Health and Safety Level 2 Flashcards
What is Avison Young’s Lone Working Policy?
- Line managers must ensure that all potential lone workers are appropriately trained
- Buddy systems are always to be put in place where appropriate
What is a dynamic risk assessment?
A continuous process of identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks in real-time as conditions change. A dynamic risk assessment occurs on-site and adapts to immediate circumstances.
What is a risk assessment?
A systematic process used to identify potential hazards in a workplace, evaluate the likelihood and severity of harm, and implement measures to reduce or eliminate risks.
It is a key part of health and safety management and ensures compliance with legal requirements, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
What are the key components of a risk assessment?
- Identifying hazards
- Determining who could be harmed and how
- Evaluating risks
- Recording findings
What are the Employer’s responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- Providing a safe place to work
- Providing safe equipment
- Ensuring staff are properly trained
- Carrying out risk assessments
- Providing proper facilities
- Appointing a competent person to oversee health and safety
Explain the ‘safe person concept’ within the RICS Surveying Safely professional standard.
RICS-regulated firms are obligated to ensure health, safety and welfare of people at work by providing, monitoring and maintaining:
- a safe working environment
- safe work equipment
- safe working systems
- competent staff
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
A piece of legislation in the UK designed to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees and others affected by work activities.
What is RIDDOR?
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations is the law that requires employers, and other people in charge of work premises to report and keep records of all
- work related fatalities
- work-related injuries
- diagnosed cases of reportable occupational diseases
- certain dangerous occurances
What is the purpose of RIDDOR?
To inform the relevant enforcing authority that a work-related accident or incident has happened. This is so either the HSE or the local authority can respond to ensure compliance with health and safety law.
What is the legislation that governs working at height?
The Work at Height Regulations 2005
What do the Work at Height Regulations 2005 impose?
As part of the regulations, you must ensure;
- all work at height is properly planned and organised
- those involved in work at height are competent
- the risk from work at height are assessed, and appropriate work equipment is selected and used
- the risks of working on or near fragile surfaces are properly managed
- the equipment used for work at height is properly inspected and maintained.
