Ensuring Health and Safety in Scientific Organizations

• Mathematics
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Unit 4 - Laboratory safety procedures 

Ensuring Health and Safety in Scientific Organizations

Learning Objective

Understand the key health and safety legislation relevant to scientific organizations.

What do you think are the responsibilities about health and safety legislation in scientific organizations?

Health and Safety Legislation relevant to scientific organisations

Main activities of the organisation

1) Occupational Health and Safety Research

2) Environmental Health Research:

3) Epidemiological Studies:

4) Safety Standards and Regulations:

5)Emergency Preparedness and Response:

6) Health Surveillance:

7) Public Health Education:

 8) Risk Assessment and Management:

9) Biological and Chemical Safety:

10) Workplace Health Promotion:

11) Occupational Medicine:

12) Community Health Interventions:

13) Training and Certification:

14) Technological Innovations for Safety:

15) Auditing and Compliance:

Legislations at work place

● Health and Safety at Work Act

● Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

● Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations

● Personal Protective Equipment Regulations

● Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations

● Manual Handling Operations Regulations

● Display Screen Equipment Regulations

Research any two Legislation which you learned above and write what did you undertand about it and the health and safety associated with it ?

Managing health and safety with legislation

1) Legal Framework:

2) Risk Assessment:

3) Compliance Audits:

4) Policy Development:

5) Documentation and Record-Keeping:

6) Training and Awareness:

7) Emergency Preparedness:

8) Reporting and Investigation:

9) Consultation and Communication:

10) Continuous Improvement:

11) Penalties and Enforcement:

Risk Assessment in Scientific Organizations

Importance and process of conducting risk assessments in scientific organizations.

Flammable 

Acute Toxicity 

Harmful to environment 

Explosive 

Gas under pressure 

Irritant

Oxidising

Biohazard

Corrosive 

Risk Assessment - procedures 

Key terms 

RIDDOR - Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

COSHH- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations

CLEAPSS - Consortium of local education authorities for the provision of science services

CLP- Collection, Labelling and packaging

HSE- Health and safety Executives

DSE- Display screen equpiment

COMAH- Control of Major Accident Hazards

DSEAR- Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations

CARCINOGEN- a substance, organism or agent capable of causing cancer

MUTAGEN - a chemical or physical agent capable of inducing changes in DNA

TERATAGEN - Agent that causes an abnormality following fetal exposure during pregnancy

Risk Management 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Biological Agents and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

Waste Management and Disposal

Emergency Procedures and First Aid

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What does RIDDOR mean?

1. Repeating of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
2. Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
3. Receiving information of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
4. Recording of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

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Which are the reportable incidents under RIDDOR ?

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.