Employee Safety Responsibilities

Employee safety responsibilities are published in UCLs Organisation and Arrangements for Safety section 3.1.8 and are as follows:

The attention of all UCL employees is drawn to their legal responsibilities¹:

• To take reasonable care of themselves and all others who may be affected by their acts and omissions
• To co-operate with both the central and Departmental policy and arrangements for safe working including any training and occupational health requirements
• Not to interfere with or misuse anything, objects, structures or systems of work, provided by UCL in the interests of health and safety²

Any failure to comply with the above may lead to disciplinary action which could result in dismissal. Any breach of UCL's health and safety rules that places a member of staff or others in danger will be treated as gross misconduct under UCL's Disciplinary Procedure.

If you or your colleagues think there is a health and safety concern the steps you should consider in ranked priority order are:

• Discuss the matter with your line manager
• In the case of work-related health matters request a referral to the Occupational Health Service using the following link: Referral to Occupational Health for Advice
• Contact your nominated Departmental Safety Specialist relevant to the topic area
• Contact your health and safety representative

and at any time you can

• Discuss the matter with Safety Advisers in Safety Services

¹Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

²Section 8 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974