Health and safety Flashcards
How Mace Health and Safety Policies are implemented at various levels?
* H&S is a key part of Mace values and Business Strategy with they key motto ‘Safety First going home safe and well
* There are three main aspects of Mace HSW Strategy: People, Operation and Innovation
* For all Mace employees there is number of policies implemented to ensure HSW (Manual Handling, , workplace/office safety, stress management) with mandatory trainings required from all employees
* For Mace operations and constructions there are policies implemented to ensure safety on site. For example Lone Working Policies, PPE policies, working at high, and covid-19 policy
* In addition, there are number occupation health and wellbeing policies to ensure that our employees are working safety. These are Noise working, Drugs and alcohol policies, vibration policy. asbestos policy.
What is Mace Manual Handling Policy
* Prior to undertaking any manual lifting complete Manual Handling Risk Assessment taking into consideration the working environment, the task, the individual an d the load.
* Avoid any heavy manual lifting
* Wear suitable cloths and PPE, Adopt stable position
What is Mace workplace/office safety policy ?
* Mace have an Employer’s Liability insurance for compensation costs if an employee becomes ill or injured as a result of the work
* Training for all employers on main office risks and hazards.
* some example of particular policies (stair safety policy)
* office evacuation strategy in place
What is Mace stress management policy?
* speak up policy
* training for mace employees
* 5 steps risk assessment approach for managers (Identify, decided who may be harm, evaluate risk and take actions, record the findings, monitor and review.)
What is Mace Lone Working Policy?
* prevent lone working if possible
* complete lone working assessment
* stay in touch with your line manager/ colleges
What is Mace PPE policy?
- set out Mace PPE minimum standards:
• Safety helmet • Protective Eyewear • Protective gloves • Safety footwear • high visibility jacket or vest - clarify Mace responsibilities: communicate requirement to supply chain, conduct risk assessment to identify what PPE is needed, provide PPE, monitor compliance with PPE standards
What is Mace working at height policy?
- eliminate if possible
- risk assessment
- implement 4 steps to safety 1. Are you in safe place 2. Do you have a safe system of work? 3. Are the correct safe tools, plant and equipment available for you to use? 4. Are your colleagues safe?
- Collective fall prevention (Select suitable work platforms that prevent all in the area from falling eg. suitable edge protection, MEWPs and void covers)
- Individual fall protection (Individuals fall prevention/restraint systems e.g. safety harness, podiums, peco lifts, rope access.)
- Collective fall mitigation (Minimise the height of the fall. e.g. safety nets and air bags.)
- Individual fall protection (Harness/laynard/anchor point that minimises the fall potential)
What is Mace Covid-19 policy?
- risk assessment
- addition cleaning policies
- new meeting policies
- new working pattern to avoid rush hours
What is Mace noise working policy?
- eliminate if possible
- When elimination is not possible, substitution of the noisy machinery or equipment for quieter ones may be the next-best alternative to protect workers from exposure to noise. Examples include swapping:• Fuel engines for electrical engines
- Engineering controls are all about making changes to processes, machinery or equipment so that the workers are exposed to less noise. Examples include the use of screens, barriers, enclosures and absorbent materials, or moving the noisy operations away from other work activities.
- Administrative controls are the way work is organised to reduce either the number of workers who are exposed or the length of time they are exposed to noise. Examples include:• Hearing Protection Zones .• Distance .• Reducing number of individuals exposed .• Exposure time
- Provide PPE - Where exposures may exceed the Upper Action Value, the use of ear defenders (plugs or muffs) may be required in conjunction with other control measures or when engineering and/or administrative measures have been considered but are not practicable
What is Mace drugs and alcohol policy?
- During working hours employees must be free from the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- test for Mace employees and supply chain
What is Mace vibration policy ?
- Eliminate the risk from Vibration where practicable
- If the Vibration can’t be eliminated, undertake a risk assessment
- control - Identify control methods and include in Method Statement
What is Mace asbestos policy?
The Mace Asbestos policy sets out the procedures related to identification, management & control of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) within the projects scope of works. Includes:
• Responsibilities (PM, Construction/Site Manager, H&S Manager)
• Procedures for demolition and refurbishment works
• Emergency procedures
• Records keeping procedures
• Asbestos documents: Asbestos works assessment checklist (AWAC), methods statements, risk assessments
Difference between risk and hazard?
- A hazard is something with the potential to cause harm to someone. The harm could be an injury or ill health.
- Risk is the likelihood (whether high or low) of the harm being realised. Importantly, risk increases as the severity, likelihood or number of people affected by the harm increases
What is the Mace H&S principles when visiting the site?
- attend induction,
- read the construction site information board – understand the key facilities and emergency route,
- wear PPE
- during working hours al employers must be free from the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- Always follow 4 Steps to safety: 1. Are you in a safety place 2. Do you have a safe system to work? 3. Are the correct safe tools, plant and equipment available for you to use? 4. Are you colleagues safe?
What is the Mace H&S principles when working in the office?
- complete personal risk assessment
- Health and wellbeing
- manual handling
- Stress
- Mace Office Safety and Health Guidance
- office arrangements
- Fire Emergency Action
- first add
- manual handling
- display screen equipment’s
- Lone working
What is the Mace H&S principles when working from home?
- ensure that you can adjust the height of your chair
- ensure that your keyboard and muse and laptop are on sufficient heigh
- ensure that you have a dedicated workspace set-up
- take at least 3 minutes breaks every 20 mins
- take time off work
- stay in touch with your team
What is the CDM Regulation?
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.
The latest revision resulted from:
- The perception that the regulations had been over-interpreted.
- A belief that the coordination function in the pre-construction phase was often a bureaucratic add-on that was not always embedded in the project, resulting in additional costs with little additional value.
- The persistence of unacceptable standards, particularly on smaller sites.
What are the parties/dutyholders in CDM Regulations?
- Clients (Commercial and Domestics)
- Designers
- Principal Designer
- Principal contractors
- Contractors
- Workers
What are commercial Client’s duties under CDM?
Make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including making sure:
- other dutyholders are appointed as appropriate
- sufficient time and resources are allocated
Make sure:
- relevant information is prepared and provided to other dutyholders
- the principal designer and principal contractor carry out their duties
- welfare facilities are provided
What are the domestic Client’s duties under CDM regulation?
Though in scope of CDM 2015, their client duties are normally transferred to:
- the contractor for single contractor projects
- the principal contractor for projects with more than one contractor
However, the domestic client can instead choose to have a written agreement with the principal designer to carry out the client duties.
What are Designers duties under CDM Regulation?
When preparing or modifying designs, eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise during:
- construction
- the maintenance and use of a building once it is built*
- Provide information to other members of the project team to help them fulfil their duties
What are Principal Designers duties?
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase of a project. This includes:
- identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks
- ensuring designers carry out their duties
Prepare and provide relevant information to other dutyholders.
Liaise with the principal contractor to help in the planning, management, monitoring and coordination of the construction phase.
What are Principal Contractor Duties under CDM 2015?
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the construction phase of a project. This includes:
- liaising with the client and principal designer
- preparing the construction phase plan (PDF)
- organising cooperation between contractors and coordinating their work
Make sure:
- suitable site inductions are provided
- reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorised access
- workers are consulted and engaged in securing their health and safety
- welfare facilities are provided
What are the Contractors duties under CDM2015?
- Plan, manage and monitor construction work under their control so it is carried out without risks to health and safety.
- For projects involving more than one contractor, coordinate their activities with others in the project team – in particular, comply with directions given to them by the principal designer or principal contractor.
- For single contractor projects, prepare a construction phase plan (PDF) .
What are worker duties under CDM 2015?
Workers must:
- be consulted about matters which affect their health, safety and welfare
- take care of their own health and safety, and of others who might be affected by their actions
- report anything they see which is likely to endanger either their own or others’ health and safety
cooperate with their employer, fellow workers, contractors and other dutyholders
What are the changes in CDM regulation 2015?
- Structural simplification of the regulations to make them easier to understand.
- The replacement of the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) with more targeted guidance.
- Replacement of the role of CDM coordinator with a new role of ‘principal designer’.
- Splitting competence assessment into its component parts of skills, knowledge, training and experience, and, if it relates to an organisation, organisational capability.
- Removing the exemption for domestic clients, but passing their CDM duties to the contractor.
- Changing the threshold for appointment of coordinators (principal contractors and principal designers), to require coordinators where there is more than one contractor. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) suggest that this will capture close to an additional 1 million projects a year, but that the requirements will be proportionate and little more work will be necessary. Some concern has been expressed about what constitutes more than one contractor, and how it is possible to know how many contractors may be needed.
When is a construction project ‘notifiable’?
A construction project is notifiable if the construction work is expected to:
- last longer than 30 working days and have more than 20 workers working at the same time at any point on the project or
- exceed 500 person days
Who should notify a project?
The client has the duty to notify a construction project. In practice however, the client may ask someone else to notify on their behalf.
What is F10?
F10 - Notification of construction project
- You can notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of a notifiable construction project using online form F10.
- You must know the contact details for the client, principal designer and principal contractor.
- Once you have submitted a notification, we will send you a unique serial number which you can use to access or edit your notification.
What is risk assessment?
- a systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in a projected activity or undertaking.
What is method statement?
Method statements are documents that detail exactly how to carry out work safely.
What are RAMS?
RAMS are Risk Assessments and Method Statements
What is the HSE?
- Health and Safety Executive HSE
- HSE is the national independent regulator for work-related health, safety and illness, working in the public interest to reduce work-related death and serious injury in the workplace. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) reporting to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is governed by a Board and the Senior Management Team.
- HSE’s role now includes shaping, reviewing and enforcing regulations and producing research and statistics
What is the HSE role?
As a regulator, the HSE aim to prevent workplace death, injury or ill health by using a variety of methods to influence change and help people manage risks at work. These include:
- providing advice, information and guidance
- raising awareness in workplaces by influencing and engaging
- operating permissioning and licensing activities in major hazard industries
- carrying out targeted inspections and investigations
- taking enforcement action to prevent harm and hold those who break the law to account
How long HSE record should be kept for?
Records are important because they allow links to be made between exposure and any health effects. Health records, or a copy, should be kept in a suitable form for at least 40 years from the date of last entry because often there is a long period between exposure and onset of ill health.
What is a Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan?
- Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) a construction phase plan is required for every construction project.
- A Construction Phase Plan is a key document that details the health and safety risks associated with the construction phase of the project and the control measures that will be implemented to minimise risks or where possible, eliminate them.
- Once drawn up, the document should help communicate significant risks, site rules and health and safety arrangements to other people involved in the construction phase.
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What is COSHH?
COSHH stands for ‘Control of Substances Hazardous to Health’. COSHH is a set of regulations put in place to protect workers from ill health when working with specific substances and materials.
What are the basic principles of COSHH?
COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:
- finding out what the health hazards are;
- deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment);
- providing control measures to reduce harm to health;
- making sure they are used ;
- keeping all control measures in good working order;
- providing information, instruction and training for employees and others;
- providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases;
- planning for emergencies.
