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APC QS 2022/23 > Health and Safety > Flashcards

Health and Safety Flashcards

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What is the HSE?

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Health & Safety Executive.

Independent govt agency responsible for work related h&s and illness.

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How do the HSE improve H&S?

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By ensuring risks in the workplace are controlled

Helps businesses to adapt to changes in occupational h&s law and practice.

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What is the construction phase H&S plan?

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A plan developed through the construction phase, its purpose is to demonstrate how the building will be built from a safety perspective.

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What are the principles of COSHH?

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Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health.

Requires employers to prevent or reduce employees exposed to substances such as; chemicals, fumes, dusts and biological hazards.

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What is corporate manslaughter?

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When gross breach of duty of care owed by an organisation occurs and this leads to a person’s death.

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What is the considerate constructor’s scheme?

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Non profit organisation that encourages contractors and their suppliers to implement best practice such as cleanliness of site, diversity, pollution.

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What are the 5 assessment categories in CCS?

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  • Care about appearance
  • Respect the community
  • Protect the environment
  • Care about safety
  • Value their workforce
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What is the biggest cause of long term health issues in construction?

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Breathing in hazardous dust/fumes

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Which type of accident kills most construction workers?

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Falls from height

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What is the minimum height of a guard rail on scaffolding?

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950mm

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When are visitors or workers most likely to have an accident ?

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When they first start on a new site

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What considerations did you give to H&S last time you visited a site?

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  • Preparing a risk assessment prior to visiting
  • Informing colleague where and when you will be
  • Ensuring I have correct PPE
  • Ensuring I have had a site induction
  • Reporting any issues to site management
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Name some H&S hazards?

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  • Site traffic
  • Poor lighting
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Working at height
  • Manual handling
  • Noise
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What is a CSCS card?

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Construction Skills Certification Scheme
- Proof that individuals working on site have the appropriate training and qualifications to do so

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Examples of PPE?

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  • Hard hat
  • Steel toe cap boots
  • Gloves
  • Hi vis
  • Eye and hearing protection
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What does it mean when a site is issued with a prohibition notice?

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Requires a site to stop a particular activity straight away. Must not resume until action has been taken to control or remove the risk.

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What should you do if you find an injured person on site?

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  • Assess the situation, do not put yourself in harm
  • Raise the alarm and call for help
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What is an AED and when should it be used?

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Automated External Defibrillator

  • Used when someone is in cardiac arrest and their heart stops beating.
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What is a RAMS?

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Risk and Method Statement

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What is a method statement?

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A statement/methodology that outlines how work will be completed, it oulines hazards involved and a step by step guide on how to execute safely

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What are the 5 steps of a risk assessment as outlined by HSE?

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1) Identify the hazard
2) Decide who might be harmed and how
3) Evaluate the risk and decide on precautions
4) Record findings and implement
5) Review and update if necessary

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What is the hierarchy of H&S risk control?

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Eliminate - remove hazard
Substitute - replace the hazard
Engineering - isolate people from the hazard
Admin - change the way people work
PPE - protect

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What do you do if you find asbestos on site?

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  • Stop work and ensure the area is safe
  • Report to site manager, there may be a requirement to notify HSE
  • Asbestos needs to be tested by a competent contractor
24
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Which regulations are applicable to asbestos?

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Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

25
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RICS Asbestos guidance?

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Asbestos: legal requirements and best practice for property professionals and clients.

26
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Three types of asbestos?

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Crocidolite - most lethal
Amosite - aka brown asbestos
Chrysotile - most common type

27
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Different types of asbestos survey?

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Management survey - to determine the management of and managing asbestos containing materials during the normal occupation of a building

Refurb/demo survey - required when premises require refurb or demo (i.e., asbestos needs removing)

28
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What is an asbestos management plan?

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A document designed to register and detail how asbestos will be managed in a property and what activities will be engaged to ensure people remain safe from asbestos exposure

29
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What is included in an asbestos management plan?

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  • Party responsible for management
  • Register identifying types and locations
  • Plans for work on ACMs
  • Schedule to monitor condition
30
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How can asbestos be managed?

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  • Removed
  • Encapsulated
  • Managed
31
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What are the main risks to somebody exposed to asbestos?

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  • Asbestosis - chronic disease caused by permanent lung damage
  • Lung cancer
  • Mesothelioma - a cancer of the membranes that line the chest/absomen.
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What are the main risks to somebody exposed to asbestos?

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  • Asbestosis - chronic disease caused by permanent lung damage
  • Lung cancer
  • Mesothelioma - a cancer of the membranes that line the chest/abdomen.
33
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When is an employer required to have a written H&S policy in the uk?

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When they have more than 5 employees

34
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What is Health and Safety at Work act 1974?

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  • Employers must ensure the H&S and wellbeing of employees and others is not at risk, so far as reasonably practicable
  • Employers have a duty to maintain equipment, safe systems of work and safe premises
35
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What happens if an employer breaches HASAWA?

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  • Unlimited fine + 2 years imprisonment
  • Manslaughter charges if someone dies, can lead to more severe custodial sentences
36
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What is RIDDOR?

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Reporting of Incidents Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

  • Puts duty on ‘responsible persons’ to report workplace accidents, diseases and near misses
37
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What is the purpose of surveying safely?

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Sets out basic good practice principles for the management of H&S for RICS regulated firms and members.

38
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What type of document is surveying safely?

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Guidance note

39
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What is a ‘safe person’ as outlined in surveying safely?

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Each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others H&S at work.

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What are they key points of the CDM regulations 2015?

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  • To ensure clients, designers, contractors and others consider H&S of those constructing, maintaining and demolishing the works.
  • Places statutory duties on clients, principle designer, designers and contractors to plan, manage and coordinate H&S throughout the project.
  • Improves safety on site through design, planning and management.
41
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Who are the key duty holders under CDM?

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Client
Principle Designer
Principle Contractor
Designers
Contractors
Workers

42
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CDM domestic vs commercial clients?

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Domestic - people who have work carried out on their own or family members home, not done as part of a business

Commercial - work carried out as part of a business.

43
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Under CDM who must make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including allocation of sufficient time and resources?

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The client

44
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How does CDM apply to domestic clients with no contractors?

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CDM applies if someone carries out the work on their behalf If they do it themselves it is considered DIY.

45
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Who are designers under CDM?

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Organisations or individuals who as part of a business prepare or modify designs for a building, product or system related to a construction project.

46
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What is the role of the principal designer?

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Designers appointed by the client in projects involving more than 1 contractor. They have control over CDM compliance and plan, manage, monitor and coordinate H&S in the preconstruction phase.

47
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What is the role of the principal contractor?

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Contractor appointed by the client to coordinate the construction phase of a project where it involves more than one contractor. They plan manage, monitor and coordinate H&S in the construction phase.

48
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What is an F10 notification?

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The form which is sent to HSE to notify them of a relevant construction project

49
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When is a project notifiable under CDM?

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  • If work lasts longer than 30 working days and has more than 20 workers working at the same time at any point of the project
    or
  • Exceeds 500 person days
50
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Who issues the F10?

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It is the client’s responsibility, however it is often delegated to the principal designer.

51
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What is the preconstruction information?

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  • Tender document used to inform prospective tenderers about a projects H&S and welfare requirements.
52
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What’s included in PCI?

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  • Description of works
  • Client considerations and management requirements
  • Environmental restrictions and existing site risks
  • Significant design and construction hazards
  • H&S file
53
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What is the H&S file?

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Prepared following completion of works to provide information needed during future construction work safely.
- PD prepares

54
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What’s included in the H&S file?

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  • Brief description
  • Any hazards not eliminated through design and construction
  • Hazardous materials
  • Info regarding removal/dismantling
  • Nature, location of significant services
55
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Who is the audience of the H&S file?

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The employer and the end user

APC QS 2022/23 (11 decks)

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