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Safety Statements

Under current health and safety legislation (Section 20 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (No. 10 of 2005)) all employers are required to prepare a Safety Statement. The purpose of a Safety Statement is to outline how the health and safety of all persons in a workplacewill be safeguarded.

Given the complex and varied nature of University operations the University Safety Office has prepared a number of Local Area Safety Statements. These documents when read in conjunction with the University Parent Safety Statement and any relevant risk assessments as listed within the Local Area Safety Statement indicate how the health and safety of staff, students and visitors to the designated area / facility will be managed.

All staff and postgraduate students must make themselves familiar with the contents of their Local Area Safety Statement and the relevant risk assessments as outlined therein and work in accordance with the provisions set down. Any person who has a difficulty with the contents of a Local Area Safety Statement or a risk assessment should contact the University Safety Office.

Local Area Safety Statements will be subjected to review on a regular basis and also when changes in work practices necessitate it.

All persons are strongly encouraged to develop local area safety plans and procedures to complement the contents of their relevant Local Area Safety Statement where they deem it necessary or useful to do so.

Local Area Safety Statements

Veterinary Sciences Centre And Veterinary Hospital

Lyons Estate Farm (Laboratory, Teaching and Administrative Functions

School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

Graduate School of Business

St. Vincent's University Hospital Clinical Research Centre

Mater Clinical Research Centre

Quinn School of Business

School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

College of Arts and Celtic Studies

School of Mathematical Sciences

College of Human Sciences