Health and Safety Flashcards
\What does the RICS Guidance Note Surveying safely: health and safety principles for property professional’s 2nd edition, November 2018 cover?
- basic good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS regulated firs and members
- principles for those engaged in the built environment as property professionals and includes health and safety responsibility
- at a corporate level
- at the level of the member
What is the safe person concept?
Each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work
What is the Health and Saftey at Work Act 1974?
Requires employers to ensure the H&S of all employees and anyone effected by their work so far as reasonably practicable (balancing risk agianst money, time and trouble)
Case of dissapearing estate agent?
Suzy Lamplugh 1986
What are the penalties for breachin Health & Saftey Act 1974?
- Criminal offence
- Unlimited fine plus max improsonment of 2 years
- Corporate and gross neglicence (mansluaghter) changers lease to a more severe sentence and directors can be disqualified from acting as a director for 15 years
- policed by Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
What are the corporate requirments for complying with the Health and Saftey Act 1974?
- Appropriate line managment structure to monitor and manage (lead from top with policy statement)
- clear accountibility, procedures and policies
- Risk assesment
- staff training
- Adequate rescources provided
- insurence in place
- in the even of an accident, firm must determine the root cause and take actio to avoid reaccurece with learing points passed to key stake holders
- first must take account of time pressures, distractions/interuptions, fatigure, inexperience/lack of knolage and complancey
What should company health and saftey policy and procedure include?
- providing safe place of work (ventalation, heating, lighting, welfare facilities)
- minimising risk relating to workstations and monitors
- Providing PPE
- manual handeling
- First aid
- reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occouresnces Regulations 1995
- Safe electical sustems
- Hazarous substances
- Asbestos
- Fire Risk Assesment
- Working Hours
- Health and Saftey induction
- Driving
- Stress
- Loan working
What is PPE?
Personal Protective Equimpent
- helmet
- steel capped shoes
- high visability jackets
- ear defenders
- face masks
What is a hazard?
Somthing with potential to cause harm
What is a risk?
Likelihood of harm being realised
How can you ensure personal saftey on site?
- take a charged mobile phone and personal alarm
- plan an escape route
- implement a call back system with office (e.g. a safe word)
- make calender available to team
- be careful in roof voids/ at height/ using a lader
- park car close and keep your keys on you
- make sure you know who you are meeting
- follow gut instingt
- understand rules for construction sites
- sign in and out of sites
- be aware of aggressive dogs and occupants
What does Health and Safety (First-aid) Regulations 1981 say about first aid?
- Requires employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment facilities and personnel to ensure employees receive immediate attention if injured or ill at work
- Employers must conduct risk assessments of first aid needs
- this involves consideration of hazards and risks, size of organisation
- to determine what first aid equipment, facilities and personal should be provided
What does the Health and Saftey at Work act 1974 saw about Trips and Slips/ Trip hazards?
- Requires employers to ensure the h&S of all employees and anyone affected by their work
- so far as can be reasonably practices
- balancing level of risk against the measures needed to controll the risk in terms of time money or toruble
- this inclues taking steps to control slip and trip risks
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (Regulation 12)
Require floors to be suitable, in good condition and free from obstructions. People should be able to move around safely.
What are the responsbilities of a fire marshall?
- assess fire risks
- identify and report fire hazards
- take appropriote action if a fire brakes out
- asminsiter first aid to injured persons
- fight fire where it is necessery and safe to do so
- enable safe, efficient evacuation from a burning building
Who do surveyors owe a duty of care?
Primary duty of care to client
Also duty of care to third parties and members of public
