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Health & Safety Flashcards

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What was the purpose of the HASAWA 1974?

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Set up by Government to improve H&S in the workplace

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What are the duties of an employer under the HASAWA 1974?

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It states employers have a duty to:
‘ensure as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of employees’

Other duties under this act include:
• Provide and maintain safe systems of work
• Ensure there is no risk in substance use, transport, storage or handling
• Provide safe equipment, plant and machinery
• Provide information and training
• Provide adequate welfare

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What are the duties of a worker / employee under the HASAWA 1974?

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Workers have a duty of care for their own safety and others that may be affected by their actions.

Workers must co-operate with employers and co-workers to help meet legal requirements

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Who has to provide you with PPE on site?

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Your Employer must by law

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What Guidance does RICS produce on H&S?

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Surveying Safely: H&S principles for property professionals

2nr Edition 2018

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What does the RICS GN of Surveying Safely include?

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  1. Personal responsibilities for RICS members and corporate responsibilities for RICS firms
  2. Assessing hazard and risks
  3. RICS members places of work
  4. Occupational hygiene and health
  5. Visiting premises of sites
  6. Fire Safety
  7. Residential property surveying
  8. General procurement and management of contractors
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Can you give an example of when you have used the RICS GN of Surveying Safely?

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Lone working:

Ensuring people know where I am if visiting site and what time I am expected back

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What are the changes in the CDM regulations 2015?

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Principal designer and principal contractor replaces CDM coordinated

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Who can act as a principal designer?

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Usually Architect or specialist firms

Normally the Contractor when using D&B

Can be QS or anyone involved with management of construction projects

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What is an F10?

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F10 is a form submitted to the HSE for all notifiable projects

Legally requirement to notify HSE

Has to be visible on all building sites and have project details

Live document and has to be updated – if project overruns, F10 needs to be extended

F10 form – contains details – when works take place, where, who by.

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What construction projects are notifiable to the HSE?

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  • Last longer than 30 days
  • More than 20 workers at a time
  • Exceed 500 man days
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How would you carry out a risk assessment when going to site?

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  • Ensure correct PPE
  • Tell someone you are visiting site (put it in your diary)
  • Tell someone what time you’ll be back
  • Sign in on site / go to contractor office
  • Do site induction with contractor
  • Toolbox talks (update of what’s going on on site)
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What legislation deals with monitoring works on site and reporting injuries?

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RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

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How do you manage the risks working near heavy machinery?

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Site inductions
Edge protection
Follow safe routes

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Can you talk me through your site induction on Site James Square?

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Signed in at entrance to site
Went to contractors accommodation on site
Given PPE
Briefing about works on site and hazards and controls in place

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If you was on site doing a valuation would you be able to freely roam around the site?

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Depends on the site

Safe routes are normally shown but they can change so need to be aware of this

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Do you need to have a site induction every time you go to site?

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Depends how frequently and progress on site

Should be kept up to date - tool box talks etc

18
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What safety measures would be in place from working from height?

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Lanyards / safety harness

Edge protection

19
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What does a contractor have to do by law if there are hazards such as working from height / hazardous substances?

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Risk Assessment

20
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What legislation required risk assessments to be carried out?

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Management of Health and Safety Act at work 1999

21
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What legislation controls hazardous materials on site?

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COSSH

Control of Hazardous Substances to Health Regulations 2022

22
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What is the ‘Safe Person’ concept?

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means each individual assumes individual behavioral responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others H&S while at work

23
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What are some of your personal responsibilities? (surveying safely)

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Risk assessments where risk is high
Appropriate training
keeping up to date with relevant information (tool box talks etc)

24
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What are some corporate responsibilities? (surveying safely)

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Have risk management plans in place 
provided training 
safe working environments 
safe work equipment 
competent staff

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