Health and Safety Flashcards
Tell me about the role of the Principal Designer and CDM regulations?
Principal Designer:
- Planning & managing pre-construction
- Ensure risks are eliminated/controlled
- Pass information onto Principal contractor
- Ensure designers comply
- Assist with PCI
- Prepare H&S File
- Prepare F10 certificates
- Ensure O&M manuals comply
CDM Regs:
- They ensure H&S issues are considered during a projects development
- Ensures risk of harm to those who build, use and maintain structures are reduced.
Can you give me an example of if/when you have seen something dangerous on site, and what did/would you do?
- In the first instance I would advise the parties to stop what they are doing immediately.
- I would inform the Site Manager of the individuals and incident
What part of the RICS Surveying Safely, is relevant to your role and site visits?
- Purpose is to consider H&S responsibilities at corporate and individual level
Covers:
- Assessing hazards & risks
- Risk management - Assess, Evaluate, Mitigate
- Occupational health
- Lone working, dangerous substances
How do you make sure you are wearing the appropriate PPE on site?
- attend site induction
- look for H&S signage
- ask site manager
What are some of the Client responsibilities under CDM?
- Ensure appropriate appointments are in place under CDM
- Provide pre-con information for designers
- Must give notice to HSE if the project is notifiable
When must HSE be notified of a project?
- When construction work lasts longer than 30 days
- If more than 20 workers are simultaneously on site
- if the project exceeds 500 person days
What information might you request when visiting or inspecting an existing property?
- Asbestos details
- Structural dangers
- appropriate PPE
How would you report an accident on site?
- Report to the Accident book (Duty to maintain records is a legal requirement)
- First aid box record sheets to be completed
- Phoneline to H&S representative.
What makes you competent?
- Sufficient Knowledge of the tasks and risks you could entail
- Sufficient experience and ability to carry out the tasks.
What would you do if you discover or disturb asbestos?
- STOP works immediately
- prevent access to the area
- report to the person in charge
- keep exposure as low as possible
How can you remove asbestos?
High risk asbestos:
- Removed by a licenced contractor
- Notifiable - 14days notice to HSE
Low risk:
Short duration could be carried out by non-licensed contractor.
How would you control Asbestos?
- Don’t disturb it
- Plan to remove it before any other works commence
- Use a licenced / competent contractor
- ensure the correct level of PPE is being worn to reduce exposer limits
- ensure local ventilation tot he area
What are some fire precautions?
How can you control this?
Prevention - prevent fire breathing out
Protection - Design features to detect fires
Controls:-
- Control sources of heat
- Don’t allow build up of fuels
- Evolving fire plan
- Never blocking fire exits
What are some typical Construction site risks?
- Working at height
- Excavations
- Confined spaces
- Movement of people
- Hand tools
- Demolition
How can you control H&S risk?
E.R.I.C.P.D
- Eliminate
- Reduce
- Isolate
- Control
- Protect individuals
- Discipline
Who can control H&S risk?
- CDM reg’s set out the responsibilities of all parties:
- Clients
- Planners
- Designers
- Workers
What are the powers of the HSE inspector?
- They can enter a premise
- They can examine & investigate
- Take photographs
- Serve improvement& prohibition notices
How can you achieve successful H&S management?
P.O.P.M.R
- Policy - Comply with currect regulations
- Organising - Make sure policy happens
- Planning & implement - Specifics of how we comply
- Measuring performance - against agreed standards
- Review
What are the reasons for the H&S Regulations?
- Employees have a right to safe working
- Accidents/illness cost money
- The law has to be obeyed
Who is the responsible body for H&S?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
What is your understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- Sets out principles of UK H&S law
- Employer must ensure the H&S of workers
- Managed by carrying out Risk Assessments
What is the role of the Principle Designer?
- Responsible for CDM during design period
- Planning & managing pre-construction info
- Ensuring risks are eliminated
- Pass info to contractor
- prepare H&S file
What are the CDM regulations?
- They ensure H&S issues are considered early at project development
- They ensure risks are reduced
What is Pre-Construction information, what does it include?
- It is a requirement of the CDM regs 2015
- Client is to provide asap
Includes:
- description of project
- Project team
- H&S file
- Key dates
- Safety hazards
What is your understanding of the Surveying Safely act?
What does it cover?
- There to consider H&S at corporate and individual level
- Covers; legal considerations such as:
- H&S at work act
- Risk management
- Lone working
- Occupational health
Why do we have the H&S regulations?
- All employers have a right to safe workplace
- Accidents cost money
- Law has to be obeyed
