Health And Safety Flashcards
3 types of asbestos
Brown - amosite
Blue - crocidolite
White - chrysotile
What do you do once asbestos is found
- Management plan
- Produce asbestos register which is made available.
Health and safety act year and content
H&S at Work Act 1974
-Duty of employer to ensure H&S
- role of HSE
- must record injuries and dangerous occurrences
- detail potential hazards to employees
Regs for PPR
PPE at Work Regulations 2022
Employers to provide PPE
Building Safety Act 2022 details
After Hackitt Review 2018
High risk buildings - 18m+ or 7+ storeys and more than one dwelling
Building safety Regulator to oversee
High risk buildings to be registered with BSR and nominate accountable person for Fire Safety
Act protects leaseholders of non compliant buildings
5 responsibilities of asbestos ‘duty holder’ under ‘control of Asbestos regulations’ 2012
- Assess for asbestos
- Produce management plan
- Produce register
- Make register available
- Review register (HSE suggest half yearly)
What is licensed/non-licensed and notifiable and non-notifiable
Licensed = it asbestos products are broken up and more heavily tampered with then must be carried out by a licensed contractor
Notifiable = inform HSE of work. Examples - where asbestos has already been damaged/broken up, where removal will break up asbestos (e.g. create dust), large scale projects on asbestos
Key guidance RICS paper on asbestos
RICS Asbestos Legal Requirements and Best Practice for Property Professionals and Clients 2021
Became Professional Standard
What is CDM 2015
‘Construction Design and Management regs’ 2015
Main H&S duty holders during construction = client, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor
Works over 30 days need F10 notification and designated CDM file for the works
Hazard vs risk
Hazard = something which may cause harm
Risk = likelihood of hazard causing harm
Other hazardous materials that have been banned
Combustible cladding - 2018
Lead piping - 1969
What goes into risk assessments
Identify hazards
Identify risks
Evaluate how to control risks
Report
Review
What is an EWS1 and what does it show in the results
External Wall System form
A (1,2 or 3) - unlikely to have combustible materials
B (1,2) - combustible material clearly present
If notifiable asbestos work, how long before works must you inform HSE
14 days before
What buildings need EWS1 form?
Potentially all multi-dwelling buildings with resi components
Prev only for 18m+
Now potentially all - dependent on height, cladding type, any balconies, etc
Seek advice whether needed
