Health and Safety Flashcards
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The health and safety at work 1974
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- Employers duty to ensure health and safety and welfare at work
- Employer must ensure that machinery and equipment are safe and without risk to health
- material do not pose risks
- Keep accident book
- washing facilities - soap / handtowel
- lavatories
- Changing area with locked lockers
- Correct seating for task
- Rest rooms to eat
- Clean premises
2
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Health and safety at work act 1974
Risk assessment
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- Look for hazard
- Decide the who might be harmed
- Evaluate risk
- record risk
- review at set time
- Train staff
- Record training
3
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Fire precaution act 1971
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- Display written fire procedure notice
- Clear sign of exit (Sign and signals) regulation 1996
- Exit door marked
- Nominated fire warden
-Install smoke detector - Good housekeeping- Remove combustible rubbish
- Staff training and recording
4
Q
What’s Fire safety order 2005
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- Complete a fire safety specific risk assessment
- Below and above ceiling and fire adviser for specifics
5
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Premises - Occupiers liability act 1957
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- Entrance and exit safe
- Steps and stairs well lit with secure handrails
- Passages, stairs, lobbies free of hazard
-Ceilings and walls should be washable and free of ridges - No sharp edge on furniture
- Electrical equipment out of children reach
- Fire heater should be guarded
6
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Display screw equipment regulation 1992
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- Design of workstation , equipment, general environment
- Occupational health aspects of operating VDU ( visual display unit)
- Eye sight assessment for those VDU for significant part of their working day
7
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First aid - Health and safety 1981/2008/2015
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- Must provide first aid
- All practice should have first aid
- No legal requirement but training for first aider
8
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RIDDOR- Reporting of injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurence Regulation 2013
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- Worked related accident cause death
- Cause serious injuries
- diagnose cases of certain industrial diseases
- Certain dangerous occurrence (potential harm)
- Person incapacity for routine work more than 7 days after incident at work.
- Reported to HSE within relevant timeframd
9
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COSHH- 1994/ 2002/ 2014
Risk assessment
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- Identify risk
- Record who might be harmed
- Risk assessment
- Monitor risk
- Control risk
- Identify any PPE require
- Train staff
- Record training
10
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Manual Handling operation regulation MHOR
1992
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- Employer
- Avoid risk of injury as far as reasonably practicable
- Include lifting of loads, pushing, pulling, carrying and moving them by body force
11
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LOLER 1998 - Lifting operating and lifting equipment regulations 1998
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- To ensure the safe provision of safe operating and lifting of equipment owns by organiser or not
- Provision and use of work equipment regulation (PUWER) for inspection and maintenance including escalator and moving walkways
12
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Waste management
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- identity, Assessing and evaluating risks
- what problem ?
- What and who could be harmed ?
- What could happen ( how severe how often) ?
- What is being done to prevent it?
- what more could be done to prevent or control it?
- Implement and manage
- Monitor, review and audit
13
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The Environmental act 1990, 1995
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- Pollution control
- Discharge air
- Discharge water
- Discharge land
- safe storage and disposal of clinical waste
14
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Electricity at work Regulation 1989
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- Safiety of fixed and portable apliances
- PAT testing every 3 years
15
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Storage of drugs
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- Stored as per manufacturer
- advisable locked in cupboard and open by authorised person
