Health and Safety Flashcards
(34 cards)
How do you ensure you are safely working within the office/site?
a. Office: adjust chair/monitor height, 20 20 20 rule for eye strain.
b. Site: dynamic risk assessments and wearing correct PPE, undertake site induction and follow rules/signs.
What are dynamic risk assessments?
On the spot, evaluate the risks within an area making on the spot decisions regarding risks and mitigation
5 PPE Areas
Head, eyes, high vis, hands and boots
What is, and what are the aims of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
Primary piece of legislation governing H&S at work in the UK
Places a statutory duty on employers to provide and maintain equipment and systems of works ensuring they are safe and don’t pose a risk to employees
Aims:
Secure the health, safety and welfare of people at work. Protect the public against risks that arise from work activities.
Control dangerous substances
Control of emissions into the atmosphere
Employers with 5+ employees must have written health and safety documents detailing the organisations health and safety structure
Responsibilities of employers and employees under this legislation? (HS@W)
Employer: Ensure, as reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare at work of all of their employees through training, PEE and a safe working environment
Employee: Take care to not put other people at risk, ensure you receive proper training, understand and follow organisations H&S policy and co-operate with your employer.
What is the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012?
Legislation that puts responsibility on duty holders to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises (including communal areas of blocks) to prevent exposure to risks associated with asbestos.
What are the risks associated with asbestos?
Tiny air borne fibres which can be inhaled into respiratory system and lodge into the lung tissue which can then cause serious diseases
Risk factor is proportional to the amount breathed in
Causes lung cancer, asbestosis, mesothelioma
What are the typical places where asbestos can be found?
Asbestos can be found in any property built before the year 2000
Lagging - on plant and pipework
Insulation products - pipe, boiler, wall
Cement roof panels
AIBs - soffits, fire doors, ceilings
What is licenced asbestos removal?
Removal of asbestos where exposure is high (exceeds air limit of 0.1 fibres per cm3 over 4 hour period)
Can only be completed by HSE licensed contractors
Must be reported to HSE 14 days prior
Unlimited fine, or 2 years in prison if undertake without licence
Examples: removing AIBs, pipe lagging, loose insulation
What is unlicensed asbestos removal?
It is sporadic, low intensity removal where air limit doesn’t exceed 0.1 fibres/cm3 over 4 hour period - typically because of short duration
Risk assessment should be carried out and appropriate controls in place
Examples: cleaning up small quantities of loose ACM dust or drilling holes into textured coating
Please explain the asbestos survey types?
Management survey: completed to identify ACM during the normal occupation and continued use of property through noting location and condition of ACM, with limited sampling and intrusive investigation.
R&D survey: completed when property is undergoing refurbishment or demolition and identifies all ACMs before any works begin through destructive inspection
Responsibility of landlord under asbestos regulations?
Determine whether asbestos is present, record location and assess the risk through implementing an action plan including containing measures
Provide information to those who are likely to disturb the asbestos.
Yearly inspections identifying condition and updating the asbestos register.
What is CITB health, safety, and environmental test?
Stands for the construction, industry training board
Enables you to get construction skills certification scheme (CSCS) card
Covers health and safety issues to consider while attending construction sites and CDM regulations
What is COSHH
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002
Protects workers from health risks associated with hazardous substances
Covers chemicals, dust and fumes
What is a COSHH assessment?
Employers must conduct risk assessments to identify potential hazards and mitigate where possible:
i. Ventilation
ii. Proper storage
iii. Proper handline
iv. Adequate training
Employers must monitor, and review risk maintaining documentation
What is the RICS surveying safely guidance?
Guidance note providing principles for managing health and safety for both members and firms
What is a safe person under RICS surveying safely?
A safe person means that each individual assumes responsibility for their own, colleagues and others health and safety while at work
What are individual responsibilities under RICS surveying safely? (PACVAT)
Performance - ensure you are competent to perform work safely
Adaptability - able to adapt to changing circumstances
Control - able to work within accepted systems of work
Vigilance - remain vigilant at all times
Awareness - recognise own abilities and limitations
Teamwork
What are the organisational responsibilities under RICS surveying safely? (STIES)
Selection - ensuring works have the ability or can develop the ability to meet demands
Training
Information - providing information about risks and control measures
Equipment - ensure it is suitable and that workers know how to use
Safe systems
What is the hierarchy of risk control? (ESIEP)
Elimination - remove the hazard
Substitution - replace the hazard
Isolation - isolate people from the hazard
Engineering Controls - engineer out the hazard
PPE
What are RAMS?
Risk Assessment - identify hazards, associated risks and measures to mitigate
Method Statement - detailed guide of how to perform task safely incorporating measures identified in the risk assessment
You arrive on site for a site inspection, what would you consider from a H&S perspective?
Assess the site for immediate hazards
Ensure wearing adequate PPE
Undertake site induction
Follow signs
Follow site specific and regulatory rules
Be aware of emergency procedures
What are the CDM Regualations?
Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015
Apply to all construction works no matter size or cost
Ensure health and safety is properly considered and managed during a construction project
What are the key implications of CDM Regulations 2015?
More focus on client to put in place arrangements relating to health and safety
Clients can no longer assign their legal responsibilities to others
Client must be contractors time to plan and prepare construction work
Clients must assume role of principal contractor for any period where appointments have not been made
States which projects are notifiable to HSE
