Health and Safety Flashcards
1
Q
What is the four main causes of accidents and injuries
A
Slips, trips and falls
Lifting, handling heavy objects
Being hit by an object
Being injured by a machine
2
Q
What is HSE
A
He Health and Safety Executive, a government department that enforced health and safety rules in the workplace.
3
Q
What do masks do
A
Prevents breathing contaminated air to the lungs
4
Q
What is casual measure
A
An action or object used to reduce the risk of a hazard damaging a persons health or physically hurting them
5
Q
What is a hazard
A
Nomething that could damage a persons health or cause an accident that could physcislly hurt them
