Health & safety Flashcards
What health & safety legislation are you aware of?
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
How do you ensure you comply with H&S legislation?
I ensure I comply with health and safety policy by ensuring I comply with my firms written policy
What are the penalties under h&s legislation?
- Some punishments include fines up to £20,000 (or ulimited if lives are endangered)
- Imprisonment
- Disqualification
Is it a criminal offence to breach the H&A at Work Act 1974?
Yes
Tell me about your employers h&s policy
What are your h&s duties as an indivdual surveyor?
- Duty for my own h&s
- Duty for the h&s of those working around or with me
- Duty to comply with my organisations h&s policy
What guidance does RICS produce on h&s?
RICS Guidance Note Surveying Safely 2nd Edition 2019
Tell me something you understand from reading Surveying Safely?
The guidance provides an overview of best practise for surveyors, including personal responsibilites relating to health and safety
When was Surveying Safely last updated?
2019
What are the key changes to the most recent version of Surveying Safely?
- Update to CDM Regs
- Update to H&S sentencing guidelines
- Safe person concept
- Increased awareness of health aspect eg asbestos
What is the safe person concept?
Each individual assumes individual behavioral responsibility for their own, their colleagues and other health and safety while at work
What must Regulated Firms provide?
- Safe working environment
- Safe work equipment
- Safe systems of work
- Competent staff
What happened in the case of Suzy Lamplugh?
- An estate agent that went missing whilst out working
Why is Suzy Lamplugh important for surveyors?
Raised the importance of safe and sensible lone working procedures
What is PPE?
Personal protective equipment
What is a risk assessment?
The process of carefully examining what in your work could cause harm to people, so that you can judge whether or not you have taken enough precautions to prevent harm
What is a risk?
The possibility of harm being caused
What is a hazard?
The potential source of harm
How would you undertake a risk assessment before attending site?
- Identify hazards
- Decide who may be harmed and how
- Evaluate risk and decide on precautions
- Record findings and implement
- Review and update
- Advise all those affected of the outcome of the assessment and methods of work, or other control measures necessary, to minimize or eliminate risk
What is asbestos?
Naturally occuring fibrous silicate mineral
What legislation are you aware of in relation to asbestos?
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
What do you understand by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012?
The regulations impose the duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic properties
Who is the duty holder?
Control of Asbestos Regulations
The person responsible for the building eg owner
How does asbestos cause lung damage?
- Fibres enter and stick in the lung which irritates the tissue and causes it to become stiff
- Over time the lungs become more and more stiff as scar tissue builds up
- Lungs get to the point where they can no longer expand and contract themself
What are the two types of asbestos survey?
- Asbestos management survey
- Refurbishment and demolution survey
When was asbestos banned?
November 1999
What is an asbestos survey/management plan?
- Used to manage ACMs during the normal occupation and use of premises
Explain the key principles of the new RICS guidance relating to asbestos
All surveyors should have asbestos awareness training, in line with Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. This includes awareness of asbestos when inspecting premises.
A duty to manage asbestos arises under Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. This applies to all non-domestic premises, including public buildings and the common parts of multi-occupied domestic premises.
Where the duty of manage under Regulation 4 does not apply, a duty arises (under Sections 2 and 3 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974) to minimise the risk of asbestos to the health & safety of others in relation to domestic premises. The Defective Premises Act 1972 and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 also emphasise this duty in domestic premises
The duty to manage can be fulfilled by ensuring that an asbestos register is available, assessing the risk of any asbestos present and making this information available to anyone liable to disturb the asbestos present
What is occupational health?
Field concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people at work