Health and safety Flashcards
What Does COSHH stand for?
Control of substances Hazardous to health
What does PUWER stand for?
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
What does RIDDOR stand for?
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation
What does LOLER stand for?
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
What does HASAWA stand for?
Health and Safety at Work Act
What duties do employers have to provide?
- Healthy and Safe work environments
- Appropriate Training to employees to ensure their safety at work
- A Written Health and Safety Policy
- Safe Plant, Machinery, Equipment and Appliances
- Safe methods of handling, storing and transporting materials
What does PPE stand for?
Personal protective equipment
What are the regulations for PPE?
- Is properly assessed before use to ensure suitability
- Is maintained and stored correctly
- Instructions provided on correct use
- Used/worn correctly by employees
what regulations does PUWER have for equipment provided for work?
- Suitable for intended use
- Maintained in a safe condition for use, and in certain circumstances regularly inspected for safety
- Only used by employees who have received adequate information/training
- Accompanied by suitable safety measures, e.g. safety guards, markings/warnings
What is COSHH?
A list of hazardous substances
What can types of hazardous substances will you find under COSHH?
- Substances used directly in work activities (adhesives, paints, cleaning agents, etc.)
- Substances generated from work activities ( fumes etc)
- Naturally occurring substances (Dust etc)
- Biological agents (Bacteria and other Micro-Organisms)
What is a COSHH data log?
– written assessment of the hazardous substances onboard, and measures to reduce exposure, includes Hazard Data Sheet
Name at least 8 out if 15 types of Hazard data sheets.
- Identification of the substance and the manufacturer
- Information on “Ingredients”
- Hazard identification
- First Aid measures
- Firefighting measures
- Accidental release/spill measures
- Handling and storage
- Exposure control (Recommended PPE)
- Physical and chemical properties of the substance
- Stability and reactivity
- Toxicology
- Ecological considerations
- Disposal considerations
- Transport information
- Regulatory Information
LOLER provides what regulations for lifting equpiment?
- Strong and stable for use and marked with Safe Working Load (SWL)
- Positioned and installed to minimise risks
- Used safely, work planned and organised by competent people
- Examined and regularly inspected by competent people
What lifting equipment is covered by LOLER?
Cranes, forklifts, lifts, hoists, and accessories (Slings, chains, eye bolts)
What PPE is required for slinging?
- Overalls
- Safety boots
- Hard Hat
- High Vis vest
what are the regulations for manual handling?
Use mechanical means when possible
Get help if mechanical means not possible
What is the process of manually lifting?
- Lift in stages – load to knees, then to waist, middle of load level with waist
- Hold object close to body, do not twist body
- Do not obstruct your own view
- Lower to knees first, feet apart and back straight
What is the regulation that requires you to report work related illness, death and injury?
RIDDOR
Wat are some of the things you should report under RIDDOR regulations?
- Fractures (not toes and fingers)
- Amputation
- Dislocation
- Loss of Sight (permanent or temporary)
- Burns to the eye or penetrating injury to the eye
- Electric Shock
- Any injury requiring hospitalisation for more than 24hrs
- Acute illness, loss of consciousness arising from inhalation/ingestion or skin contact
What are Hazardous conditions?
A Hazard is anything with potential to cause harm including machinery and environment
What actions should be taken before entering a machinery space?
- Inform person in charge
- Use “Man-below” tally
- Select appropriate PPE
- Check COSHH data sheets
What is a confided space?
An enclosed compartment or space which has remained shut and unventilated for more than 24hrs
What are the types of confided spaces you will find on HM ships?
- Fuel tanks
- Fresh water tanks
- Ballast Tanks
- Machinery Sumps
- Gear Cases
- Heat exchangers
- Watertight Compartments
- Sewage Treatment Plants
What is the process that is to be done before entering a confined space?
- Space is to be “cool”
- Space force ventilated for 24hr minimum
- After 24hrs atmosphere tested safe
- If not safe Force ventilated for another 12hrs and retested. Repeat until test safe.
- A Gas Free Certificate must be issued before entry
What PPE should be worn in a confided space?
- Overalls
- Boots
- Barrier cream/gloves
- Paper coveralls for dirty tanks
What are the precautions that should be taken for confinded spaces?
- No smoking
- A safety sentry posted at the access
- Comms to exist between sentry and personnel in the space
- Sentry to have means of calling for assistance
- Sentry is to have BA available for rescue purposes
- Personnel in space to wear a life line
- A gas monitor is to be used
- All electrical equipment used inside is to be safe and tested spark free
- Personnel must be medically fit and capable of the work
- Extra attention to personal hygiene due to risk of infection/germs
- Appropriate PPE to be worn
- Atmosphere to be continually monitored
What is Hot work?
welding, brazing, gas burning, use of blow lamps, gas burners and grinding.
What is required before any hot work takes place?
A permit to work
What PPE/equipment is needed when welding?
- Surcoat (High Vis)
- Goggles suitable for the hot work
- Stored Pressure Extinguisher
- Fire Blanket x 2
What precautions are to be taken before any welding can go ahead?
- Remove combustible materials
- Cover electrical installations with fire blanket
- Remove any packing materials
- Clear up any oil spills including in bilges.
What signatures are required for a Hot Work Permit?
- Operator
- Sentry
- OOW/OOD
- DMESR (Duty Marine Engineer Senior Rate)
- DWESR (Duty Weapons Engineer Senior Rate)
What PPE is required for Lagging?
- Green Nylon Overalls
- Skull Cap
- Respirator
- Boots
- Gloves
- Goggles
What is needed before the compartment can be re-entered after Lagging?
A dust-free certificate.
Who is in Control of Hazard State Board when the ship is alongside?
OOD
Who is in Control of Hazard State Board when the ship is at sea?
OOW
What are the areas of a HM ship that are defined as Aloft?
Funnels, masts, superstructure to which aerials are fitted, submarine conning towers
What are the Aloft precations?
- Wear non slip footwear
- Overalls, tucked in to boots
- Remove loose items from pockets
- Use and in-date safety harness and secured to a point above the person wearing it
- Secure all tools and equipment with a lanyard, hammers to have wrist loops attached
- Sentry to wear hard hat and high vis, and have communication with person aloft
What are the divers down precautions?
- Shaft brake is applied
- Steering gear isolated/locked
- Stabilisers isolated/locked
- CPP (Controllable Pitch Propeller) disabled/shut down
- Any underwater discharge near divers to be isolated
- All sonar equipment shut down
- Cathodic protection switched off
What is Restricted Access?
A ventilated compartment that may have specific entry regulations
What are the different types of spaces that have restricted access?
Flammable stores
Paint Shop
Fruit and Vegetables Stores
Refrigerant Plant Rooms
Battery Shop
Magazines
Hydraulic Plant Rooms
