Health and safety Flashcards
List the types of fire extinguishers and their corresponding colour.
Water=red, foam=cream, dry powder=blue, CO2=black, wet chemical=yellow.
List the 6 classes of fires.
A=solids, B=liquids, C=gases, D=metals, electrical, F=cooking oils.
What are the 5 steps of a risk assessment?
Identify, decide, evaluate, record, review.
Starting with the least effective, list the hierarchy of controls.
PPE, Administrative controls, engineering controls, substitution, elimination.
How many people must be employed by a business for a written risk assessment to be required?
5 or more
What are the 4 main consequences of poor health and safety standards?
Financial, emotional, reputation, employees.
What are the two notices that are used in cases of a breach in health and safety law.
Improvement notices and prohibition notices.
What does HASAWA stand for and what is its date?
Health and safety at work act, 1974
What does RIDDOR stand for and what is its date?
The reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations, 2013
What is the legislation for manual handling, including its year.
Manual handling operations regulations 1992.
What does MHSWR stand for and what is its year?
Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999.
List 3 duties of employers
Adapt work to individual, maintain equipment, safe storage of hazardous substances, adequate training, adequate welfare provisions.
Give 3 ways in which you can automate manual handling.
Trucks and lorries, trolleys, conveyors, hoists, hand rails, vehicles.
Give 3 consequences of poor manual handling.
Musculoskeletal injury, legal action, loss of business, sick pay.
What are the 3 Ps?
Preserve life, prevent further injury, promote recovery.
