Commitment
The Athenaeum is committed to providing a safe working environment for all staff, volunteers, contractors, visitors, and others who may be affected by its activities. This includes environments whose physical parameters are non-standard, unstable, or subject to conditions outside the ordinary scope of workplace safety legislation.
Scope
This policy applies at all Athenaeum sites, including Sites 03 and 04 and any temporary or undisclosed site at which the institution operates. For sites governed by non-standard physics, supplementary risk assessments are prepared under internal guidance by the Frame Integrity department. These assessments note which standard safety provisions apply, which require modification, and which have no applicable equivalent.
Responsibilities
The Registrar holds overall responsibility for health and safety. Department heads are responsible for implementing safety procedures within their areas. All staff are expected to follow applicable procedures, report hazards promptly, and not place objects or colleagues at unnecessary risk.
Non-standard physics incidents
Incidents arising from non-standard physics conditions — including exposure to unusual matter states, temporal displacement, frame boundary proximity effects, and anomalous object behaviour — are reported under both the standard accident log and the Temporal Event Reporting Procedure (MA-POL-018) or the Incident Classification Guidance (MA-POL-022) as applicable.