Risk Assessments

Question 1

How many steps to risk assessments are there?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

What are the steps to risk assessments?

Answer 2

• identify the hazards
• decide who might be to blame and how people could be harmed
• evaluate the risks and decide in precautions
• record the findings and implement them. (Produce a risk assessment)
• date revi

Question 3

Whats the hierarchy?

Answer 3

Government 
         ⬇️
Health and safety work experience 
         ⬇️
Land based
         ⬇️
Inspectors
         ⬇️
Managers
         ⬇️
Me and you

Question 4

How many fatalities a week are there?

Answer 4

One

Question 5

What is the risk?

Answer 5

The chance high or low that somebody could be harmed

Question 6

Whats a hazard?

Answer 6

Anything that may cause harm

Question 7

Whats COSHH?

Answer 7

Control of substances hazardous to health

Question 8

Whats some of the substances that relate to COSHH?

Answer 8

Gas (airbourne)
Solids (crystals)
Liquids
Vapour
Dust
Bacteria

Question 9

Whats the most dangerous COSHH substance?

Answer 9

Airborne gases or vapours like carbon monoxide as you cant see them or smell them

Question 10

COSHH substances on index?

Answer 10

• Salmonella and ecoli
• foods
• ammonia in urine
• disinfectants
• mites in hay and straw
• dust
• bacteria

Question 11

Whats RIDDOR?

Answer 11

Reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations

Question 12

What does RIDDOR enable?

Answer 12

Health and safety executive and local authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents.

Question 13

Health and safety executives…

Answer 13

Help with guidance, advice and support.

They dont want to investigate accidents and prosecute you

Question 14

What must you report?

Answer 14

• death
• fractures (no fingers or toes)
• amputations
• loss of sight
• crush injuries to head, torso or internal organs
• severe burns
• unconsciousness
• in hospital for 24hours
• when employee cant come to work for over 7days
• injuries to members of the public and people not at work where they have to go to the hospital
• work related diseases
• dangerous occurrences (near misses)

Question 15

Reportable injuries

Answer 15

Must keep a record of them as well as diseases or dangerous occurrences. Date and method of reporting must be included.
Records need to be kept in a acceptable form

Question 16

Reducing the risk

Answer 16

• elimination
• substitution
• safe working procedures
• training, instruction and supervision
• personal and respiratory protective equipment

Question 17

How many workers deaths were there in 2015/16

Answer 17

144. But it was lower than the average for the past five years

Question 18

In how many years has there been a downward trend in the rate of fatal injury?

Answer 18

20

Question 19

How many members of the public were fatally injured in 2015/16

Answer 19

67

Question 20

Who is responsible for providing, replacing and paying for your PPE?

Answer 20

Your employer

Question 21

What do respirators do?

Answer 21

Filter the air

Question 22

PPE need to be

Answer 22

Used correctly and employees need to know why they need PPE

Question 23

PPE -

Answer 23

Needs to fit correctly

Question 24

You need to make sure that PPE:

Answer 24

Doesn’t introduce another health risk

Question 25

What three powers do inspectors have?

Answer 25

1. Inspection- Can do inspections at any time 2. Investigation- contrevention of regulations and if found can issue notices 3. guidance- iffer help and advice

Question 26

Whats an improvement notice?

Answer 26

Where one or more statutory area are being contravined by an employer/employee. Given 21 days to improve

Question 27

Whats a prohibition notice?

Answer 27

Where a work place activity may give rise to serious injury. You must stop carrying out the activity until its put right.

Question 28

Whats an intervention fee?

Answer 28

£129 1hr. 0vpaid for HSE to investigate. The contravention investigation + enforcement action.

Question 29

Prosecutions:

Answer 29

Takes 9 weeks before conviction to allow for approvals. Now unlimited fines. Was £2000 now unlimited from 12 march 2015 6months in prison

Question 30

Manual handling operations handling 1992:

Answer 30

* state the common injuries associated with mandual handling (back injuries, pulled muscles) * state the common manual handling activities on the zoo (mulching, shoveling, lifting feed bags) * pick associated with the above (back injuries) * what alternative ways have you to do the jobs? ( more people to help, two people to life heavy things)

Question 31

What does HASAWA mean?

Answer 31

Health and safety at work act

Question 32

Types of fires:

Answer 32

* chip pan * oil/fuel * forest/grass * arson * bin * car * chemicals * electrical

Question 33

Fight fires with:

Answer 33

* fire blanket * wet towel * fire extinguisher * fire hose * sand bucket * foam

Question 34

Whats the standard colour for a fire extinguisher?

Answer 34

Red

Question 35

If a fire extinguisher has a cream band what does it have in it?

Answer 35

Foam

Question 36

If a fire extinguisher has a yellow band what does it have in it?

Answer 36

Wet chemical

Question 37

If a fire extinguisher has a black band what does it have in it?

Answer 37

CO2

Question 38

If a fire extinguisher has a red band what does it have in it?

Answer 38

Water

Question 39

If a fire extinguisher has a blue band what does it have in it?

Answer 39

Powder