The University’s Health and Safety Office provides a central resource of information on all aspects of safety at work. The local information below should be read in conjunction with the University Health and Safety Policy and the Little Green Safety Book.

Faculty of History Health and Safety contacts

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Departmental Safety Officer
Dr Linda Washington (office 2.3, ext 35337, lw213@cam.ac.uk).
Deputy - Liz Partridge (office 4.9, ext 35313, esp23@cam.ac.uk)

Fire Safety Manager
Dr Elizabeth Haresnape (office 3.3, ext 35303, eh273@cam.ac.uk)
Deputy - Kelemen Antal (Custodians Office, ext.35300,  ka324@cam.ac.uk).

First Aid
Jo Pearson (office 4.13, ext 35350, jen26@cam.ac.uk)

Custodians
Kelemen Antal, Peter Clifton (ground floor lobby area, ext 35300, custodians@hist.cam.ac.uk).

Security
Call University Security on 01223 31818 (routine calls) or in an emergency by dialling 101 on an internal phone.

Faculty Safety Committee
Terms of reference, Faculty safety policy and Faculty Safety Committee meetings minutes can be found here.

Accidents
The First Aider (see above) can assist in the event of accident, injury or illness in the Faculty Building. All accidents must be reported to the First Aider or to the Departmental Safety Officer (see above) and an accident form must be completed.

Emergency Procedures
An alarm will sound in the event of fire. On hearing the alarm you must leave the building immediately by the nearest signed exit, without making detours to collect possessions. Do not use the lifts. The Fire Assembly Point is Lady Mitchell Hall, on the south side of the Faculty. Do not re-enter to the building before the official ‘all clear’ is given by a Faculty Fire Warden.

Exiting the Faculty Building during ‘Closed’ Hours
The Faculty building is open for the same hours as the Seeley Library (see details posted on the Library’s web pages and on Faculty notices). At other times the building is electronically locked. If you need to exit the building when the doors have locked, please press the green ‘exit’ button located to the left of the doors.

Emergency Telephones
The Faculty has a phone system which relies on an electrical supply. Phones in the Senior Combination Room, Graduate Research Room and Junior Common Room have battery back-up and can be used in the event of a power cut. The lift emergency phone will also continue to operate.

Smoking policy
The Faculty does not permit smoking anywhere in the building.

Children
No children (aged 16 and under) are permitted in the History Faculty Building except as part of a supervised visit authorised by the Faculty.