Health and Safety Flashcards
What does surveying safely include?
RICS guide to personal safety at work.
1) Personal Responsibility and corporate responsibilities
2) Safety of Employees - actions that must be taken by employers.
3) Hazards and Risk Assessments - how will you manage them.
4) Visiting Sites - PPE, Lone working, Access
5) During Site Visits - key hazards-structures, roofs, contamination.
6) Safety of you and others - take reasonable care of yours/other H&S.
7) Legal Duties - Criminal Liability - CDM, Civil Liability – Tort
8) Procurement and management of subcontractors (PQQ of health and safety near miss).
What are the corporate responsibilities in surveying safely?
RICS-regulated firms should have in place a management process designed to identify foreseeable risks and should put in place means to reduce these risks to acceptable levels
Selection of competent staff
Training
Information to control
Equipment that is suitable (PPE)
Supervision
What are the individual responsibilities in surveying safely?
Individuals employed by RICS-regulated firms have a direct responsibility to ensure corporate health and safety policies and procedures are practised effectively and competently.
It is therefore essential that individuals have the necessary skills, knowledge, training and experience to carry out these tasks.
Performance – being competent to work safely
Control – being able and prepared
Adaptability
Vigilance – safety for you and others
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
Elimination – redesign the activity so the hazard is removed
Substitution – Replace materials with a less hazardous one
Engineering controls – use work equipment to prevent falls where you cant avoid working at height
Administrative controls – Identifying and implementing the procedures needed to work e.g. reduce lone working / work in daylight
PPE
What is a CSCS card
The Considerate Constructors Scheme was set up to raise standards in the construction industry
What types of PPE are there?
Employer must provide PPE for their protection (as per Health and safety at work)
3 point - hard hat, steel toe boots, high visibility clothing
5 point - hard hat, steel toe boots, high visibility clothing, gloves, eye protection
What is the importance of a site induction
A construction site induction is a safety briefing given to workers at the start of the project. It tells them about the safety rules and controls in place, the hazards they might be exposed to, and how to work safely on the site
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
Duties on employers and employees – responsibility on both parties.
Employers must ensure as far as ‘reasonably practical’ the health and safety and welfare at work of all employees
The Act aims to:
* secure the health, safety and welfare of people at work
* protect others against risks to health and safety arising from work activities
* control dangerous substances
* control certain emissions into the atmosphere.
Employers with 5 or more employees must have written health and safety documents, detail the organisations health and safety structure.
Employees must follow the rules and act in a safe manner.
What are CDM regulations?
Aims to improve health and safety and is applicable to all projects (commercial and domestic clients). It helps to plan and manage the work so risks are managed
What is a pre-qualification questionnaire?
A pre-qualification questionnaire sets out a series of questions for potential tenderers to answer regarding their level of experience, capacity and financial standing etc. prior to being invited to tender
What does RIDDOR stand for?
Reporting of incidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
What is RIDDOR?
RIDDOR puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses).
What is an appropriate level of RIDDOR/incidents to pass the PQQ?
