Health And Safety - L2 Flashcards
Tell me about the RICS Guidance Note covering Health and Safety
RICS Guidance Note Surveying Safely (2018) - this sets out basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS Regulated Firms and Members, including the safe person concept, risk assessment, lone working and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
What primary Health and Legislation are you aware of and how do you ensure you adhere to it?
Health & Safety at Work Act (1974):
primary UK piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety.
Sections:
1. General duties of employers to employees (section 2)
2. General duties of employees at work (section 7) ie to take reasonable care for the health and safety
3. self-employed
Example employer duties:
1. the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure upmost H&S at work
What does COSHH stand for and what is its purpose
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health - aims to prevent, or adequately control, exposure to substances hazardous to health, so as to prevent ill health.
What is a CSCS Card
Construction Skills Certification Scheme - CSCS cards provide proof that individuals working on construction sites have the appropriate training and qualifications for the job they do on site
What is the principle behind the Suze Lamplugh Case
Suzy Lamplugh, a 25-year-old, disappeared during the course of her work (1986) as an estate agent while showing a client round a house in Fulham.
What is RIDDOR
Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), employers must report and record work-related accidents that cause serious injuries or deaths, as well as specified industrial diseases, such as occupational asthma, and dangerous occurrences, such as plant or equipment coming into contact with overhead power lines.
When do I need to report an incident?
accidents resulting in the death of any person.
accidents resulting in specified injuries to workers.
non-fatal accidents requiring hospital treatment to non-workers.
dangerous occurrences.
What is the main legislation governing Asbestos
Control of Asbestos Regulations (2012) imposes a duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises. Non compliance is a criminal offence
Regulation 4 requires the duty holder – that is the owner of the premises or the tenant with a full repairing lease – to manage asbestos if it is or is presumed to be present.
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What is asbestos
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. used in a wide range of manufactured goods, mostly in building materials (roofing shingles, ceiling and floor tiles.
Water resistant, heat resisstant, non flammable, chemically inert, strong.
It was banned in 1999 in the UK.
What are the 3 types of asbestos.
Brown (amosite)
Blue (crocidolite)
White (chrysotile)
Why is asbestos dangerous?
When asbestos fibres are breathed in, they may get trapped in the lungs and remain there for a long time. These fibres can accumulate and cause scarring and inflammation, which can affect breathing and lead to serious health problems such as asbestosis and lung cancer.
What is an asbestos management plan?
Before arranging for any work to be done you should start by writing an ‘asbestos management plan’. This should include:
Who is responsible for managing asbestos;
the asbestos register you have just made;
plans for work on asbestos materials;
the schedule for monitoring the materials’ condition; and
telling people about your decisions.
The plan must say who is responsible for what. It can be written or held as a computer based record.
What is Occupation Health?
Occupational health considers the physical and mental effects of work on health (including health issues that develop over time, referred to as ‘chronic’) and assists
an RICS-regulated firm in ensuring its employees are fit for their work through health assessment, promotion, maintenance and surveillance.
What RICS Documents contains infromation on Asbestos
Asbestos Professional Standard - 2021
What is the “Safe Person Concept”
RICS considers the concept of a ‘safe person’ to mean that each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work.
Fire Safety Act 2021
The Fire Safety Act 2021 amends the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales, and along with the draft Building Safety Bill, aims to implement some of the recommendations of the Hackitt review.
External walls and fire doors
The 2021 Act closes a loophole in the 2005 Order by placing a legal obligation on the designated responsible person to commission a fire risk assessment (FRA) that includes the external walls of a building and fire doors to individual flats.
The 2021 Act clarifies that, for any building containing two or more sets of domestic premises, the 2005 Order applies to the structure and external walls and any common parts, including the front doors in residential areas.
Fire safety - Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is a statutory instrument applicable in England and Wales. The Order places the responsibility on individuals within an organisation to carry out risk assessments to identify, manage and reduce the risk of fire.
Fire Safety Regulations 2022
Commencing January 2023 make it a requirement for responsible persons of high-rise residential buildings to provide information on their building/s to their local fire and rescue service.
Building Safety Act 2022
The Building Safety Act 2022 is primary legislation which establishes in law a framework for building safety both during design and construction and in occupation.
The Government has named the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). The HSE website sets out the primary functions of the BSR. These are: To oversee the safety and standards of all buildings.
Fire Risk Assessment
- analyses risks present and the measures in place to mitigate or negate such risks.
Tell me about your company’s health and safety policy
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What is a Duty Holder
The dutyholder is the owner of the non-domestic premises or the person or organisation that has clear responsibility for the maintenance or repair of non-domestic premises
What documents and information contractors must provide to comply with the Construction and Design
Management Regulations 2015 before any works are undertaken
The pre-construction information
The construction phase plan,
The health and safety file.
These three documents contain the important health and safety information required at each stage of a construction project.
What are RAMS
RAMS stands for Risk Assessment Method Statement — an important health and safety document that is completed to identify the steps to be undertaken to carry out a specific activity or task in a safe manner.
What is Occupiers Liability
Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 building occupiers (owner or tenant) have a duty of care to visitors, and to trespassers under the Occupiers Liability Act 1984.
Trespass:
The Occupiers Liability Act 1984 imposes a duty on occupiers in relation to persons ‘other than his visitors’ ie trespassers
Case law relating to duty of care - keeping a property secure
Hedley vs Heller - Hedley Byrne serves as a warning to professional services firms that they can have a responsibility to more than just their direct clients. While inadequate or negligent advice to a client may be actionable in contract, there could also be a class of third parties whose losses may also be recoverable in tort.
This concept originationes from Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) established the duty of care and negligence principles in English law. It ruled that manufacturers must ensure their products’ safety for foreseeable consumers, even without a contractual relationship. This landmark case underlines the importance of reasonable care and foreseeability in preventing harm caused by others’ actions or products.
Suitable PPE
Hard hat
Steel toe boots
Hi Visibility Clothing i.e. jacket
Face mask
Protective gloves
What are the exceptions for not wearing a hard hat
Yes. Section 11(1) of the Employment Act 1989 as amended by Section 6 of the Deregulation Act 2015 exempts turban-wearing Sikhs from any legal requirement to wear a safety helmet in a workplace, including a construction site
Confined Spaces
No Risk if items falling from above
Tell me the contents of the RICS Guidance Note - Surveying Safely
1 Personal responsibilities for RICS members and corporate responsibilities for RICS-regulated firms
1.1 Influencing factors
1.2 Personal responsibilities
1.3 ‘Safe person’ concept
1.4 Corporate responsibilities
1.5 In the event that it ‘all goes wrong’
2 Relevance to RICS professional groups
3 Assessing hazards and risks
3.1 Risk management
3.2 Concepts of managing risk
3.3 Working safely as an RICS-regulated firm and an RICS member
3.4 Assessing risk
3.5 Hierarchy of risk control
3.6 Dynamic risk assessment
3.7 Evaluating risk
4 RICS members’ places of work
4.1 General
4.2 Perception and behaviours
4.3 Geographical location
4.4 Historical use
4.5 Immediate locality
4.6 Risk identification and management
4.7 Common requirements at places of work
4.8 Emergency arrangements
4.9 Building services
4.10 Maintenance of buildings
4.11 Fixed equipment
5 Occupational hygiene and health
5.1 Occupational hygiene
5.2 Occupational health
6 Visiting premises or sites
6.1 Before visiting premises or sites
6.2 Checklist of matters to consider
6.3 Arriving and during visits to premises or at sites
6.4 Securing the site and leaving
6.5 Review on completion of the visit
7 Fire safety
7.1 Risk of fire
7.2 Fire safety management
8 Residential property surveying
9 General procurement and management of contractors
9.1 General principles
9.2 Who or what is a contractor?
9.3 Why contract work?
9.4 Principles of good contractor procurement
9.5 Identifying the job
9.6 Management of contractors
9.7 Discuss details before issuing instructions
9.8 Make sure others will not be put at risk
9.9 Monitor the work
9.10 Ensure risks from contractors’ activities are controlled and coordinated
9.11 Review the arrangements
What must Regulated firms provide in relation to H&S
Health and safety law states that organisations must:
- assess risks to employees, customers, partners and any other people who could be affected
- arrange for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of preventive measures;
- have a written health and safety policy if they employ five or more people
- consult employees about their risks at work and current preventive and protective measures.
What are the BSI competence requirements relating to CDM roles?
BSI Flex 8670 v3.0 sets out core building safety competence criteria, including fire safety, structural safety and public health, to be included in sector-specific frameworks for individuals working in the built environment. It is applicable to buildings of all types and scales.
