For guidance, information, and advice on working safely in our laboratories please consult the Departmental Health and Safety web pages. or the University Health Safety and Well-being webpages. You must discuss your work with your Project Supervisor and complete a supervisor approved Risk Assessment. You must also consult the relevant Laboratory Head before starting work.

Risk Assessments for Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Members

All postdoctoral staff and postgraduate students in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group should post their most up-to-date, supervisor approved, Risk Assessments here. These should include their Project Risk Assessment and any other Risk Assessments that are made for more specific tasks or work schedules. Please put the date in the box next you name to acknowledge that you have read and understood the current Covid-19 guidance and the Covid-19 Returning to Work risk assessment for any rooms you may use during the return to work phase of the pandemic.

Name	Activity	Risk Assessment	Date Uploaded or Updated	Training Received	Covid-19
Matthew Coak	PDRA	ERC Project Risk Assessment	30th November 2021	MJC	22/06/20
Daniel Mayoh	PDRA	EPSRC Project Risk Assessment	3rd October 2019		15/06/20
Matthew Pearce	PhD Project	PhD Project Risk Assessment	7th October 2019	MJP
Bethany Hampshire	PhD Project		25th September 2018		30/07/20
Amelia Hall	PhD project	PhD Project Risk Assessment	27th February 2019
David Jonas	PhD project	PhD Project Risk Assessment	13th October 2021	DGCJ	22/06/20
Manisha Islam	PhD Project	PhD Project Risk Assessment	4th November 2020		09/10/20
Shroya Vaidya	PhD project	PhD Project Risk Assessment	12th October 2020
George Wood	PhD project	PhD Project Risk Assessment
Jacob Oyarzabal	PhD project	PhD Risk Assessment
Geetha Balakrishnan	Research
Paul Goddard	Research Project	Project Risk Assessment	26th September 2019	PAG	15/06/20
Martin Lees	Research	Work Risk Assessment	10th June 2020	MRL	04/08/21
Tom Orton	Technician
Oleg Petrenko	Research
Patrick Ruddy	Technician
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Risk Assessments for other Staff and Students

General Risk Assessments for working in our laboratories and brief details of the Laboratory Rules for each room are given below. Anyone using one or more of our group laboratories must:

• Make sure that you have read and understood all the general Physics Department Safety Information, and taken and passed any required safety tests (please see Training Required for each room in the table below).
• Complete a supervisor approved Risk Assessment for your work. Place a paper copy of the Risk Assessment in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Room Register (please see Martin Lees for further details). Both you and your Supervisor must sign and date the Room Register (download the form here) for each new set of activities.

Generic Laboratory Risk Assessments and Laboratory Rules for all Staff and Students

All students must complete the following generic training: How to do Risk Assessments. Project students must have viewed the Safety Presentation for Project Students. Additional required Training Modules are listed against each room.

Room Number	Laboratory Head	Activity	Risk Assessment	Date Uploaded	Laboratory Rules	Training Required	Date of last check	Covid-19 Room RA
P122	GB	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	11th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	29th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P124	GB	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	11th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	29th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P125	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	29th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P126	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	27th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P127	PAG	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	1st November 2019	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics, Chemical handling. Click here to take these training modules	1st November 2019	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P128	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Chemical handling, High Pressure Gases. Click here to take these training modules	28th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 304/11/20
P129	MRL	Use of room	Furnace Room Use Risk Assessment	5th February 2019	Laboratory Rules			Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P130	MRL	Use of room	General Risk Assessment	7th August 2014	Laboratory Rules	Cryogenics. Click here to take this training module	27th May 2018	Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P164	OAP	Use of room				Ionising radiation. Click here to take this training module		Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P1 and P2	MRL	Cryogenic and Compressed Gas Work	Cryogenic Work, Risk Assessment Compressed Gas, Risk Assessment	13th August 2014 (by Tom Orton)				Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
P155	MRL	Use of Room						Covid-19 Room Risk Assessment Checked 04/11/20
Physics Department				16th June 2020 John Horsler and Robb Johnston				Covid 19 Building Risk Assessment

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Risk Assessment for Individual Activities

Activity	RA prepared by	Risk Assessment	Room or rooms	Date uploaded	Training Required	Misc.	Date of last check	Authorised User Lists (signed copies offline) Template
Use of Press and Evacuable Die	MRL	Evacuable Pellet Die	P1.55	20th March 2015	Yes. See User Guide	User Guide	20th May 2018	Authorised User List
Soldering	MRL	Soldering in the S&M Labs. COSHH / MSDS for Solder used in these labs	P122, P127, P130	22nd April 2015	Yes.		20th May 2018
Argon Arc Furnace	DB	Argon Arc Furnace	P122	13th January 2016	Yes. See User Guide and MRL	User Guide	20th May 2018	Authorised User Lists
Use of a cryomagnet	MRL	Cryomagnet systems	P125, P126, P130	4th August 2021	Yes. See User manuals and PAG and/or MRL		4th August 2021	Authorised User List
Use of cryogens	MRL and TO	Use of Cryogens	P125, P126, P127, P130	11th August 2014	Yes, see Tom Orton and Martin Lees		4th August 2021	Authorised User Lists
Laser - Ruby spectrometer	MJC and PAG	Laser risk assessment Risk Assessment – realignment Safe system of work - normal operation Safe system of work - realignment and maintenance operations	P127	28th August 2019	Yes. See Notes.	Notes	30th November 2021	Authorised User Lists: 1) Normal operation 2) Realignment
Pressure Cells	MJC and PAG	P127 Pressure Cells Risk Assessment P130 Pressure Cells Risk Assessment	P127 P130	26/09/2019 13/12/2021	Yes. See Notes.	Notes	30/11/2021 13/12/2021	P127 Authorised User List P130 Authorised User List

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Other PhD Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded

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URSS Summer Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Year
Zara Taylor	Paul Goddard	Project Risk Assessment	2021
Jack Collings	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	2019
David Jonas	Geetha Balakrishnan	Project Risk Assessment	2018
Oliver Rigby	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	2017
Thomas Hicken	Paul Goddard	Project Risk Assessment	2016

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MPhys Final Year Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded	Training
2020-2021
Christian Sil	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	08/11/20
James Blackmore	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	14/10/20
Emily Dekker	Geetha Balakrishnan	Project Risk Assessment	11/11/20
Grady Beckett	Geetha Balakrishnan	Project Risk Assessment	12/11/20
2021-2022
Ajan Sittampalam	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	14/10/21
Elliot Kent	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	14/10/21

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BSc Final Year Project Students

Name	Project Supervisor	Risk Assessment	Date uploaded	Training
2019-2020
Meesha Chotai	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	17/10/19
Michael King	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	17/10/19
2020-2021
Harry McCrirrick	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	21/10/20
Oskar Wachowiak	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	16/10/20
2021-2022
Diego Prieto Íñiguez	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment	25/11/21
Kris Baldev	Martin Lees	Project Risk Assessment

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Chemicals

In the table below you can find lists of chemicals available in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group Laboratories for sample preparation. Please consult with your project Supervisr and a staff member of the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group before using any of the chemicals in your work.

Please complete a newly purchased chemical form and place it in the tray in room P122. This must be completed for any new chemicals before they are stored in any location. If any chemicals become exhausted or are disposed please let Tom or Patrick know immediately by referencing the number in the first column of the document.

Location	List	Local Group Contact (to be consulted before use)
P122 chemicals	Click to view	Geetha Balakrishnan
P128 chemicals	Click to view	Martin Lees/Geetha Balakrishnan
P127 chemicals	Click to view	Paul Goddard

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