Health and Safety Flashcards
What are the CDM 2015 Regulations
- The Construction Design and Management Regulations intend to ensure that matters of health and safety are properly considered
- CDM regulations apply to all construction works
What are the Principal Designers responsibilities under CDM?
- Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate pre-construction H&S
- Identify, eliminate and control key risks
- Advise the Client on brining together pre-construction information
- Laisse with the PC in the planning, management and coordination of the Construction Phase Plan
What are the Client’s responsibilities under CDM?
- Appoint a competent Duty Holder
- Allow sufficient time and resources
- Provide relevant information to the Duty Holder
- Ensure that the PC & PD carry out their duties
What are the Principal Contractor’s responsibilities under CDM?
- Laisse with the Client and Principal Designer
- Prepare the Construction Phase Plan
- Manage the cooperation of Subcontractors
- Ensure welfare facilities
What would you find in the pre-construction information?
- A description of the project
- The Clients considerations and requirements for welfare and hoarding
- Environmental restrictions and existing site risks
- Significant design and construction hazards
What would you find in the construction phase plan?
- A description of the project
- Procedures of the management of construction e.g. inductions, briefings
- Site rules and welfare procedures
- Management of controlling site risks e.g. delivery handling, working at height
What would you find in the H&S file?
- A description of the project
- Any residual hazards and how they have been dealt with e.g. surveys for contaminated ground
- Hazardous material used
- The nature and location of significant services
What is your companies Health and Safety policy
- Prevent work related injuries or illnesses
- Prevent damage to property or equipment
- Prevent adverse effects on the environment
What measures are there to prevent accident occurring?
- Planning & programming of works
- Allowing sufficient time for works to be constructed effectively
- Carrying out risk assessments, method statements and educating workers
- Training, inductions and CSCS qualifications
- Ensuring safe working sites and access and egress points
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- This is the primary piece of legislation governing H&S in the UK
- It places a statutory duty on all employers to provide and maintain equipment and systems of work that are safe
- The Act Aims to
Secure the health and safety of people of work
Protect the health and safety of others from work activities
Prevent dangerous substances
Prevent emissions
Employers with more than 5 employees must have formal written H&S documents outlining the H&S structure of the organisation
What is the F10?
It is a form that notifies the HSE of the project
It contains:
- The site address
- Nature of the works
- Name of the local authorities
- Contact details of the Client and PC
What does RIDDOR stand for?
- Reporting of diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
- Requires the responsible person to notify the HSE
What does COSHH stand for?
- Control of substances hazardous to health
- Regulations aim to avoid exposure to hazardous material
What are the powers of the HSE?
- Inspectors can visit site without notice to talk to workers
- To issue written or verbal information and advise
- To impose sanctions if necessary
What is the Surveying Safely Publication?
RICS guidance on personal safety in work
- Personal responsibilities of RICS members and cooperate responsibilities
- Relevance to professional groups
- Work place fire and aid provisions
- Hazard and risk assessment requirements
- Visiting site - PPE and lone working
- During site visits - Key hazard assessments
- Safety of you and others
- Legal Duties
