Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology

Safety Statement

May 2004

Faculty Policy

The Faculty Safety Policy is based upon the University Safety Policy guidelines. The Faculty Board, through its Safety Policy Committee, routinely monitors the implementation of good safety practice across the Faculty. This it does by defining and reviewing boundaries of its Safety Map, and devolving day-to-day safety management to its different "territories". One of these territories is a residual territory, which by definition includes everything not devolved to Departments / Institutions.

All new initiatives are intercepted to ensure that their general safety, risk assessment, COSSH, and standard operations procedures are in place, and staff and students are duly aware of their responsibilities. These are the routine points of interception:

Each territory makes a policy statement available to its staff students and visitors, and this statement is returned with the annual safety questionnaire. Each department within the Faculty has safety as a standing item on its departmental meeting agenda.

The cycle of monitoring and review is annual, scheduled to coincide with the completion of the questionnaire return to the University Safety Office (Feb/Mar). This statement, the accompanying safety map, and risk assessment recording are all reviewed on an annual basis.

n.b. - the use of the word "hosted". In some cases, activities are nested within another institution to such a degree that that host institution's safety practices are critical. I would propose that we adopt the Faculty wide ruling that users of hosted space are obliged to comply with the host institution's safety practice in addition to that of their own Faculty/ Department.

Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology

Safety Map of spaces and activities: May 2004

Faculty Safety Chair Prof Jones

Faculty Safety Sec Mr Penny

Department of Archaeology

Head of Department Dr French

Safety Officer Dr Shell

Safety Officer Cambridge Archaeological Unit Ms Alison Dickens

Biological Safety Officer Dr Shell

Radiation Protection Officer Dr French

Principal technical staff member Ms Rippengal

Accident book located: Chief technician's office

Main building:

Dept staff offices,

Coffee room,

South Lecture Room, North Lecture Room

Archaeology: West Building

Certain basement rooms,

Ground and First floors, including circulation space

Parts of Shorts and Atlas Buildings (hosted by West Cambridge Users Group - contact Will Hudson <wjh29@cam.ac.uk>))

Laboratories (hosted by McDonald Institute)

Keyser Lab (hosted by Museum)

Arup Tower (hosted by Computing)

External classrooms (hosted by Mill Lane/Central University)

Storeys Way; Cambridge Archaeological Unit

Fieldwork

Part 1 and Part 2 fieldtrips

Training dig

Compulsory fieldwork

Unit projects

Research fieldwork

Department of Social Anthropology

HoD Prof Humphrey

Safety Officer Prof Humphrey

Principal technical staff member Mr Caldwell

Accident book located: Secretarial Office

Main Social Anthropology building

Part of Mond Building

Hopkinson's Loft (hosted by Computing)

CUMIS studio (hosted by Architecture)

Mongolian Studies Centre (hosted by CSHSS)

Arup Tower (hosted by Computing)

External classrooms (hosted by Mill Lane/Central University)

Fieldwork

Department of Biological Anthropology

HoD Prof Mascie-Taylor

Safety Officer Dr Knapp (Professor Mascie-Taylor while on Sabbatical)

Biological Safety Officer Dr Knapp (Professor Mascie-Taylor while on Sabbatical)

Principal technical staff member Mr Jordan

Accident book located: Office (Mrs Bellatti)

Main Biological Anthropology buildings

Duckworth Collection (hosted by Keynes House)

External classrooms (hosted by Mill Lane/Central University)

External labs (hosted by Natural Sciences)

Arup Tower (hosted by Computing)

LCHES (safety management to be developed)

Fieldwork

Library

Chief Librarian Mr Baker

Safety Officer Mr Baker

Accident book located: lobby office (new forms); Librarian's office (completed forms)

Main library, contained rooms and contained stairwell

Library lobby with lockers

Room 304

Thesis Room

University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Director Prof Phillipson

Safety Officer Prof Phillipson (Acting director during sabbatical)

Principal assistant staff member Mr McGrath-Thompson

Accident book located: Office (Mr Penny)

Spaces and activities within the Museum security perimeter

External Store (hosted by West Cambridge Users Group - contact Will Hudson <wjh29@cam.ac.uk>)

McDonald Institute

Director Prof Renfrew

Safety Officer Dr Scarre

Principal assistant staff members (Mr Lomas, Ms Parr)

Accident book located: Ground floor Office

Courtyard Building

Steps and ramp to above

West Building - Parts of Basement and 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th floors

Central Faculty

Faculty Chair Professor D W Phillipson

Safety Officer Mr Penny

Principal technical staff member Mr Buckley

Accident book located: Office (Mr Penny)

Main Building

All circulation space, including 2 stairwells

Toilets

Two Faculty Offices

Workshop, adjoining lobby, and all relevant faculty spaces

Photo-studio (hosted by Museum)

Part of Mond Building (hosted by Dept of Social Anthropology)

Core of Faculty-wide rules

Overall monitoring of Faculty Safety Practice

First Aiders and Fire Wardens