Health & Safety Flashcards
L1. Basic aspects of personal safety on site and in the office
- Safe methods of work
- Site inductions
- Basic H&S training
- Reading of H&S policy, risk assessments SmoWs
L1. Procedures imposed by law
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
- Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Regulations 1992 (amended 2002) – DSE
- The Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999
- The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 – RIDDOR
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Design
Compliance to:
- Building regulations
- CDM regulations
- Equality Act 2010
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Safe systems of work
- A formal procedure based on a systematic examination of work in order to identify the hazards
- Ees knowing how to undertake a task safely, and process/procedure to follow.
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
- Construction processes
Compliance to:
- CDM regulations
- Site safety
- PPE
- Operating machinery
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Building maintenance
Compliance to:
- LOLER 1998
- Control of Asbestos at Work 2002
- ACOP L8
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- PUWER 1998
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Employment of staff
- H&S Policy
- Staff induction
- Wellbeing
- Welfare
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Compliance requirements
- SFG 20 for best practice
L1. The impact on health and safety of:
– Undertaking risk assessments
Advantages or RA:
- Recognise and control hazards in your workplace.
- Create awareness among your employees – and use it as a training tool as well.
- Set risk management standards, based on acceptable safe practices and legal requirements.
- Reduce incidents in the workplace.
- Save costs by being proactive instead of reactive.
L1. Fire safety standards and/or regulations
- The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Approved Doc B part 2 ‘Fire Safety’
- BS 9999 - ‘Fire safety in design’
L2. Obtaining formal health and safety qualifications including first aid, industry specific or nationally recognised qualifications
Formal training completed:
- IOSH managing safely
- Asbestos, duty to manage
- Legionella Awareness
- Control of contractors and CDM
L2. Being involved with specific roles and responsibilities within the various regulations
- LU’s H&S coordinator for organisation
- oversee and advise on the day-to-day safe and compliant operations
- delegated duty holder/responsible person for compliance.
L2. The importance of behavioural safety and implementing the systems for health and safety management and monitoring
- Implemented H&S management system
L2. Assessing project plans for fire safety compliance.
- Advising on fire safety legislation regarding maximum capacity for rooms and escape routes
- Referencing RRO, Approved Doc B part2, and BS 9999
- I established that the approved document does not apply to existing buildings but have applied BS 9999 to our work hubs project to ensure that we do not exceed maximum capacity for escape routes
L3. Giving reasoned advice on and/or taking responsibility for health and safety issues relating to:
– Impact of design on operations
- Work hubs - consideration of escape routes when designing layout
