Health and Safety

Question 1

How much do injuries and health conditions caused in the construction industry cost, on average, per year in treatment and lost work hours?

Answer 1

£1.1 billion

Question 2

What are the two most significant health and safety documents for this course?

Answer 2

CDM 2015

RIDDOR 2013

Question 3

What are the conditions that require HSE to be ‘notified’ of construction works?

Answer 3

More than 20 people are working simultaneously for over 30 days
Or
A total of 500 or more person-days of work is carried out

Question 4

When is the notice for a major project typically sent to the HSE?

Answer 4

After a tender option has been chosen

Question 5

When must a principle contractor be appointed?

Answer 5

When there are multiple contractors
Or
The project is notifiable

Question 6

If a principle contractor is appointed, what else should occur?

Answer 6

A principle designer should be appointed

Question 7

What are the 3 key health and safety documents?

Answer 7

Pre-construction documents
Construction H&S plan
H&S file

Question 8

What do pre-construction documents contain?

Answer 8

Maps and diagrams of services, existing structures, site plan, site investigation, list of key dates and key figures

Question 9

What does a construction H&S plan contain? Who is responsible for producing it?

Answer 9

Produced by the contractor

Contains the risk assessment, training certificates and method statements

Question 10

What does a H&S file contain? When is it delivered?

Answer 10

Delivered after construction is completed

Contains as-built drawings, descriptions of how the construction works and where any hazards and services exist

Question 11

What are not typically thought of in construction but must nonetheless be considered in health and safety documents?

Answer 11

Maintenance, repair, cleaning, refurbishment and demolition

Question 12

What is a hazard?

Answer 12

A potential source of harm

Question 13

What is a risk?

Answer 13

The chance that a hazard could cause harm

Question 14

What is the principal designer’s health and safety responsibility?

Answer 14

Eliminate major hazards
Ensure designers carry out their duties
Provide relevant information to other dutyholders and the principal contractor

Question 15

What is the contractor’s health and safety responsibility?

Answer 15

To control the hazards that exist to reduce risk

Question 16

Whose safety is considered most important when designing safety measures?

Answer 16

The collective over the individual

Question 17

What kind of hazard does CDM 2015 schedule 3 detail?

Answer 17

Works that involve specific risks such as those requiring air supply, explosives, live electricity or harmful chemicals

Question 18

What does CDM 2015 schedule 2 list?

Answer 18

The welfare facilities that a site should provide for workers

Question 19

What is competence?

Answer 19

Having sufficient knowledge of tasks and risks involved

Experience and ability to carry out duties

Question 20

What does a method statement contain?

Answer 20

A list of the steps taken to complete a work including all hazards and the points at which they can arise

Question 21

What must be reported according to the RIDDOR 2013 guidelines?

Answer 21

Deaths, significant injuries, work related illnesses, near misses, injuries causing 7 or more days of lost work, hospitalisation of non workers

Question 22

If a worker is injured and unable to work for 3 consecutive days, what must happen?

Answer 22

The incident should be recorded, but it does not need to be reported until 7 consecutive days are exceeded

Question 23

What are the responsibilities of a principal contractor under CDM2015?

Answer 23

Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety
Preparing the construction phase plan
Ensure site inductions, suitable authorisation barriers, worker consultations and welfare facilities are all implemented

Question 24

Who is responsible for the health and safety file?

Answer 24

The principal Designer, unless their contract ends before the project completion, in which case it falls to the principal contractor to complete

Question 25

Aside from CDM 15 and RIDDOR 2017, list 4 other health and safety regulation documents

Answer 25

Work at height regulations 2005
Control of asbestos regulations 2012
Gas safety regulations 1998
Regulatory reform order 2005

Question 26

Who is generally responsible for notifying the HSE?

Answer 26

The client

Question 27

According to CDM15 schedule 1, what must the HSE notification include?

Answer 27

Project Location
Brief description
Contact details
Key dates
Number of workers