event of a fire. A personal evacuation plan will be drawn up and brought to the attention of colleagues working in your vicinity.
9.6
Fire drills will be held at least every 12 months and must be taken seriously.
9.7
The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for ensuring fire risk assessments are undertaken and implemented, and for ensuring regular checks of fire extinguishers, fire alarms, escape routes and emergency lighting.
10.
RISK ASSESSMENTS AND MEASURES TO CONTROL RISK
10.1
We carry out general workplace risk assessments periodically. The purpose is to assess the risks to health and safety of employees, visitors and other third parties as a result of our activities, and to identify any measures that need to be taken to control those risks. Measures will be taken to avoid or reduce the need to lift or carry items which could cause injury (manual handling) and to provide training on manual handling as necessary. The use of hazardous substances at work will be avoided wherever possible and less hazardous alternatives will be used where available. Training on the control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) will be provided as necessary.
10.2
10.3
10.4
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided where there are risks that cannot be adequately controlled by other means.
10.5
The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for workplace risk assessments and any measures to control risks.
11.
COMPUTERS AND DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT
11.1
If you use a computer screen or other display screen equipment (DSE) habitually as a significant part of your work:
(a) You should try to organise your activity so that you take frequent short breaks from looking at the screen.
(b) You are entitled to a workstation assessment.
(c) You are entitled to an eyesight test by an optician at our expense.
11.2
You should contact your manager or The Health and Safety Manager to request a workstation assessment or an eye test. Eye tests should be repeated at regular intervals as advised by the optician, usually every two years. However, if you develop eye problems which may be caused by DSE work (such as headaches, eyestrain, or difficulty focusing) you can request a further eye test at any time. We will not normally pay for glasses or contact lenses, unless your vision cannot be corrected by normal glasses or contact lenses and you need special glasses designed for the display screen distance. In such cases we will pay the cost of basic corrective appliances only.
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