Element 3 - Do Flashcards
What is the definition of an employer?
A person or organisation that employ people.
Who does an employer owe a duty to (6)?
- Employees
- Contractors
- Agency workers
- Sub contractors
- Visitors
- Public
Who are Managers and Supervisors operationally responsible for (3)?
- Direct Reports - Staff who work directly under them.
- Lower level staff
- Areas and activities under their control.
How can Directors and Management show their commitment to Health and Safefy (7)?
- Using the correct health and safety policy.
- Ensuring availablility of resources.
- Defining roles and responsibilities.
- Appointing a Health and Safety Champion.
- Appointing a competant person.
- Engagement of contractors.
- Review health and safety performance.
Outline the Four key action areas in HSE publication INDG417.
- Plan - establish a Health and Safety Policy and promote a positive culture.
- Do - deliver the policy through effective management.
- Check - monitor and report of performance.
- Act - Review performance and chance if ineffective.
Define Safety Culture?
The shared attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviours relating to Health and Safety.
What are the indicators used to assess culture (6)?
- Accidents.
- Sickness Rates.
- Absenteeism.
- Staff Turnover.
- Compliance with Safety Rules.
- Complaints about working conditions.
Define ‘Health and Safety culture’.
The shared attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviours towards health and safety.
What is the purpose of looking at human factors (2)?
- To correct bad behavior and remove the cause.
- Anticipate poor behaviour and effect changes to reduce the likelihood.
What three issues influence a persons health and safety behaviour?
- Organisational Factors - characteristics of the organisation.
- Job Factors - characteristics of the job they are performing.
- Individual factors. - characteristics of the individual.
Collectively know as ‘human factors’.
Outline 8 Organisational Factors.
- Safety Culture.
- Commitment and leadership.
- Resources.
- Work Patterns.
- Communications.
- Levels of Supervision
- Consultation.
- Training
What are Job Factors (5)?
- Task - the characteristics of the work itself.
- Workload - the amount and rate of work.
- Environment - workplace conditions.
- Displays & Controls - poor design.
- Procedures - the existance of, and quality of, working conditions.
Define Ergonomics (2)
- The design of the workplace, equipment and work environment to suit the needs of the individual.
- Concern with worker comfort, reducing stress and strain to prevent injury.
Why are individual factors?
A persons mix of attitude, skills, experience, knowledge and therefore behaviour towards health and safety.
What is makes a persons competence?
- A combination of SKATE.
- Must have the right experience and qualifications.
How is it possible to change a persons Attitude to Health and Safety (4)?
- Education and Training.
- High-Impact intrventions.
- Enforcement.
- Consultation and Involvement.
What is the definition of Motivation?
A persons drive towards a goal, the thing that makes them tick.
What factors can distort a persons perception of hazard and risk (8)?
- Illness.
- Stress.
- Fatigue.
- Drugs and Alcohol.
- Previous experiences.
- Training and education.
- Use of PPE.
- Workplace conditions.
What are they ways of improving worker perception of hazards (5)?
- Safety awareness campaigns.
- Developing training programmes
- Highlighting hazards - such as signs.
- Ensuring adequate lighting.
- Removing distractions - such as noise.
Identify three factors that impact a persons health and safety behaviour (3)?
- Organisational Factors.
- Individual Factors.
- Job Factors.
Outline the Key job factors that can impact on safety-related behaviours (5).
- Task - the characteristics of the work itself.
- Workload - the amount and rate of work.
- Environment - workplace conditions.
- Displays & Controls - poor design.
- Procedures - the existance of, and quality of, working conditions.
What is perceptual distortion (2)?
- When a persons senses work but they cant compute the information safely.
- Can be affected through drugs, alcohol, stress, heat, tiredness.
How can Management demonstrate commmitment to Health and Safety (6)?
- Behaving Safely (leading by example).
- Involvement in day to day management of Health and safety.
- Taking part in safety tours or audits.
- Promoting changes to improve health and safety.
- Enforcing the company safety rules.
- Complying with legislation.
What makes a person competent?
SKATE
What way can an employer keep up to date with Legal requirements (5)?
- HSE Website and newsletters.
- Professional organisations - IOSH.
- Trade magazines.
- Subscription services.
- Seminars.
What are the three principle methods for communicating information?
- Verbal
- Written
- Graphic
In what ways can information be Broadcast to employees/ non-employee’s (8)?
- Notice Boards
- Posters
- Leaflets
- Films or Videos
- Intranet
- TBT
- Emails
- Handbooks
Define consulting?
The two way excahnge of information and opinion.
Define Informing (2)?
- Provide information to workers in a way that it can be understood.
- The information flow is one way.
What does the Safety Committee and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 cover (4)?
- Covers Trade Unionised workplaces.
- Employer must form safety committee if requested to do so by two representatives.
- Request must be in writing.
- Employer has to comply within 3 months.
What 9 rights and entitlements do Safety Representatives have (9)?
- Carry out inspection of the workplace.
- Examine the causes of accidents.
- Examine and copy records and documents relating to Health and safety.
- Recieve information from HSE inspectors.
- Make representations to the employer.
- Bed consulted on H & S matters.
- Time off wih pay to perform functions.
- Time off with pay for appropriate training.
- Reasonable facilities to perform their functions.
What different employee’s generally make up a Safety Committee (7)?
- Worker safety representatives.
- One or more operational managers with authority.
- A safety adviser.
- An occupational health nurse or doctor.
- Facilities Manager.
- HR Manager.
- Training Manager.
To work effectively, what does the committee need to do (7)?
- Have a balance between managers and workers.
- Meet regularly.
- Appoint a chairperson.
- Have authority.
- Provide agenda.
- Minutes need to be taken.
- Action the plan.
What functions should a safety committee carry out (8)?
- Studying accident and disease statistics.
- Reviewing the reports of active monitoring.
- Examining safety audit reports.
- Considering reports from HSE.
- Considering reports from safety reps.
- Assisting in developing policies.
- Monitoring the effectiveness of training.
- Monitoring safety communications.
What is the definition of training?
The planned, formal process of gaining and practising knowledge and skills in an safe environment.