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What is the term HSE?

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  1. HSE stands for the Health & Safety Executive
  2. The HSE is the UK national authority for managing work related health, safety and illness issues
  3. They act in the public interest to reduce work related injuries and incidents
  4. Their aim is to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring that risks are properly managed
  5. They also support businesses to change and adapt in order to remain compliant with occupational health and safety legislation
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What is the considerate constructor’s scheme (CSS)?

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  1. It is a non-for - profit independant organisation founded in 1997 to improve the iage of the construction industry
  2. It encourages contractors and their supply chain to implement best practice procedures for site operations and engagement with surrounding communities
  3. Intiatives include promoting cleanliness of building sites. minimisation of noise pollution and engagement with local communities
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What kinds of incident are the causation of most with the construction industry?

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  1. Falls from height
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What is the biggest cause of long term health issues in the construction industry?

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  1. Breathing in Hazardous Dust and Fumes
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What does the Beaufort Scale measure?

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This is used to measure windspeed which is important when working on site

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When are visitors mosts liley to have and accident on a construction site?

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When they first start on a new site

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What should you do first if you find an injured person on site?

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  1. Assess the situation first without putting yourself in immediate danger
  2. Call the emergency services if serious
  3. Rais the alarm and call for help
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What is the Health Safety Act 1974?

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  1. Primary UK legislation governing H&S
  2. Sets out duties of emplyers, self - employed persons, persons in control of premises, employees, manufaturerers and suppliers. They must safe guard H&S of employees and public who may be affected by their work.
  3. Enforced by the HSE. Penalties can include fines and imprisonment

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What are the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999?

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Requires employers to carry out risk assessments, make arrangements to implement necessary measures, appoint competent people and arrange for appropriate information and training

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What are the four key implications of the updates to CDM - 2015 regulations?

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  1. More focus on clients to put in place arrangements to ensure health and Safety
  2. Clients can no longer assign their legal responsibilities to agents
  3. Must be a declaration of how long contractors will be given to plan and prepare for construction work
  4. Clients deemed the principal contractor or CDM CO-ordinator for any period during which other appointments aren’t made
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What are the key implications for cost consultants?

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  1. If they specify materials, working methods or prepare specifications they will be deemed to be designers

2.This means they have to comply with obligations for designers under the Regulations

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What would you usually find in the pre construction information?

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  1. Project description
  2. Client’s considerations and management requirements (hoarding, welfare facilities, traffic restrictions. permit to work, etc.)
  3. Environmental restrictions and existing services, asbestos surveys, contamination, unsafe structures, etc.)
  4. Significant design and construction hazards(design risks assessements. suggested method statements, arrangement for coordination post contract design work changes)
  5. Health and Safety File requirements
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What would you find in the Construction Phase Plan?

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  1. Project description
  2. Management of the works (site induction, training, communication, welfare facilities, design coordination, site rules, emergency procedures, etc.)
  3. Arrangements for controlling significant site risks (handling of deliveries, working at height, deep excavations, preventing falls, site segregation, maintenance of plant and equipment, removal of asbestos, reducing noise and vibrations, maual handling)
  4. Health and Safety Plan File proposal
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What is a F10 notification

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It is a mandatory online form to completed by the client to the HSE.

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What are the 5 types of PPE

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  1. Hard hat
  2. Goggles (eye and hearing protection)
  3. Hard toe foot wear
  4. High Visibilty vests
  5. Gloves
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What would you find in the H&S File?

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  1. It only needs to contain H&S information that would be useful for the planning of future maintenance.
  2. A brief description of the work carried out:
  3. Any residual hazards which remain and how they have been dealt with (for example surveys or other information concerning asbestos: contaminated land; water bearing strata: buried services etc);
  4. Key structral principles (for example, bracing, sources of substantial store energy
  5. Including pre- or post-tensioned memeber) and safe working loads for floors and roofs particularly where these may preclude placing scaffolding or heavy machinery there:
  6. Hazardous materials used (for example lead paint; pesticides; special coatings which would not be burnt off etc);
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What is an F10?

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The F10 form is used to notify the HSE of the project.

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What components would you find within the F10?

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  1. It should contain address of construction site
  2. Name of local authority where the site is located
  3. Give a brief description of the project and the construction work it entails
  4. Provide contact details for client, principle designer and Principal Contractor
  5. Give an indication of the time allowed by the client for the PC to pland and prpare for the construction work
  6. Give a planned date for start of work, duration of construction phase
  7. Give number of peaople at work on site at any one time and be signed by the Client

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What does RIDDOR stand for?

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Reporting of injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occureences Regulations

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On the project described in your critical analysis, what measures did you or your company take to ensure good standards of health and safety when either undertaking your work or delivering the project?

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  1. Prparing work risk assessments
  2. Wearing personal protective equipment on site
  3. Adhering to contractor’s site rules
  4. Attending site inductions
  5. Ensuring health and safety was discussed at meetings
  6. Cooperating with the CDM co-ordinator
  7. Reporting visible risks (traffic management issues)
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