Health & Safety Flashcards
Consequences of poor health and safety
Reduced employee morale
Increased insurance premiums
Bad publicity
When should employees be given training?
When they are given new responsibilities
When they first join the business
At regular intervals
Formal action that HSE can impose if there has been a breach in H&S
Prohibition notice
Intervention notice
Improvement notice
Maximum fine for breach in H&S
£20,000 in magistrates and no limit in crown court
What are accidents?
They are preventable
Why are lone workers more at risk?
They may have difficulty summoning assistance
Describe hazard
Anything that could potentially cause harm
Which factors contribute to accidents in workplace
Human factors,
Environmental factors
Work factors
Describe safe systems of work
Procedures or routines put in place by an employer that must be followed
When must an employer provide PPE
If you need to be protected
What is a blue sign with a white circle
Mandatory sign, you must do something
Aims of first aid
Preserve life, prevent injury worsening and promote recovery
As a minimum, what should employers have? (First aid employee)
One appointed person to take charge of first aid arrangements
First thing to do when finding someone in an accident
Check you are not in danger
When should you put a casualty in recovery position?
When they are unconscious and breathing
What should you try to get someone who is choking to do
Cough
First thing you should do when discovering a fire
Raise the alarm
Best fire extinguisher for electrical fire
C02 and dry powder
What colour is dry powder fire extinguisher?
Blue
What colour band on a fire extinguisher is carbon dioxide?
Black
What fire extinguisher would you use on a flammable gas?
Powder (blue)
What colour fire extinguisher is water and what would you use it on?
Red
Only on wood, paper and textile fires
