Health and Safety Flashcards
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Does the RICS offer any Health and Safety Guidance?
Yes - RICS Surveying Safely 2018, eff 2019
What are the guiding principles of the RICS Surveying Safely 2018, eff 2019?
Risk Assessment
Hazards
Workplace Health and Safety
Occupational Health and Hygiene
Visiting premises and sites
Fire Safety
Residential Property and Surveying
Procurement and Management of Contractors
Running Around Harrods Wearing Orange High Vis For Real Management Concerns
What must RICS regulated firms provide?
- Safe Working Environment
- Safe Work Equipment
- Competent Staff
- Safe Systems of Work
What does the guidance note RICS Surveying Safely cover?
Basic, good practice principles for the management of Health and Safety for RICS regulated members and firms at both a corporate and individual lvl
What are the key areas of advice in Surveying Safely?
- Safe Person - Each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others health and safety
- Advise on health, wellbeing and mental health
- How to address fire safety
- Seeks to ensure that individuals accept responsibility for their own actions and have the tools to do their job safely
What is a safe person?
Each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others health and safety
How can you be safe as a surveyor?
- Follow RICS guidance, with particular reference to the principles outlined in surveying safely
- Assume responsibility for your own actions
- Be a safe person
What does RICS Surveying Safely say about visiting premises or sites?
- Tell someone where you are going when you leave the building/ site
- Wear the correct PPE
- Sign in and out of construction sites and get a site induction
- Consider Lone Working Policies
- Wear non-slip shoes when going up a ladder
- Members should have the correct operational practices in place
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974?
A duty of every employer to ensure, so far as reasonably possible, the Health and Safety and welfare at work of all their employees.
What is a hazard
A hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm
what is a risk?
A risk is the likelihood of someone being harmed
What is a risk assessment?
- Identify the hazards
- Identify who is at risk from the hazards
- Evaluate the risk (considering likelihood and severity of accidents)
- Record findings
- Review findings
- Advise those who are at risk and the methods that should be adopted to minimise that risk.
Why do we undertake risk assessments?
It is a legal requirement under the H&S at Work Act for organisations employing more than 5 staff to carry out risk assessments of all their significant hazards.
What is a method statement?
A document that details the way a work task or process should be completed safely. Should also detail control measures which ensure the safety of anyone affected by the task.
What is needed before works can commence?
A copy of the contractors all risks and public liability insurance
When is a written health and safety policy document neeeded?
When an employer employs more than 5 employees.
What must be included within the written health and safety policy document
- Policy outlining a companies commitment to H&S
- Details of the H&S Structure
- A risk assessment setting out the risks and preventative measures
- Details of H&S policy
What is the trigger date for reporting injuries?
If the injury causes over 7 days incapacitation the injury must be reported to the HSE within 15 days of the accident (RIDDOR 1995)
What is an accident book?
Keeps a record of all 3 day plus injuries and should be kept for three years (RIDDOR 1995)
What is the Fire Risk Management Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005?
- Applies to non-domestic property in England and Wales
- Responsible person is the employer or occupier who controls the property or owner if vacant
- Requires a fire risk assessment
- Requires Reasonable fire precaution measures:
- Fire detection and warning system
- Fire fighting equipment
- Safe Exit routes
- emergency lighting
- suitable fire exit doors
- Covered in Part B of Building Regs
what is the fire safety act 2021?
Following Grenfell and the subsequent Hackitt review the Fire Safety Act 2021 reforms the regulatory Review fire safety order 2005 to include multi-occupied residential buildings
What are the requirements of the fire safety act?
- Requires all responsible people to assess, manage and reduce fire risk posed by the structure, EWS and communal areas
- Allows the fire service to take enforcement action against responsible persons who fail to comply
- Ensuring residents are provided with suitable fire safety instructions
- Ensuring evacuation plans are regularly updated
- Ensuring individual front doors comply with current standards where the external cladding is deemed unsafe.
Why were EWS1 forms introduced?
Following Grenfell, it was found that numerous tall residential buildings were fitted with unsafe cladding. Lenders subsequently withdrew lending on these properties. EWS1 form allows a qualified professional to confirm that the EWS on a residential building has been assessed for safety in line with the government guidance.
What type of property can an EWS1 form be used for?
Residential property of any height, including, block of flats, student accommodation, care homes. EWS1 forms are not intended for use on hotels.
