Getting Started in Health and Safety

What are my safety responsibilities?

These are described in the following places:

• BBC Safety, Health & Wellbeing Policy
• Safety Guideline: Safety Responsibilities by Job Role
• Personal Job Description (contact BBC Human Resources).

Where can I find BBC safety-related policies / guidelines?

• Health & Safety Information - our safety homepage, available via the internet
• A-Z of BBC Safety Guidelines – our Safety Guideline list
• Safety Guides – collations of Safety Guidelines specific to a BBC Division or genre (e.g. Journalism Safety Guide)
• Security homepage – our security-related Guidelines
• Health homepage – our health-related Guidelines
• Safeguarding – our Safeguarding team's policy and guidelines (BBC Network only)
• Business Continuity homepage – policy and guidelines
• BBC Insurance – for BBC driving policy, driver declarations, travel insurance and public liability cover (BBC Network)
• BBC Safety, Security and Resilience - our internal website on BBC Gateway.

Who can I turn to for safety-related support?

• Safety Adviser team – contact details plus the areas / departments they support; see also Safety Contacts
• Safety Advice Line – back-up support to the Safety Adviser team (Mon-Fri. 9am-6pm); maintainers of myRisks Information and arranging personal access to myRisks Tools
• High Risk team – provide security advice to those deploying to areas designated as hostile under the BBC’s Hostile Environment Country pages (BBC Gateway)
• Security and Investigations team – advise on security measures in BBC premises / on location, and investigate security-related issues (BBC Gateway)
• Health and wellbeing – support services for occupational health, travel health, workstation and physiotherapy, and mental health (BBC Gateway)
• Working With Children Advisers – contact your Child Protection Adviser; see also BBC Code of Conduct-Safeguarding
• BBC Insurance – contact the BBC Insurance Adviser team (BBC Gateway)
• BBC Workplace – service centre contact details for premises-related safety issues, and permits to film in BBC buildings.

What safety processes do I need to know about?

The BBC’s safety management and reporting processes are all comprised within the Safety Hub, including:

• Risk assessment; risk assessment how to do
• Accident reporting
• Safety monitoring / inspections

How do I improve my safety knowledge & skills?

• Safety Training and Competence – induction and mandatory training requirements, job-specific training, and a full list of training resources (face-to-face and online) offered through the BBC Academy.

Where do I find out about how to work safely with third parties?

• Contractors – guidance and access to our ‘pre-vetted’ contractor / supplier lists
• Contributors – guidance on working with contributors, including user generated content
• Freelancers – guidance on training, scheduling and provision of personal protective equipment
• Independent Production Companies - guidance on commissioning and the safety vetting process.

How do I keep up to date with changes in Safety?

• Safety News – significant changes to safety guidelines and processes; issue of safety-related alerts / product recalls; announcement of safety events; safety tips / announcements
• Safety App – safety news direct to your mobile device; as well as access to BBC safety guidelines.