Health and safety Flashcards
What is the CSCS?
The construction skills certification scheme. The cards certify that the holder has the appropriate training, experience and qualifications for their work (in particular in relation to health and safety).
What is the CDM regulations 2015?
Construction design management regulations 2015 are intended to ensure health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.
What were the changes in the 2015 regulations?
- Structural simplification of the regulation to make them easier to understand
- Replacement of the CDM Co-ordinator with a new role of ‘principal designer’
- Removing the exemption for domestic clients, but passing their CDM duties to the contractor.
What was the reason for removing the CDM coordinator?
. The reason for the change is to give responsibility for CDM during the design phase to an individual that has the ability to influence the design. The role of principal designer is analogous to that of the principal contractor during the construction phase.
Who are the other duty holders under the CDM regulations?
Clients. Designers. Principal contractors. Contractors Workers.
What duty holder do you fall under in the CDM regulations?
Designer.
What is a designers duties under the CDM Regulations?
- Ensuring they have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience.
- Not commencing work unless they are satisfied that the client is aware of their duties under the regulations.
- Cooperating with others involved with the project or any project on an adjoining site.
- Reporting instances where they or others are working in a way that puts them or anyone else in danger.
- Providing information to other members of the project team to help them fulfil their duties.
- Taking account of the general principles of prevention and the pre-construction information, with the aim of eliminating foreseeable risks. Where this is not possible, taking steps to reduce the risks or control them through the design process, and providing information about the remaining risks to other dutyholders.
- Where it is not possible to eliminate health and safety risks when preparing or modifying designs, designers must ensure appropriate information is included in the health and safety file about the reasonably practicable steps they have taken to reduce or control those risks.
- Agreeing with the principal designer the arrangements for the sharing of information to avoid omissions or duplicated effort.
- Ensuring that any information they provide is easy to understand and provided in good time.
What is the Health and safety at work act 1974?
The Primary piece of legislations covering occupational health and safety in the UK.
Lays down wide-ranging duties on employers. Employers must protect the ‘health, safety and welfare’ at work of all their employees, as well as others on their premises, including temps, casual workers, the self-employed, clients, visitors and the general public. However, these duties are qualified with the words ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’.
What is the Health and Safety Executive?
The HSE carry out inspections and investigations into breaches of H and S. They take enforcement action to prevent harm and hold those who break the law to account. Other duties are to raise awareness, provide advice, operate permissioning and licencing.
What is COSHH?
Control of substances hazardous to health is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:
- finding out what the health hazards are; deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment)providing control measures to reduce harm to health;
- making sure they are used ;
- keeping all control measures in good working order;
- providing information, instruction and training for employees and others;
- providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases;
- planning for emergencies.
What is RIDDOR?
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations.
RIDDOR is the law that requires employers, and other people in charge of work premises, to report and keep records of:
-work-related accidents which cause deaths
-work-related accidents which cause certain serious injuries (reportable injuries)
-diagnosed cases of certain industrial diseases; and
certain ‘dangerous occurrences’ (incidents with the potential to cause harm)
What is survey would you undertake prior to demolishing an existing building?
A Refurbishment and Demolition Survey.
What does a Refurbishment and Demolition Survey do?
It should identify all asbestos containing materials within an existing building.
What other surveys do you know that relate to asbestos?
Asbestos Survey.
How do you dispose of Asbestos Waste?
- It should be placed in suitable packaging to prevent fibres being released.
- It should be sent to a licensed disposal site.
