Health and Safety Flashcards
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those that have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.
CDM applies to all building and construction work
Domestic: Clients not generally required to carry out their duties as these are typically passed to the other duty holders.
Summary of duties;
Principal Designer:
-Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety (pre-construction)
-Identify, eliminate or control foreseeable risks
-Ensure Client and designers are aware of their duties + Advise the Client on bringing together the pre-construction information
-Provide relevant information to other duty holders
Liaise with Principal Contractor in the planning management, monitoring and coordination of the construction phase.
Client
- Appoint competent duty holders
- Allow sufficient time and resources
- Prepare and provide relevant information to duty holders
- Ensure Principal Designer and Contractor carry out duties
- Ensure welfare facilities
How does the Client evaluate the competency of the Consultants?
The ACoP recommends two stages;
Stage 1: Assess the company’s H&S policy and general arrangements (or
individual’s knowledge; CSCS card is a good indicator)
Stage 2: Assess the company’s (or individual) experience and track record; Verify that the company / individual understand the key project risks and how to tackle them.
A set of 14 core criteria are listed in appendix 4 for consistency. (H&S policy; access to competent advice, training and information, monitoring, audit and review, accident reporting and enforcement actions, etc.)
Use pre-qualification questionnaires on health and safety information.
What are the required skills of a CDM-C?
Very good inter-personal and communication skills
Good understanding of H&S in construction, design process, design coordination and information required for others to carry out their works safely.
There may be more than one CDM-C in complex projects when client cannot find an individual with all the required skills and experience.
ACoP recommends two stages of assessment
What professional bodies regulate CDM coordinators?
Stage 1 (knowledge)
NEBOSH Construction certificate (National Examination Board of Occupational Safety and Health)
Stage 2 (practical experience)
Association for Project Safety (APS)
CDM-C register of Institution of Construction Safety (ICS)
H&S register of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
What are the key implications of the regulations?
More focus on clients to put in place arrangements to ensure health and safety
Clients can no longer assign their legal responsibilities to agents
Must be a declaration of how long contractors will be given to plan and prepare for construction work
Clients deemed the principal contractor or CDM co-ordinator for any period during which other appointments aren’t made
What would you usually find in the pre construction information?
-Project description
-Client’s considerations and management requirements (hoarding, welfare facilities, traffic restrictions, permit to work, etc.)
-Environmental restrictions and existing on-site risks (site restrictions, previous H&S files, ground conditions, existing services, asbestos surveys, contamination, unsafe structures, etc.)
-Significant design and construction hazards (design risks assessments, suggested method statements, arrangement for coordination post contract design work and changes)
-Health and Safety File requirements
What would you find in the Construction Phase Plan?
-Project description
-Management of the works (site induction, training, communication, welfare facilities, design coordination, site rules, emergency procedures, etc.)
-Arrangements for controlling significant site risks (handling of deliveries, working at height, deep excavations, preventing falls, site segregation, maintenance of plant and equipment, removal of asbestos, reducing noise and vibrations, manual
handling)
-Health and Safety File proposals
What would you find in the H&S File?
It only needs to contain H&S information that would be useful for the planning of future works or maintenance. The construction plan, building manual and contract docs are not useful here.
A brief description of the work carried out;
any residual hazards which remain and how they have been dealt with (for example surveys or other information concerning asbestos; contaminated land; water bearing strata; buried services etc);
key structural principles (for example, bracing, sources of substantial stored energy
including pre- or post-tensioned members) and safe working loads for floors and roofs, particularly where these may preclude placing scaffolding or heavy machinery there;
Hazardous materials used (for example lead paint; pesticides; special coatings which should not be burnt off etc);
information regarding the removal or dismantling of installed plant and equipment (for example any special arrangements for lifting, order or other special instructions for dismantling etc);
health and safety information about equipment provided for cleaning or maintaining the structure;
the nature, location and markings of significant services, including underground cables; gas supply equipment; fire-fighting services etc;
information and as-built drawings of the structure, its plant and equipment (for example, the means of safe access to and from service voids, fire doors and compartmentation etc).
What is a F10?
Cite 5 items you would find in it.
The F10 form is used to notify the HSE of the project.
It should contain address of construction site, name of local authority where the site is located, give a brief description of the project and the construction work it entails, provide contact details for client, lead designer, CDM-C and Principal Contractor (if appointed), give an indication of the time allowed by the client for the PC to plan and
prepare for the construction work, give planned date for start of work, duration of construction phase, give number of people at work on site at any one time and be signed by the Client.
What does RIDDOR stand for?
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) require the ‘responsible person’ to notify any death, reportable injury, disease or dangerous occurrence to the HSE (on-line or by phone for death and serious injuries). The responsible person is the employer or, for the self-employed, the contractor or principal contractor.
What incidents are reportable?
AND
Who must report them?
1) Death, major injuries (loss of consciousness, of limb) and injuries over 7 days. (work related; must be reported within 15 days)
Occupational diseases (they are listed in schedule 3 of the RIDDOR 1995)
Dangerous occurrences (explosions, hazardous substances, structure collapse, collision, etc.)
Gas incidents
2) ‘the responsible person’= the employer, person in charge of the site and selfemployed.
Members of the public, injured people, staff etc. should report incidents to the responsible person.
They can contact the HSE if they are concerned it has not been reported but they cannot report it themselves.
What are the new RIDDOR requirements? RIDDOR 2013 Changes
RIDDOR 2013 Changes
From 1 October 2013, RIDDOR 2013 comes into force, which introduces
significant changes to the existing reporting requirements. The main changes
are to simplify the reporting requirements in the following areas:
■ the classification of ‘major injuries’ to workers is being replaced with a
shorter list of ‘specified injuries’;
■ the previous list of 47 types of industrial disease is being replaced with eight
categories of reportable work-related illness;
■ fewer types of dangerous occurrence require reporting.
There are no significant changes to the reporting requirements for:
■ fatal accidents;
■ accidents to non-workers (members of the public);
■ accidents which result in the incapacitation of a worker for more than seven
days.
Recording requirements remain broadly unchanged, including the requirement
to record accidents resulting in the incapacitation of a worker for more than
three days.
What does COSHH stand for?
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Regulations 2002)
Aim to avoid exposure to hazardous substances, or if not possible, to control
exposure by measures that are proportionate to the health risk. (involves risk
assessments)
How many different types of asbestos survey are there?
What is each?
There are 2 different types – 1. Management and 2. Refurbishment / Demolition
surveys
- Management Survey - A management survey is the standard survey. Its
purpose is to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and
extent of any suspect ACMs in the building. Management surveys will often
involve minor intrusive work and some disturbance. - Refurbishment & Demolition Survey - A refurbishment and demolition survey
is needed before any refurbishment or demolition work is carried out. This
type of survey is used to locate and describe, as far as reasonably
practicable, all ACMs in the area where the refurbishment work will take place
or in the whole building if demolition is planned. The survey will be fully
intrusive and involve destructive inspection, as necessary, to gain access to
all areas, including those that may be difficult to reach
What are the regulations around asbestos?
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
Asbestos which is contained in a safe manner can be left in-situ but there is a duty to
manage asbestos.
Training is compulsory for workers engaged in asbestos removal.
Asbestos removal can be licensable, notifiable non licensed works (NNLW) or nonlicensed.
By 2015 even workers engaged in non-licensed asbestos removal will have to be
under medical surveillance at 3 years intervals, albeit not a strict than for those in
licensed works.
For licensed and NNLW employers must keep individuals’ records of asbestos
exposure.
Non licensed = short exposure to asbestos in good condition
NNLW= short exposure to asbestos that may be slightly disturbed by the works (new
2012 category)
What is the period of notification prior to any asbestos removal
works?
14 days – to the HSE, the local authority or the Office of Rail regulations.
What H&S precautions do you take when going on site?
Ensure that I have PPE, ensure that I have had a site induction.
Who do you inform that you are going on site?
Sign in on site. Own company.
