Unit 2 - D4
Regulations and Legislations at Huntingdon Life Sciences
Following accidents and allegations, it has been said that health and safety are not being taken serious in Britain’s Scientific Workplaces, there are many organisations that keep a check on laboratories to make sure that they are continuing to maintain the standards that are required for that particular scientific area and that all the staff members who work there are not being put at risk. The aims of these regulations are to ensure safe working practices and environmental protection. These regulations can be achieved by the correct use of the buildings, machinery and equipment as well as use of energy and water.
The scientific workplace I have chosen is Huntingdon Life Sciences, which is a research company, located in the outskirts of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. There are laws and regulations in place to monitor all types of scientific work in factories, in the field and laboratories. In every scientific workplace it is critical that each person follows the Health and Safety at Work Act, this covers all aspects and areas of the workplace, this act is mainly displayed in work places through a poster. The purpose of this act is to prevent any death, injury and ill health to those at work and those who are affected by work activities. As this workplace has more than five employees it is essential for them to produce a ‘Health and Safety Policy’ document, which is overseen by the ‘Health and Safety Executive’. The Health and Safety Executive sets out the general approach of this policy and oversees the policy. It is the Health and Safety Executive in Huntingdon Life Science to oversee the writing of the policy, accessing of risks, consulting workers and making sure that Health and Safety at work posters are displayed.
Within Huntingdon Life Sciences there has always been special controls on the use of laboratory animals in the UK, these were however revised and changed in the late 1980s, this
Following accidents and allegations, it has been said that health and safety are not being taken serious in Britain’s Scientific Workplaces, there are many organisations that keep a check on laboratories to make sure that they are continuing to maintain the standards that are required for that particular scientific area and that all the staff members who work there are not being put at risk. The aims of these regulations are to ensure safe working practices and environmental protection. These regulations can be achieved by the correct use of the buildings, machinery and equipment as well as use of energy and water.
The scientific workplace I have chosen is Huntingdon Life Sciences, which is a research company, located in the outskirts of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. There are laws and regulations in place to monitor all types of scientific work in factories, in the field and laboratories. In every scientific workplace it is critical that each person follows the Health and Safety at Work Act, this covers all aspects and areas of the workplace, this act is mainly displayed in work places through a poster. The purpose of this act is to prevent any death, injury and ill health to those at work and those who are affected by work activities. As this workplace has more than five employees it is essential for them to produce a ‘Health and Safety Policy’ document, which is overseen by the ‘Health and Safety Executive’. The Health and Safety Executive sets out the general approach of this policy and oversees the policy. It is the Health and Safety Executive in Huntingdon Life Science to oversee the writing of the policy, accessing of risks, consulting workers and making sure that Health and Safety at work posters are displayed.
Within Huntingdon Life Sciences there has always been special controls on the use of laboratory animals in the UK, these were however revised and changed in the late 1980s, this
References: National Applied Science Student Book (Pearson, 2010) – BTEC LEVEL 3 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/48 http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/how/regulation/ www.huntingdon.com https://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/riskassessment/purpose http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/basics/whatdo.htm