Health and Safety Flashcards
What are the CDM Regulations?
The Construction Design and Management Regulations are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a projects development so that the risk of harm to those that have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.
The CDM regulations apply to all building and construction work.
The client cannot assign their legal responsibilities to agents.
What are the responsibilities of the PD and the Client under the CDM Regulations 2015?
Principle Designer:
- Plan, manage and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase.
- Ensure Client and designers are aware of their duties
- Advise the client on bringing together the pre-construction information.
- Liaise with the Principle Contractor in the coordination of the construction phase.
Client:
- Appoint sufficient duty holders.
- Allow sufficient time and resources.
- Ensure welfare facilities are provided.
- Ensure the PD and Contractor carryout their duties.
What items would you expect to find in the pre-construction information?
- Project Description
- Requirements for hoarding, welfare facilities, traffic restrictions etc.
- Environment restrictions and existing on-site risks such as previous H&S files, asbestos surveys and the like.
- Significant design and construction hazards such as design risks assessments.
- Significant design and construction hazards such as design risk assessments, suggested method statements.
What would you find in the Construction Phase Plan?
- Project description.
- Process for management of works including site inductions, training, communication welfare facilities
- Arrangements for controlling significant risks such as handling of deliveries, working at height, deep excavations, preventing falls etc.
What would you find in a H&S file?
H&S file includes any information that is useful for the planning of future works or maintenance of a building, which would include:
- A brief description of the works carried out.
- Any residual hazards and how they are to be dealt with (i.e asbestos, contaminated land etc.)
- Key structural elements of a building
- Any hazardous materials (e.g lead paint, finishes which should not be burned).
- The extent and location of services.
What is an F10?
- An F10 form is used to notify the HSE of the project.
- It should contain:
1. The address of the construction site
2. The name of the relevant local authority
3. A brief description of the works
4. Contact details of the Client and Principle Contractor.
5. It should give an indication of the time allowed the client for the principle contractor to plan and prepare for construction.
6. The planned start date.
7. The number of people on-site at any one time.
What does RIDDOR stand for and what responsibilities does it prescribe?
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
- This requires the ‘relevant person to notify of any death, reportable injury, disease or dangerous occurrence to the HSE.
- The responsible person is the employer or, for the self employed, the contractor or principle contractor.
What incidents are reportable under RIDDOR?
- Death and major injuries such as loss of consciousness or loss of a limb,
- Occupational diseases.
- Dangerous occurrences for example, explosions, hazardous substances, structural collapse, collision etc.
- Gas related incidents.
What is COSHH?
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.
- The regulations aim is to avoid exposure to hazardous materials, or if not possible, to control exposure by measures that are proportionate to the health risk.
What H&S precautions do you take when going on site?
I ensure that I have PPE and that I have a site induction.
Who do you inform that you are going on site?
- I sign in the attendance register and report to the site office to make them aware of my presence.
- I ensure my own company is kept updated on my whereabouts.
On the project described in your case study, what measures did you or your company take to ensure good standards of health and safety when either undertaking your work or delivering the project?
- Preparing work risk assessments.
- Wearing personal protective equipment on site.
- Adhering to contractors site rules .
- Attending site inductions.
- Ensuring health and safety was discussed at meeting.
- Reporting visible risks for example traffic management.
What is a risk assessment?
- This is a careful examination of what, in your work, cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken sufficient precautions or should do more to prevent harm.
- The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk but you are required to protect people as far as is reasonably practicable.
What are 6 steps to risk assessment as set out in surveying safely?
Step 1 - Identify the hazards
Step 2 - Decide who might be harmed and how.
Step 3 - Evaluate risks and decide on precautions.
Step 4 - Record your findings and implement them.
Step 5 - Review your assessment and update if necessary.
Step 6 - advise all those affected of the outcome of the assessment and methods of work, or other control measures necessary.
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- This is the primary piece of legislation governing H&S in the UK.
Employers Responsibilities Include:
- A safe system/way of performing work
- A safe place to perform the work in
- Safe equipment and machinery to perform the work
- They must ensure work colleagues are competent in their roles.
- They must carry out the relevant risk assessments
- Employers should be transparent and inform workers of any work-related risks.
- They should appoint a ‘competent person’ to oversee the health and safety.
- Employers should provide adequate facilities for staff welfare.
Employees Responsibilities Include:
- Employees should take steps to adequately protect the health and safety of themselves and colleagues at work
- Employees must not disrupt or interfere with anything put in place to aid in health and safety at work
- Employees may be subject to fines and convictions if they are found in breach of the regulations
