UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDIOS AND SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS

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Hazard identified: TRIP HAZARDS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

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Awareness amongst individuals, particularly those

supervising activities within the studio(s) of good
housekeeping practices.
Furniture and other items arranged that results in
obstructed walkways or restricted working space.
Trailing cables across walkways.
Unnecessary delay in evacuation from the room as
a result of obstructions on means of escape.

Staff,
students and
others using
the studio(s).

Sufficient storage space, particularly for items when not in

use.
Routine housekeeping checks, including condition of floor
coverings.
Where possible trailing cables arranged to not run across
walkways. If unavoidable, cable matting to be used.
Any damaged floor coverings reported and made
safe/repaired.

Hazard identified: EXCEEDING ROOM CAPACITY

Risks to health and safety
Delay in safe evacuation from the studio(s).
Insufficient to undertake activities and to use the
studio(s) safely.

People at
risk
Staff,
students and
others using
the room(s).

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Capacity of studio(s) established prior to timetabling and
adhered to.
Any potential change of use or desired increase in
occupancy checked prior to proceeding.

Hazard identified: SPILLAGES AND CONTAMINANTS ON FLOOR SURFACES

Risks to health and safety

People slipping on liquid spillages or other

contaminants that have got onto the studios vinyl,
tiled or similar floor surface. The spillages or
contaminants could arise from activities, equipment
or items brought into the studio

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People at
risk
Staff,
students and
others using
the room(s).

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Floor covering appropriate to the activities taking place
within the studio(s), i.e. slip-resistance properties.
Room layout and activities organised to reduce likelihood
of contaminants getting onto the floor surface.
Any spillages immediately dealt with, i.e. dry spot clean,
and all aware of how to deal with such situations.

Hazard identified: ELECTRICITY AND PORTABLE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

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Appliances subject to appropriate levels of maintenance

(i.e. inspection and, where necessary, testing) that is
recorded.

Using damaged portable electrical appliances,

cables, plugs etc.
Damage to portable electrical appliances, their
cables, plugs etc.

Anyone using
or coming
into contact
with
appliances.

Hand-held appliances battery operated, operate from a

reduced voltage supply or are connected to RCD-protected
socket outlets.
Use of personally-owned portable appliances prohibited
unless subject to appropriate checks to ensure safe
condition and use.
Extension cables used only as a temporary measure and
positioned away from areas of potential damage.
Sufficient number and position of fixed socket outlets.
Unavoidable trailing cables across walkways are covered
with cable matting/protector.

Hazard identified: DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Health risks associated with poor workstation set up,

poor posture and periods of prolonged use of
display screen equipment (DSE).

Anyone using
the DSE
within the
room(s).

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Workstations provided within the studio(s) subject to the
generic workstation assessment as part of the assessment
process given by the Universitys specific DSE policy.
Information provided to individuals and made available
within the room(s) on good workstation set up and posture,
and breaking up periods of continuous use.

Hazard identified: MANUAL HANDLING

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

Those
undertaking
manual
handling and
in the
immediate
vicinity

Individual awareness of safe manual handling techniques.

Musculoskeletal injuries through poor manual

handling techniques, exceeding physical capabilities
etc and other injuries through the dropping of loads
etc

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Any further actions or

information

Generic manual handling assessments in place for typical

activities undertaken within the room(s).
Extensive manual handling activities, e.g. furniture moves,
undertaken by campus support staff

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Hazard identified: LONE WORKING AND WORKING OUTSIDE NORMAL WORKING HOURS
Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

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Periods of lone working generally confined to normal

working hours and when others in the vicinity.
Lone working by students outside normal working hours
prohibited.
Those lone working or working outside normal hours
unable to promptly summon emergency assistance
in the event of serious injury, sudden illness.
Unauthorised personnel able to access studio(s) or
other areas of the building and potential impact on
the personal safety of those lone working or working
outside normal hours.

Those lone
working or
working
outside
normal hours.

Lone working activities and activities being carried

undertaken outside normal working hours subject to risk
assessment, particularly those involving students.
Means of summoning emergency assistance easily
available (e.g. red emergency telephone).
The Universitys Out of Hours and Lone Working Policy
adhered to, especially individual awareness of actions to
take, procedures to follow etc.
Appropriate security arrangements in place to reduce
likelihood of unauthorised access into buildings.

Hazard identified: WORK EQUIPMENT

Risks to health and safety

Contact with the dangerous parts of work equipment

that is intended to be used within the studio(s).
General misuse of work equipment.
Defective work equipment and any safety measures
of that equipment.

People at
risk
Those using
the work
equipment
and others
within the
room(s).

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Work equipment intended to be used that has dangerous
parts is subject to specific risk assessment.
Appropriate levels of awareness of the safe use of
particular items of work equipment, and supervision to
ensure safe use.
Work equipment subject to appropriate levels of
maintenance, e.g. in accordance with the manufacturers
instructions.

Hazard identified: SHARPS

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Cuts to the hands or other parts of the body when

using sharps such as scalpel blades and craft knives
or if these are inappropriately disposed of.

Anyone using
the blades or
knives, or
handling
waste from
the studio

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Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Use of pressure retractable blades.
User awareness of practices to reduce risk of injury, e.g.
maintaining sharp blades, cutting away from the body.
Appropriate containers, i.e. non-medical, to allow used
blades to be disposed of. User awareness of using these
containers and not general waste bins.

Hazard identified: FIRE

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

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Smoking is prohibited.
Rubbish not allowed to over accumulate and is safely
disposed of in suitable receptacles.

Combustible materials in contact with sources of

ignition.
Potential use of dangerous substances such as
flammable liquids or gases, carrying out activities
involving ignition sources or heat within the
studio(s), e.g. as part of projects.
Display materials adversely affecting means of
escape from the studio(s) or causing obstruction to
emergency equipment such as fire alarm call points
or fire fighting equipment, or emergency guidance
way signage.

Anyone
within the
specific
building.

Studio(s) covered by the Universitys fire risk assessment

process, in particular form D for day-to-day for fire safety
management of activities within the studio(s) and form E
for information, instruction and training.
Displayed work etc safe distance for heat sources such as
light fittings and spot lights.
Displayed work not located within 1metre of any exit point
from the studio(s).
Displayed materials not restricting or preventing access to
emergency equipment or obstructing emergency guidance
way signage.

Hazard identified: HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Exposure to hazardous substances that are used as

part of projects within the room(s), e.g. spray mount,
spray paints

Anyone
within the
room(s).

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
The intended activities that will involve the use of
hazardous substances are subject to specific risk
assessment.
Risk controls identified by the risk assessments in place
and brought to the attention working within the studio(s).

Hazard identified: WORKING AT HEIGHT / ITEMS STORED AT HEIGHT

Risks to health and safety

People at
risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety
Proper access equipment available, e.g. step ladders.

Falls whilst working at height to erect displayed

material or access storage areas.
Items stored or displayed at height not securely
positioned and falling to ground.

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Those
working at
height and
anyone
below items
at height.

Awareness of safe working at height techniques.

Sufficient space around areas where work at height and
others kept away from vicinity whilst taking place.
Items securely positioned when displayed or stored at
height, e.g. proper shelving systems, consult with Estates
for heavy items being fixed into the buildings fabric.

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Hazard identified (please state):

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Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

Any further actions or

information

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risk

Measures to prevent or control the risks to

health and safety

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Hazard identified (please state):

Risks to health and safety

Note:

Where hazards, or risks particular risks to health and safety associated within those hazards, are not applicable indicate this at the relevant part of within the Action by
section.

RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW

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