	Food-Halls-Food-Preparation-areas-and-Canteens
18.15	2006	Working-Alone	18.30	2006	Personal-Protective-Equipment
18.17	2006	Bullying-and-Intimidation-in-the-Workplace	18.31	2006	Chemicals
18.45	2006	Working-Outdoors	18.32	2006	Portable-Electrical-Equipment
			18.33	2006	Engineering-and-Scientific-Workshops
			18.34	2006	Cryogenic-Technology
			18.35	2006	Biological-Safety-Cabinets
			18.36	2006	Biological-and-Biomedical-Laboratories
			18.37	2006	Fume-Cupboards
			18.38	2006	Refrigerators
			18.39	2006	Vacuum-Equipment-and-Systems
			18.40	2006	Syringes-Sharps-Surgical-Blades-etc
			18.41	2006	Centrifuges
			18.42	2006	Autoclaves-Pressure-vessels-Systems-and-Plant
			18.43	2006	Ionising-Radiation
			18.44	2006	Working-in-Confined-Spaces
			18.46	2015	Vibration-at-Work

Volume 3 (S): Hazard Id. & Risk Assessment

How to Identify Hazards and Manage and Assess Risks

19.1	Terminology-and-Checklists
19.2	Risk-Assessment-Methodology
19.4	Risk-Assessment-Procedure
19.5	Controlling-Risks
19.6	Monitoring-and-Review
19.7	Hazard-Identification-and-Risk-Assessment-Flow-Chart
19.10	Basic-Hazard-Spotting-and-Risk-Assessment-Exercise
Appendix IV	Occupational-Hazards

Volume 3 (S): Scientific/ Services Hazards Checklists-

‌‌‌‌‌‌Normal/Universal Work Hazards	Special Work Hazards
19.3.1 General-Workplace-Safety-Checklist-July2020	19.3.11 Construction-Checklist
19.3.2 Work-Equipment-Machinery-Checklist	19.3.12.1 Laboratory-Workplace-and-Environmental-Checklist
19.3.3 Manual-Handling-Checklist-05-03-12 Manual-Handling-Simple/ General MH RA‌	19.3.12.2 Laboratory-Equipment-and-Apparatus-Checklist
Note: Form 19.3.3.1 is an aide to more indepth MH RA of complex shaped items or complex activities and in areas such as store rooms, equipment room or post rooms. Form 19.3.3.1 Manual-Handling-Self-Assessment-Checklist for Indepth MH RA	19.3.12.3 Chemical-Storage-Usage-and-Disposal-Checklist
19.3.3.2 Manual-Handling-Simple/ General MH RA	19.3.13 Engineering-and-Scientific-Workshop-Checklist
19.3.4.1 Stress-Checklist	19.3.14 Fume-Cupboard-Checklist
19.3.4 VDSE-and-Assessment-Checklist Appendix V VDU Issues & Requirements	19.3.15 Compressed-Gasses-Checklist
19.3.5 Fire-and-Emergency-Checklist-Jan-2022 Appendix X Guide to Fire Extinguisher Use/Selection	19.3.16 High-Pressure-Systems-and-Autoclaves-Checklist
19.3.6 Electrical-Safety-Checklist	19.3.17 Chemical-Risk-Assessment-Form 2014 Appendix XVII Student Supervision Appendix XIX Guidance on the Safety Storage of Chemicals
19.3.7 Personal-Protection-Equipment-May-2022	19.3.18 Biological-Risk-Assessment-Form 2018
19.3.8 Meeting-Rooms-Lecture-and-Seminar-Theatre-Checklist	19.3.20 Risk=Assessment-of-Materials-with-Irreversible-Health-Effects
19.3.9 Movement-of-Workplace-Vehicles-and-Traffic-Checklist
19.3.10 First-Aid-Checklist
19.3.19. This form is ommitted. Employees must notify HR of their pregnancy. HR will then issue them direct with an Pregnancy Job Risk Assessment Form. ( Students and Postgraduates should notify their department and Student health)
19.3.21 Work related travel RA Oct 2023

Note: Only use those sections or elements therein as are relevant to the Departments activities as and where work is conducted both within and external to UCC.

Add additonal content to cover activities that are not captured within the above. B&Es inputs may be needed for 19.3.5, 19.3.6 and 19.3.9.

Repeat travel journeys by an individual or group may be covered by an initial travel RA provided the circumstances remain constant/ unchanged.

A VDSE RA must be conducted for each staff workstation ( to capture different personal circumstances and set ups).

Please adapt the Field work code for indepth treatment & RA of any/ all fieldwork trips conducted by the School/Department.

Revised Feb 2015 and March 2017

Volume 3 (S): Hazard Id. (In-depth risk assessment)

19.8 Hazard-Identification-and-Risk-Assessment-Worksheet

19.9 Risk-Calculator-and-Nomogram-and-Analysis

The following Appendices provide guidance on how to carry out In Depth Risk Assessment

Appendix I	Hani-Rafaat-Risk-Assessment-Nomogram
Appendix II	Recording-Risk-Assessments-(Examples)
Appendix XXI	Chemical-Storage-Compatability-Chart
Appendix XVII	EU-Risk-and-Safety-Phrases-for-Chemicals
	New EC CLP Classification and labelling of substances and mixtures‌
	New CLP regs - indepth classification guidance‌

Volume 3 (S): Hazard Id. - Action Summary

19.11 Summary-of-Simple-Actions-Arising-from-All-Hazards

19.12 Risk-Assessment-Summary-Sheet

Volume 4 (S): Safety Action Plans

21.0	21.0 Record and Status Report Form
22.0 &23.0	22 & 23 Record and Status Report Forms- Part I and II

Appendices Model (S)

Appendix I	Hani-Rafaat-Risk-Assessment-Nomogram	Sample
Appendix II	Recording-Risk-Assessments-(Examples)	Sample
Appendix III	Quick-Reference-Index-of-Subjects
Appendix IV	Occupational-Hazards
Appendix V	Appendix V VDU Issues & Requirements
Appendix VI	Irish-and-EU-Leglislation
Appendix VII	Student-Supervision
Appendix VIII	Safety-Responsibilities-to-Students
Appendix IX	Provision-of-Welfare-Facilities
Appendix X	Guide-to-Fire-Extinguisher-Use-Selection
Appendix XI	First-Aid-Procedures
Appendix XII	Bomb-Alert-Procedures
Appendix XIII	List-of-Health-and-Safety-Publications
Appendix XVII (revised 2015)	EU-Risk-and-Safety-Phrases-for-Chemicals New CLP regs - indepth classification guidance‌ ‌New EC CLP Classification and labelling of substances and mixtures‌
Appendix XVIII	Guidelines-for-Management-of-Lab-Wastes
Appendix XIX	Guidance-on-the-Safety-Storage-of-Chemicals
Appendix XX	Selection-Guide-for-Respiratory-Protective-Equipment
Appendix XXI	Chemical-Storage-Compatability-Chart
Appendix XXIII	Compressed Gases Publications
Appendix XXIV	A-Safe-Working-Guide-for-Labs
Appendix XXV	Liq N2 Safety & RA - Univ of QueenslandLiq N2 Safety & RA - Univ of Queensland (412kB)Liq N2 Safety & RA - Univ of Queensland (412kB)
Appendix XXV! (2014/15)	‌HSA form of Notification - SHWW Biological Agents Regs 2013 ‌SHWW Biological Agents Regs 2013 Code of PracticeSHWW Biological Agents Regs 2013 Code of Practice (525kB)SHWW Biological Agents Regs 2013 Code of Practice (525kB) ‌UCC guide for HoF - SHWW Biological Regs 2013UCC guide for HoF - SHWW Biological Regs 2013 (58kB)UCC guide for HoF - SHWW Biological Regs 2013 (58kB)
Appendix XXVII (2014/15)	HSA Guide - Control of Exposure to Waste Anaesthetic Gasses‌‌‌

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