SAFE WORKPLACES

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Health and safety is boring right?! Nah, we think it just gets a bad rep.

Health and safety is all around us, every day,  and when it is going well we hardly notice it's presence at all. But when it goes wrong, well, let's just say it can be disastrous. We are committed to building a strong culture of Health and Safety in LUU, and we plan on using our values to help us, Empowering, Inclusive and Fun, yes, you read that correctly, we are going to make Health and Safety Fun. 

Every single member of staff in LUU is part of our Health and Safety Culture and will help us guide it, you are not just a passenger on this journey you are helping us build it. So full participation is important. Here is how you can get started: 

• Learning - Make sure you have the skills and training for the tasks you undertake in your role. 

• Reporting and questions - Tell us when you notice things aren't right and ask questions when you are not sure. 

• Be active - Don't assume that someone else will 'deal with it'. Be that person. 

Risk Assessments 

A risk assessment is as simple as crossing the street. In fact that was probably the first time you did a risk assessment, when you first crossed the street. Look for the danger, find a way to mitigate it, job done! The only difference is you didn't write it down. 

We have Risk Assessments for your everyday work and for those more unusual or one off activities. You can view our current Risk assessments here (you must login to your google account to access these). 

You might be asked to write a Risk Assessment for activity you are doing in which case there is a course on Love to Learn you will complete during your induction called Hazard and Risk Identification that will give you the underlying principals. You can then use our Risk Assessment template to write up your Risk Assessment before you share it with all your Team. 

Our First Aiders are Superhero's, they can provide assistance in the event of an accident or incident. You can see who they are in the list below. They have all completed a three day First aid at work qualification which they re-do every three years. 

Our First aid kits can be found with the Help and Support team, Co-op team, Old Bar team, Common ground team, Terrace team and Stylus team. We are fortunate to have one of five defibrillators on campus in our building and this is located in the foyer on the wall by the main exit.