Health and Safety Flashcards
who enforces health and safety?
health and safety executive
local authorities
what is the health and safety at work act?
imposes general duties on employers to to secure the health and welfare of their employees and others.
what legislation covers risk assessments?
management of health and safety at work regulations 1992
what is an accident?
undesirable circumstances that lead to ill health or injury
or to property, plant or equipment
what is the definition of ill health?
acute or chronic illness, that harm you and your body
what is a hazard?
something that may cause harm.
what is risk?
risk is the chance high or low that somebody could be harmed by hazards.
MUST indicate how serious the harm could be.
how does surveying safely apply to your area of practice?
how have you applied surveying safely/ACOP to your stratford visit?
how have you applied surveying safely/ acop to your benwell visit?
what health and safety requirements apply to your area of practice?
what is the difference between a hazard and a risk?
a hazard is something that will cause harm
a risk is the probability that this will happen.
who is HSE?
Health and safety executive, uk government responsible for regulation of health and safety
talk me through the risk assessment for the rooftop site?
well there were two main hazards.
1) falling off the rooftop
2) non ionizing radiation exposure
these were mitigated by the fact there was a wall around the roof, and two that I wore a RF monitor
how would you identify hazards?
look it up on google maps, ask what the access arrangements are. walk the route on streetview from car or station.
Site hazards, machinery, chemicals, fork lifts.
