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Health and Safety Flashcards

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Surveying Safely: Health & Safety principles for property professionals 2nd edition 2018

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sets out good best practice principles
focuses on:
- personal responsibilities
- assessing hazards/risks
- workplace health and safety
- occupational hygiene and health
- visiting premises and sites
- fire safety
- residential surveying
- procurement and management of contractors

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RICS Firms must ensure they provide

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  • safe working environment
  • safe working equipment
  • safe systems of work
  • competent staff
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‘Safe Person’ concept

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Each individual assumes responsibility for own, colleagues and others health and safety whilst at work

Note: individuals must have tools required to do job safely

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How to safely visit premises?

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  • tell someone where you are going and let them know when you leave too
  • wear appropriate clothing EG high visibility jacket, hard hat, goggles, gloves and ear defenders (PPE)
  • sign in and out of construction site
  • have site induction
  • check if safe to work alone
  • check dated tag on scaffolding
  • wear non slip shoes if going on ladder
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Health and Safety at Work 1974

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  • duty to all employers to ensure health safety and welfare of employees
  • policed by HSE (Health and Safety Executive) - can issue fines/prison
  • only UK Act where guilty until proven innocent
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Hazard

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Anything that has potential to cause harm

EG wet floor

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Risk

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Likelihood/probability that someone will be harmed

EG risk of falling on wet floor

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Risk Assessment

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  • legal requirement for organisations of more than 5 staff
  • need risk assessments for all significant hazards
  1. Identify hazards
  2. Identify those at risk
  3. Evaluate risk / likelihood of accident
  4. Record findings
  5. Review risk assessment regularly
  6. Advise those affected of risk assessment and methods of work to minimise risk
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Method Statement

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  • details how task is to be completed
  • must detail control measures in place
  • needs prior approval
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Health and Safety policy document

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  • required for employers if more than 5 employees
  • written document with 4 points:
    1. Policy of commitment to H&S
    2. Details on roles and responsibilities
    3. Risk assessment
    4. Details of control measures
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‘Six Pack’ of H&S Regulations

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  1. Management of H&S at work
  2. Display screen equipment
  3. Manual handling operations
  4. PPE
  5. Provision and use of work equipment
  6. Workplace health, safety & welfare
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RIDDOR

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
- report if over 7 days incapacitation
- report to HSE within 15 days
- keep record if injury over 3 days
- maintain accident book for 3 years after incident

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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homocide Act 2007

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  • breach of duty of care that leads to persons death
  • penalty range from unlimited fine, imprisonment, or disqualification of company director
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Fire Risk Management Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

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  • applies to non domestic property in England and Wales
  • ‘Responsible Person’ is employer/occupier/owner who controls property
  • need fire risk assessment, procedures and staff training and regular reviews
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Reasonable fire precautions measures

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  • safe exit routes
  • fire exit doors
  • personal emergency evacuation plan
  • emergency lighting
  • emergency signs
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Fire Safety Act 2021

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  • relates to multi occupied residential
  • Responsible Person must assess, manage and reduce fire risk
  • comply with current standards
  • ensure evacuation plans regularly updated
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External Wall Systems (EWS)

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  • following Grenfall Fire, many EWS found to be unsafe
  • EWS1 form completed by qualified professional to confirm the walls are in accordance with government guidelines
  • used for flats, student accommodation, assisted living and care homes, HMOs, mixed use with resi
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Building Safety Bill 2021

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Aims to enhance regulations for building safety and ensure residents have stronger voice in ensuring safety

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Occupiers Liability Act 1957

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Common duty of care imposed to lawful visitors by occupiers / landlords
- need to ensure visitor will be reasonably safe in using premises for which they were invited

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Occupiers Liability Act 1984

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Need to ensure trespasser will be reasonably safe in using premises!

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Smoke Free Regulations 2007

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Illegal to smoke in enclosed public places
- need ‘no smoking’ signs
- local authorities enforce law
- penalty of £50 to £2,500

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Defective Premises Act 1972

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obligation on LL to ensure premises comply with requirements

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What happens if asbestos is disturbed or damaged?

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releases small toxic fibres which can get into lungs and cause illness

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Two types of asbestos survey

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  • management survey (locate and advise on management)
  • refurbishment/demolition survey (asbestos samples taken)
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What does architect need to supply in newly constructed building?

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Certificate to confirm there is no asbestos

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How regularly should asbestos register be reviewed?

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6 monthly

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Asbestos: Legal Requirements and Best Practice for Property Professionals 2021

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  1. Details of common ACMs
  2. How to commission asbestos survey
  3. Suggested contents of asbestos management plan
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Construction (Design and Management) CDM Regulations 2015

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  • criminal offence to breach these
  • policed by Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • aims to improve H&S at all stages of construction project
  • onus on client to ensure CDM arrangements (rather than contractor)

HSE to be notified if project longer than 30 days with more than 20 workers, or if more than 500 ‘person’ days of work

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