Health and Safety Flashcards
What are the key points in the RICS Guidance Note Surveying Safely - Health and Safety Principles for Property Professionals 2nd Ed 2018?
RICS regulated firms must ensure they provide
A safe working environment
Safe work equipment
Safe systems of work
Competent Staff.
Individuals must take responsibility for their own and their colleagues and others health and safety at work.
Includes guidance for assessing hazards and risks and site visits.
What is the RICS guidance for health and safety?
RICS Guidance Note for Surveying Safely - Health and Safety Principles for Property Professionals 2018. It contains good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS regulated firms and members
What should Surveyors do for site visits?
Tell someone where you are going and when you leave the building/site
Wear appropriate clothing and footwear. E.g high vis, hard hat, protective goggles, gloves, ear defenders
Sign in and out of the building site
Consider whether safe to inspect alone
Check dated tag if going on scaffolding
What is the key health and safety legislation
Health and Safety at Work 1974. Outlines the duty of every employer to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees.
What are the key points in Health and Safety at Work 1974?
Employers duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees.
Policed by the Health and Safety Executive.
treated as a criminal offence with fines and/or imprisonment.
Must report injuries and dangerous occurrences
Must undertake, record and review risk assessment
Detailed H&S information must be held on site
What is a hazard?
A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm - e.g wet floor
What is a risk?
A risk is the probability/likelihood that someone will be harmed. e.g risk of falling over on a wet floor.
What is the in the PPE at Work Regulations 2022?
Extends the employers duty to ensure the provision of appropriate PPE for employees and contractors. Includes cleaners, security and construction workers.
What is a risk assessment?
A risk assessment is a legal requirement for all organisations that employ more than 5 staff. They need to carry out a documented health and safety risk assessment of all their significant hazards.
What is required in a risk assessment?
- Identify the hazards present
- Identify the people at risk of the hazards
- Evaluate the risk, considering the likelihood and severity of any accidents. Existing precautions should be identified.
- Record findings
- Review the risk assessment regularly.
- Advise all affected of the outcome of the assessment and precautions they should take to minimise or eliminate risk.
What is a method statement?
A method statement is a document that details the way a work task or process is to be completed.
It should outline the hazards involve and include a guide on how to do the job safely.
It must also detail which control measures have been introduced to ensure peoples safety.
What needs to be done with public liability insurance?
A copy of the contractors all risk and public liability insurance is required before work commences.
What 4 points should be in a health and safety policy document?
- A policy setting out the organisations commitment to health and safety
- Details of the organisations H&S structure
- A risk assessment setting out the risks in the workplace preventative measures in place.
- Details of the planning, implementation of the H&S policy and control measures.
What are the key points of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995?
Injuries must be reported if they cause over 7 days incapacitation.
Injury must be reported within 15 days of the accident.
Employers must keep a record of all 3+ day injuries.
This information must be recorded in an accident book which must be kept for a minimum of 3 years after the accident or injury.
What is the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007?
Related to gross breaches of duty of care leading to a persons death.
Can result in unlimited fine, imprisonment and disqualification as a company director
What are the key features of the Fire Risk Management Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005?
Based on a risk assessment with emphasis on fire prevention.
Applies to non domestic property in England and Wales.
Defines responsible persons as the employer, occupier or owner if it is vacant.
Need for good record keeping, fire policy and procedures and staff training with regular reviews.
Reasonable fire precaution methods include:
Fire detection and warning system
Fire-fighting equipment
Safe exit routs
Emergency lighting
Evacuation Plan
Fire doors
What is the Fire Safety Act 2021?
Applies to all multi occupied residential buildings.
Requires responsible persons to assess, manage and reduce fire risks in the common areas, structure and external walls.
Enforcement action can be taken for failure comply.
Act requires:
Regular inspection of lifts
Regularly updated evacuation plans
Residents have suitable fire safety instructions.
What is External Wall Systems
In place after Grenfell where many residential buildings were found to have unsafe cladding.
EWS1 form enables a qualified professional to confirm cladding has been assessed for safety in line with government guidance. The criteria consider
Building height
Cladding type
Combustible materials
How long are EWS1 forms valid for?
EWS1 forms are valid for 5 years but are not required for every building.
When is an EWS1 form required?
They are not required for every building. The RICS as an interactive decision tree to help understand when an EWS1 is required.
What is the Building Safety Act 2022?
Legislation intended to enhance regulations for building safety and ensure residents have a stronger voice in ensuring safety in buildings. It implements elements of the Hackitt Review Recommendations for high rise residential buildings.
What are key elements of the Building Safety Act 2022?
Strengthens accountability and duties of those responsible for safety in high rise buildings during construction and occupation.
Gives residents power to contribute to safety.
Clarifies definition of higher risk buildings to include buildings above 18m or seven storeys.
New Building Safety Regulator required to ensure the safety of people in buildings and improving the standards of buildings.
What are key features of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957?
The act regulates the liability of occupiers for injures or damage caused to visitors as a result of dangers due to the state of the property. Occupiers or landlords may be liable.
Duty is on those who are in occupation or control of the building to ensure visitors will be safe on the premises.
What are in the smoke free regulations 2007
Illegal to smoke in all enclosed public spaces
No Smoking signs must be displayed
Penalties include fix penalty notice £50 to maximum fine of £2500
