A3: Health, safety and environmental regulations in the health and science sector.

Question 1

What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?

Answer 1

It defines employers responsibilities to protect health, safety at welfare of employees and members of the public. It also defines employees duties to protect themselves and others at work.

Question 2

What is the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999?

Answer 2

Aims to reduce the number and severity of accidents within the workplace through assessment and management of risk.

Question 3

What is Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002?

Answer 3

Requirement for employers to control substances hazardous to health by reducing or preventing employees exposure to these substances.

Question 4

What is the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 2022?

Answer 4

Defines employers responsibilities to provide PPE to reduce harm to employees, visitors and clients.

Question 5

What is RIDDOR 2013?

Answer 5

Defines employers responsibilities to report serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences.

Question 6

What is the Environment Protection Act 1990?

Answer 6

Makes provision for the improved control of pollution to the air, water and land by regulating the management of waste and control of emissions.

Question 7

What is the Special Waste Regulation 1996?

Answer 7

Relating to the regulation and control of transmit, import and export of waste, the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment on projects likely to have a significant impact on the environment.

Question 8

What is the Hazardous Waste Regulation 2005?

Answer 8

Controls the storage, transport and disposal of hazardous waste to ensure it is appropriately managed and any risks are minimized.

Question 9

What is The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation 2013?

Answer 9

Reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment incinerated or sent to landfill sites. Places onus on all businesses to correctly store and transport electrical waste.

Question 10

What is the Regulatory Reform 2005?

Answer 10

To reduce death, injury and damage caused by fire by placing legal responsibilities on employers to carry out a fire risk assessment. All organizations are required to have a procedure for evacuation in the event of a fire.

Question 11

What is the Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992?

Answer 11

Requires employees to assess and minimise the risk to employees health involved in manual handling, moving and positioning of an object, person, animal or workplace ergonomics.

Question 12

What is the Health and Safety Display Screen Regulation 1992?

Answer 12

Defines employers responsibilities in carrying out risk assessments of workstations used by employees including use of screens.

Question 13

Give the meaning of a Hazard

Answer 13

Something that has the potential to cause harm.

Question 14

Give the meaning of the word Risk

Answer 14

How likely a hazard is to cause harm.

Question 15

Give the 5 steps to a risk assessment.

Answer 15

1. identify the hazard
2. Deciding who may be harmed and how
3. Evaluate the risk
4. Record the findings and complete risk assessment
5. Review the risk assessment and update when needed.

Question 16

Give some ways that Health and Safety can be promoted at work

Answer 16

Modelling good practice
Following organizational policies and SOPs
Complete statutory training
Maintaining equipment and removing faulty equipment.

Question 17

How should a situation be dealt with that could cause harm to yourself or others?

Answer 17

Follow health and safety procedures
Keeping yourself and others safe and evacuate if needed
Securing the area
Reporting or escalating if needed
Debrief and reflect on root causes to prevent the situation from reoccurrence.