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Health and Safety Flashcards

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Define Health

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The protection of the bodies and minds of people from illness resulting from the materials, processes or procedures used in the workplace

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Define Safety

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The protection of people from physical injury

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Define Welfare

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The provision of facilities to maintain the health of individuals at the workplace

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What is Occupational or work-related ill health?

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This is an illness or physical and mental disorder that is either caused or triggered by work place activities

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What is Enviromental Protection?

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Arrangements to cover the activities that affect the enviroment

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What is an Accident?

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Any unplanned event that results in injury or ill health of people, or damage or loss to property, plant, materials or the environment or a loss of a business opportunity

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Define Near Miss

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Any incident that could have resulted in an accident

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What is a Dangerous Occurance?

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A ‘near miss’ that could have lead to serious injury or loss of life

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Define Hazard

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The potential of a substance, activity or process to cause harm

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Define Risk

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The likelihood of a substance, activity or process to cause harm.

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Why have Health and Safety?

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  • Moral - 46 deaths in UK in 2013/2014
  • Legal - 80% prosecuted are convicted
  • Financial - Uninsured costs 36x higher than insured costs
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What is not insured?

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  • Product damage
  • Clan up
  • Emergency supplies
  • Temp Labour
  • Investigation Time
  • Production Delays
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What is a safe site?

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A site in which persons can go about their normal daily work without being under risk

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What is used on site to prevent risk?

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  • Saftey signs (prohobition, fire, warning, mandatory action, safe)
  • HSE Coded Hand signals
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What does Risk Assesment include?

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  • Activity
  • Probablility of occurance
  • Consequence severity (Most severe consequence)
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Risks to health?

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  • Dust
  • Vibration
  • Noise
  • Radiation
  • Toxic Substances
  • Inadequate Hygene/Welfare
17
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Types of accidents on site and percentage of deaths caused?

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  • Fall 52%
  • Falling materials or objects 19%
  • Transport/ Mobile Plant 18%
  • Electrical Hazard 5%
  • Other (Maintenance Work, Gassing) 6%
18
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High Risk Activties Include:

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  • Steel Erection
  • Demolition
  • Scaffolding
  • Site transport
19
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What is CDM Regulations 2007?

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-Brings together CDM 1994 and the Construction Regulations 1996
-The aim is for health and safety considerations to be treated as a normal part of a project’s development
The new CDM 2007 regulations are divided into 5 parts:
-Part 1 : the application of the Regulations and definitions
-Part 2: General duties that apply to all projects
-Part 3: Additional duties that apply to notifiable projects (more that 30 days or < 500 person days of work)
-Part 4: Practical requirements that apply to all sites
-Part 5: Transitional arrangements and revocations

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Roles and Responsibilities in CDM 2007:

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Client - Largest Influence over how project is run
CDM Co-ordinator - Key Advisor
Designer - Designs develop from initial concepts to a detailed spec
Contractors - Plan, Manage and coordinate work
Workers - Sufficient knowledge

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What is the H&S Managment Process?

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  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Reduction
  • Emergency Preparedness
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Hazard Identification Techniques:

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  • Brainstorming/ What if?
  • Checklist
  • HAZOP
  • FEMA
23
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What are the two assessments of Risk Analysis

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  • Probability
  • Consequence
    R = P x C
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What are the three Risk Levels of Hazards?

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  • Intolerable Risk Level = High
  • Tolerable Risk Level = Medium
  • Negligable Risk Level = Low
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How is Risk Analysis performed?

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  1. Description of consequence
  2. Probablility of Occurance
  3. Consequence v Probability Graph/ Table
26
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When to perform Risk Reduction?

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  • When risks are in intolerable reigon

- When risks in tolerable reigon and benefits outway effort

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What are the aims of Risk Reduction?

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  • Reduce Consequence
  • Reduce Probavility of occurance
  • Reduce both
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What is the goal of emergency preparedness?

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  • To be prepared to take the most appropriate action in the event that hazard becomes a reality to minimise its effects
  • To transfer personnel from a location with a higher risk level to one with a lower risk level
29
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CDM 1992 - ‘Six Paxck Regulations’

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  • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
    –Work Place Regulations 1996
    –Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 –Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulation 1992 –Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
    –The Health and Safety Regulation 1992

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