Element 4 - Check

Question 1

What various factors must be considered when setting up and inspection system (6)?

Answer 1

1. The type of inspection.
2. The frequency of inspection.
3. The responsibility for inspection.
4. The competence of the inspector.
5. The use of checklists.
6. Action planning for problems found.

Question 2

What two ways can monitoring performance be achieved?

Answer 2

1. Active monitoring - Checking before accidents, ill health.
2. Reactive monitoring - using accidents, near misses, ill health as indicators of performance.

Question 3

What are the reasons for active monitoring (2)?

Answer 3

1. To check conformance with standards so that good performance is recognised and maintained.
2. Highlight non-conformance with standards so that issues can be retified and corrective action put in place.

Question 4

Give examples how you could measure performance (5)?

Answer 4

1. The number and quality of risk assessments covering work activities.
2. The provision of health and safety to a schedule.
3. The completion of consultative committee meetings to schedule.
4. The completion of workplace inspections to schedule.
5. The completion of safety review meetings to schedule.

Question 5

Provide four examples of systematic inspections. (Four P’s)

Answer 5

1. Plant - machinery and equipment.
2. Premises - the work environment.
3. People - working methids and behaviour.
4. Procedures - SSW, method statements, permits to work.

Question 6

What is safety sampling when inspecting?

Answer 6

Using a sample data set as opposed to inspecting the full data set.

Question 7

What is a Safety Survey?

Answer 7

Completing a detailed examination on one particular issue or topic.

Question 8

What is a safety tour (4)?

Answer 8

1. Is a walk around in a workplace carried out by a group or team including managers.
2. Includes wide selection of professional, managers, junior managers.
3. The group should interact with workers.
4. Shows commitment to health and safety culture

Question 9

What is benchmarking?

Answer 9

Comparing performanace to other similar companies in the same sector.

Question 10

What factors must be considered before the introduction of a workplace inspection (6)?

Answer 10

1. The type of inspection.
2. The frequency of the inspection.
3. The allocation of responsibilities.
4. The competence and objectivity of the inspector.
5. The use of checklists.
6. Action plan for problems found.

Question 11

What factors should be taken into account when determining the frequency of inspections (9)?

Answer 11

1. Statutory requirements.
2. The activities carried out and the level of risk.
3. How well established the process is.
4. Manufacturers recommendations.
5. The presence of vunerable workers.
6. Finding from previous inspections.
7. Accident history and results of investigations.
8. Enforcement authorities who may recommend inspections.
9. Concerns from workers.

Question 12

List headings that might appear on a general inspection checklist (8).

Answer 12

1. Fire Safety.
2. Housekeeping.
3. Environmental issues.
4. Traffic Routes.
5. Chemical Safety.
6. Machinery Safety.
7. Electrical Safety.
8. Welfare Facilities.

Question 13

Give the typical headings of a typical report (5).

Answer 13

1. Executive Summary - consise overview.
2. Introduction - Few sentences to outline/ location.
3. Main Findings - divided into topic headings.
4. Recommendations - immediate, medium, long term.
5. Conculsions - a short section to end the report.

Question 14

What are the two principle methods of carying out reactive monitoring?

Answer 14

1. Lessons learned from one individual event such as an accident , near miss, or case of ill health.
2. Lessons learned from data or information gathered from large numbers of events.

Question 15

What are the two benefits of reviwing data?

Answer 15

1. Spot trends in accidents and events over a period of time.
2. Patterns - collections or hot spots.

Question 16

Define active and reactive monitoring?

Answer 16

1. Active - Checking to ensure health and safety standards are correct before unwanted event occurs.
2. Reactive - Using data such as accidents and ill health as indicators of performance.

Question 17

What is the basic incident investigation technique (4)?

Answer 17

1. Gather information about the event.
2. Analyse that informationto draw conclusions.
3. Identify suitable control measures.
4. Plan the remedial actions.

Question 18

What are the reasons for carrying out an incident investigation (9)?

Answer 18

1. To identify the immediate and root causes.
2. To identify corrective action and prevent reoccurance.
3. To record the facts of the incident.
4. For legal reasons.
5. For claim management.
6. For staff morale.
7. To enable risk assessments to be reviewed and updated.
8. For disaplinary purposes.
9. For data gathering purposes.

Question 19

Define the meaning of Accident?

Answer 19

The unplanned, unwanted event which leads to injury, damage or loss.

1. Injury accident
2. Damage only accident.

Question 20

What is the defination of near miss?

Answer 20

An unplanned, unwanted event, that had the potential to cause injury, damage or loss, but did not, in fact, do so.

Question 21

Define dangerous occurance.

Answer 21

1. A specified event that has be to beported to the relevant authorities. RIDDOR.

Question 22

What is the definition of work related ill health?

Answer 22

Disease of medical condidtionscaused by a persons work.

Question 23

Step 1: Gathering Information.

What information should be collected following an accident.

Answer 23

1. Secure the scene
2. Collect witness details - try and keep them separate.
3. Collect pictures, measurements, evidence.
4. Interview witnesses.
5. Collect documentation - risk assessments, SSW, Permit to work, training records, site plans, all records.

Question 24

Step 2: Analysing Information.

Define Root and Immediate causes.

Answer 24

1. Root causes.
   
   1. Issue that lie behind the immediate causes.
   2. Failure in the management system such as lack of supervision, no PPE, lack of maintenance, poor training
2. Immediate causes.
   
   1. Weather.
   2. Diver error.

Question 25

Step 3: Identify suitable control measures.

Answer 25

Control measures must be implimented for the root and immediate causes.

Question 26

Step 4: Plan the Remedial Actions

Answer 26

1. Plan corrective actions.
2. Interim, medium and long term solutions must be given reasonable priorities and timescales.

Question 27

List the contents of a typical investigation report (9):

Answer 27

1. Date, time and location of the incident.
2. Details of the injured person.
3. Details of the injury.
4. Description of the injury being carried out at the time.
5. Drawings or phototgraphs of the scene.
6. Details of witnessess and witness statements
7. Assessments of any breaches of legislation.
8. Recommended corrective action and timescales.
9. Estimation of the cost implications.

Question 28

Define reporting in the context of Health and Safety:

Answer 28

The process of infoming people that an accident has occured, both internally and externally.

Question 29

What are the barriers to incident reporting for workers (10)?

Answer 29

1. Unclear organisational policy on reporting incidents.
2. No reporting system in place.
3. Culture of not reporting incidents.
4. Overly complicated reporting procedures.
5. Excessive papaerwork.
6. It takes too much time.
7. Blame culture.
8. Belief that management wont act on the information.
9. Reluctance to recieve first aid treatment.
10. Apathy

Question 30

What are the typical contents of an accident report (10)?

Answer 30

1. Name and address of casualty.
2. Date and time of accident.
3. Location of accident.
4. Details of injury.
5. Details of treatment given.
6. Description of event causing injury.
7. Details of any equipment or substances.
8. Witnesses’ names and contact details.
9. Details of person completing the record.
10. Signitures.

Question 31

What are the six main types of reportable events under RIDDOR?

Answer 31

1. Fatality - where someone has died as a result of injury.
2. Specied Injuries - where an worker suffers a specified injury listed in the regulations.
3. Dangerous Occurance - where a near miss has happen as list in schedule 2 of the regulations.
4. Occupational diseases - one of eight reportable.
5. Over seven days - where an injury stops an worer carrying out their duties for more than 7 days.
6. Immediate hospitalisation of a none worker.

Question 32

List injuries that make up specified injuries (8)

Answer 32

1. A fracture other than to the fingers, thumbs and toes.
2. Amputation of an limb or appendage.
3. Permenant loss of sight or a reduction of sight.
4. Crush Injuries leading to organ damage.
5. Serious burns to more than 10 % of the body.
6. Scalpings which require hospital treatment.
7. Unconsciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia.
8. Other injury from working in a confined space.

Question 33

Give a list of the Reportable Occupational Diseases (8).

Answer 33

1. Carpel tunnel syndrome.
2. Severe cramp of the hand or arm.
3. Occupational dematitis.
4. Hand-arm vibration.
5. Occupational asthma.
6. Tendonitis.
7. Occupational Cancer.
8. Any disease caused by exposure to biological agent.

Question 34

Give examples of Dangerous Occurances (3):

Answer 34

1. Crane toppling over.
2. Plant or equipment coming into contact with power lines.
3. Explosionsor fires causing work to be stopped for more thn 24 hours.