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Which forms do I require?

The risk assessment and CoSHH forms are below. In addition, anyone undertaking laboratory work must sign the lab user agreement and send a copy to environment-safety@york.ac.uk.

You will be given copies of all completed forms for your records.

• Fieldwork risk assessment form  (Google Docs) - for field work and field trips (except survey-based fieldwork)
• General risk assessment form (MS Word) - for laboratory work and survey-based field work
• CoSHH assessment form - an additional assessment required for lab or field work involving chemicals(. You will be prompted to make a copy to save an editable version of this document to your Google Drive, complete it and then share it with or send it toenvironment-safety@york.ac.uk)
• Student laboratory user agreement

Examples of completed risk and CoSHH forms

• Fieldwork risk assessment example (PDF, 650kb)
• Lab CoSHH assessment example (PDF, 106kb)

Lab Handbook

• Laboratory Handbook (6th Ed) - PDF version  
• Laboratory Handbook - Google Doc (6th Ed) - MS Word version