Health and Safety Flashcards
What are the 6 framework directives in HASAWA 1974?
- Management of H&S at work
- Work place regulations
- Provision and use of work place equipment
- Manual handling
- PPE
- Display screen equipment
What does HASAWA require of employers?
- When there are more than 5 employees, employers must keep a written record of thr H&S policy and consult with employees on these policies and arrangements.
- Provides a safe place of work
- Provides safe work equipment
- Provide adequate training
- Carry out risk assessments
- Provide adequate welfare facilities
- Make suitable provision of relevant info, instruction and supervision.
- appoint a competent person to oversee H&S.
What are the Workplace Regulations 1992? (Where do they apply and what do they cover?)
- Don’t apply to construction sites, ships or mines.
- They cover DSE, ventilation and windows, lighting, falling objects, waste, entry and egress, welfare facilities.
What did management health and safety at work regulations 1999 (MHSWR) introduce?
- Extend the HASAWA regulations
- introduced a duty on employers to carry out risk assessments.
What are the employer’s duties under MHSWR?
- risk assessments (and their review)
- written record of RAs if more than 5 employees
- specific RAs for under 18s and pregnant/ new mothers
- RA will determine whether health tests (hearing etc) are needed
- RAs should determine emergency procedures e.g. in the case of fire.
- Coordinate H&S policy with other companies on site.
- ensure arrangements are made for contacting emergency services.
- information and training for employees and contractors.
- appoint someone to oversee H&S
What are employee’s duties under MHSWR?
- work in accordance with the info and training provided.
- inform employers where there is a H&S risk/ shortcoming.
- Woman must notify her employer in writing if she is pregnant, breast feeding or given birth in the last 6 months.
What do the Construction, Design and Management Regulations (CDM) 2015 do?
- Provide the allocation of roles and responsibilities for all the actors on a construction related activity.
What is the CDM role of Commercial Clients?
- Make suitable arrangements for managing a project
- ensure sufficient time and resources are allocated
- prepare relevant info and give to necessary people
- ensure PD and PC carry out their duties.
What is the CDM role of designers?
- eliminate reduce and control risks where they can be designed out. (for construction and maintenance)
- provide info to others when needed.
What is the CDM role of principal designers?
- Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate H&S in the pre construction phase of a project
-ensure designers carry out their duties - prepare and share relevant info
- liaise with PC
What is the CDM role of contractors?
- Reduce H&S risks where possible
- coordinate with other contractors
- Obey PC
What is the CDM role of the principle contractor?
- liaise with client and PD
- prepare Construction Phase Plan
- organise the contractors
- make sure site inductions are provided
- ensure reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorised access
- provide welfare facilities
What is the Health and Safety Executive and what does it do?
Government body for enforcing H&S legislation in the UK
- propose and set standards
- research and encourage others to research H&S
- provide effective regulatory frameworks
What are the 6 main actions of the HSE?
Act together
tackle ill health
managing risk well
supporting small employers
keeping pace with change
sharing success
What is the H&S Inspector’s Role?
They check if you are following the law
-may enter the premises at any reasonable time
- carry out examinations, take possession of things, make copies
- they will give verbal or written advice a formal caution, serve improvement or prohibition notices and even prosecute.
Fines are unlimited and imprisonment up to 2 years.
Give at least 4 reasons for accidents
- poor H&S supervision
- poor housekeeping
- untreated ill health and fatigue
- little client influence
How can risks be reduced and managed?
Alarms
better communication tools
multi language resources
more off site construction
What are HSE’s 5 H&S management elements?
- planning
- organisation
- control
- monitoring
- review
What are HSE’s 5 H&S management elements?
- planning
- organisation
- control
- monitoring
- review
Describe HSE’s planning element
- systematic approach to RAs
- choose appropriate methods of risk control
- establish standards and targets
Describe HSE’s organisation element
- employees should be involved in RA process
- effective communication and a positive approach to H&S should be embedded
- all staff should be competent
Describe HSE’s control element
- ensure H&S responsibilities are allocated and coordinated
- standards are set for those with responsibilities
- adequate supervision
Describe HSE’s monitoring element
- employers should measure the implementation of their H&S policy
- done by inspections and audits
- investigating incidents and accidents to find the root cause
- info gained during monitoring should be recorded
Describe HSE’s review element
- prioritise actions from the monitoring process
- review H&S management system in its entirety and take action is needed.
What must be in an employer’s H&S rules?
- minimum legal H&S standard must be met
-must provide a good standard of supervision - subcontractors must not be used without prior written agreement from the client
-each employee must have an authorisation card issued by the client at all times
What must be in an employer’s written H&S policy?
- people with H&S safety responsibilities and their duties
- H&S policy statement that includes the H&S aims
- details of the H&S organisational structure
- the H&S poster but be displayed or given to every employee.
- site rules must be displayed on site
