Health and Safety Flashcards
What are the 3 types of asbestos?
Brown (Amosite), Blue (crocidolite) and White (Chrysolite)
What is included in the RICS PS: Surveying Safely 2018 (resissued 2023)?
Basic, good practice for the management of health and safety for RICS reg firms. Key areas of advice:
-Safe working environment
-Safe work equipment
-Safe systems of work
-Competent staff.
Other areas include:
-Assessing hazards and risks
-Property professionals place of work
-Occupational health
-Management of construction work
When was asbestos banned?
White banned in UK since 1999 and other forms band sign 1995
What would you do if you saw a breach of health & safety conditions whilst on site?
If there was an imminent danger and it was safe to do so, I would intervene as it would be my duty of care to the client to stop injury/harm occurring on their property. Afterwards I would report it to the client and if they take no action can report it to the Health & Safety Executive (the Government’s regulator for enforcing health and safety)
What is the optimal height for a desk?
Depends on the person and chair but for me it is about 0.75m. The important thing is to ensure the top of screen is just below eye level, the monitor is arm’s length away, elbows are bent at 90 degrees and feet are flat on the floor.
What kind of risks are you looking for on an inspection?
Depends on the property,
-If industrial property you need to be wary of moving vehicles, dangerous machinery, falling objects.
-If it was a residential property it may be the occupier’s threatening dog.
-Derelict properties can become defected with rotten wood and roof leaks causing ceilings to collapse.
-A retail unit may be slippery or a trip hazard due to stock, going into basements where stairs/ladders required.
How do your colleagues know you are safe afterwards?
I would follow my company’s lone working report back procedures in which I inform them within one hour that I have completed the inspection safely.
What are the types of asbestos surveys?
Management Survey- Locate and advise on its management during occupations (no sampling)
Refurbishment/ demolition survey- required where premises or part needs upgrading, sample required, recommendation are made regarding management.
What steps must a Duty holder undertake when completing a risk assessment with regards to asbestos?
-Duty holder must assess whether premises contain asbestos, if in doubt presumed
-Assess risk and produce asbetsos management plan
-Produce asbestos register
-Available to all relevant parties
-Review register regularly (HSE recommended 6 monthly)
What is the Professional Standard for Asbestos?
RICS PS: Asbestos 2021: Details of common asbestos containing materials, how to commission an asbestos survey, suggested content of an asbestos management plan
What is a risk assessment and what does it intale?
Legal requirement for organisations employing 5+ staff to carry out a document for a health and safety risk assessment of all significant risk including:
Identify hazard,
Identify people at risk,
Evaluate risk and consider likelihood and severity,
Record findings,
Review risk assessment,
Advise those affected to minimise risk
What types of PPE are there?
Respirators, Protective gloves, Protective clothing (high visibility jackets), Protective footwear, Eye protection
What does RICS consider a ‘safe person’?
RICS considers the concept of safe person to mean that each individual assumes individual behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work.
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
-Elimination - Redesign or substitute
-Substitution - Replace work materials with those less hazardous.
-Engineering controls - Use other equpiment to make your work less hazardous.
-Administrative controls - Identifying and implementing procedures required to work safely.
-Personal protective clothes and equipment - Where you cannot eliminate or reduce a risk, use PPE or other measures to minimise.
If an RICS member is required to visit premises or
construction sites (including refurbishment and demolition), they could be:
-exposed to excess noise or vibration
-exposed to toxic/hazardous materials
-required to drive for extended periods
-lone working
-working close to vehicles
-working close to fast-flowing/deep water
-working in any number of other environments where the likelihood of risk and consequences of harm could increase substantially.
