H&S Flashcards
Difference between a risk and a hazard
Hazard is specific detail that may harm
Risk is the likely hood of something occurring
Surveying safely: health and safety principles for property professionals - 4th edition Hierarchy
- Eliminate
- Substitution
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- Personal protective clothes and equipment
Assessing risk
1 identify the hazards
2 decide who might be harmed and how
3 evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
4 record the findings and implement them
5 review the assessment and update if necessary and
6 advise all those affected of the outcome of the
assessment and methods of work, or other control
measures necessary, to minimise or eliminate risk.
Use of latter
1 in 4 rule (ie 1 unit out for every 4 units up
RIDDOR -Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations
Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, employers (‘the responsible person’) must record work-related deaths, serious injuries, industrial disease, and dangerous occurrences:
• Report injuries (over 7 days’ incapacitation) to the HSE within 15 days from the date of the accident.
• Record all injuries over 3 days’ incapacitation.
• Maintain an accident book kept for a minimum of 3 years after an occupational accident or injury.
• Undertake; record; and review a risk assessment
CONTROL OF ASBESTOS REGULATIONS 2012
There is a statutory duty on the building owner / repairing tenant (duty holder) and employer to manage existing asbestos in commercial buildings, otherwise committing a criminal offence
The duty holder must:
• Assess whether the premises contain asbestos, where and in what condition it is,
• Assess the risk and produce a management plan.
• Produce an asbestos register.
• Make the register available to all relevant parties who may disturb it.
• Review the register regularly.
Asbestos was banned in 1999
Asbestos was banned in 1999
Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 (ASBESTOS PROSECUTION)
penalties for breaches of a surveyor’s duty of care when dealing with asbestos are up to 12 months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £20,000 or an unlimited fine if tried in the high court.
