General information on health and safety issues

The University has a responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure that all work is carried out safely. The first level of administration to ensure that this is achieved is the University Safety Services Office located in Victoria Street (safety@sheffield.ac.uk). At Departmental level we have the Departmental Safety Committee in which each member has special responsibility.

Departmental Safety Committee

Name	Position	Room	Telephone
Professor Mark Fox	Departmental Safety Officer	E14	24527
Dr John MacMillan	Radiation Protection Supervisor	D36	23534
Mr Chris Vickers	Safety Officer for Cryogenic Liquids and Pressurised Gases	C10	24281
Professor Mark Geoghegan	Safety Officer for Chemicals and COSHH	D19	23544
Dr Steve Collins	Safety Officer for Chemicals and COSHH	E30	23511
Dr Sasha Tartakovskii	Laser Safety Officer	E13	24545
Mrs Ann Davis	Secretary to the Departmental Safety Committee	E34	24362

In addition each major research group has nominated one member of staff to the Departmental Safety Committee. One aim of this is to expedite the completion of the necessary documentation, such as Risk Assessment forms, Safe Working Practices (SWPs) and Emergency Procedures. This will be achieved by creating an interface between the special responsibilities of the original members of the Departmental Safety Committee and the instrument/experiment specific expertise of the research group members.

Research Group Members of the Departmental Safety Committee

Group	Name	Room	Telephone
Astronomy Group	Mr Paul Kerry	D16	23551
PPPA Group	Dr John McMillan	D36	23534
Low Dimensional Solids Group	Dr Sasha Tartakovskii	E13	24545
Magnetism Group	Dr Harry Blythe	E26	24571
Soft Condensed Matter Group	Dr Andrew Parnell	F12	23505