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Health & Safety Flashcards

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What is the HSE?

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The Health and Safety Executive is the national independent watchdog for work-related health issues. It acts in the public interest to reduce work related deaths and serious injuries.

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Please define what service the HSE provides to improve safety?

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The HSE is there to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. The HSE helps businesses adapt to changes in occupational health & safety law.

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Q) What is a Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan?

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It outlines the plan for the how the work will be completed safely. It will include aspects of the project, the type of work, the team and emergency arrangements. The document will identify key health & safety risks associated with the construction phase and the control measures that will be implemented to minimise risks or eliminate them.

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What is the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS)?

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It is a non-profit organisation that encourages contractors and their supply chain to implement best practice and to raise standards. The scheme focuses on respecting the community, caring for the environment, valuing the workforce.

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When you last visited a construction site, what actions did you take to maintain your own health and safety?

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Wearing PPE, Attending site inductions and adhering to the site rules, reporting potential safety issues to site management, following pedestrian routes.

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If you are going to complete a site visit on your own, what should you do before leaving the office?

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Inform my manager where I’m going and when I expect to leave site, carry out pre-assessment of the hazards and risks that are likely to be encountered on site, make the site manager aware of my visit and wear PPE.

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What is a CSCS card?

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Construction Skills Certification Scheme. CSCS cards are a tool to ensure those working on construction sites are fully qualified and trained for their role.

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A member of the public has been injured by work activities and is taken to hospital for treatment. What should happen next?

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Accidents involving members of the public, or others who are not at work, must be reported to the HSE if they result in an injury and the person is taken directly from the scene of the accident to hospital for treatment for that injury. Examinations and diagnostic tests do not constitute ‘treatment’. Site management should investigate the cause of the accident and take steps to prevent reoccurrence.

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The site has been issued a prohibition notice by the HSE. What does this mean?

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If the HSE inspector believes that work activities give rise to a risk of serious personal injury, they may issue a prohibition notice. The prohibition notice normally requires work to immediately stop and not resume until action has been taken.

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What should you do if you find an injured person on site?

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Identify and mitigate potential dangers, raise the alarm, make sure the area is safe, call for emergency services.

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What is asbestos?

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous material found in rocks and soil. Because of its fibre strength and heat resistance, asbestos was widely used in building materials for insulation and as a fire retardant.

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What are the different types of asbestos surveys available?

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Management survey – the purpose of the management survey is to manage asbestos-containing materials during the normal occupation and use of premises.
Refurbishment/demolition survey – The R&D survey is required where the premise, or part of it, need upgrading, refurbishment, or demolition.

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What are the 3 most common types of asbestos?

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Crocidolite – Blue in colour, considered the most lethal form.
Amosite – brown in colour, second most common and second deadliest
Chrysotile – white long, curly fibres. Most common type used in industrial and commercial applications.

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What would you do if you unexpectedly found asbestos on site?

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Stop work immediately and ensure the area is safe. Report the matter to the site manager; there maybe a requirement to notify the HSE. The asbestos will need to be tested by a competent contractor to identify the type.

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What is the name of the regulations (introduced by the HSE) that govern asbestos in the UK?

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Control of Asbestos Regulations (2012).

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Are you aware of any professional standards issued by RICS associated with asbestos?

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Asbestos – 4th edition 2021

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Where is asbestos commonly found in older buildings?

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Cement gutters, corrugated roofs, floor and ceiling tiles, insulated boards

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What is an asbestos management plan?

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Crucial document designed to register and detail how asbestos will be managed in a property and what activities will be engaged to ensure people remain safe from asbestos exposure.

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What information might a typical asbestos management plan include?

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The party responsible for managing asbestos (duty holder), the asbestos register, identifying type and location, the schedule for monitoring the materials condition, communication strategy for new employees/maintenance work, contingency plans, emergency arrangements.

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When asbestos is found, what are the different methods for managing the material?

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Remove – eliminate the risk for future building users. Encapsulate – applying a protective layer onto the asbestos containing the material. Manage – set up an asbestos management plan.

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What does RAMS stand for?

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Risk assessment and method statement

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What is a method statement?

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A statement/methodology that details the way work will be undertaken. The method statement should outline the hazards involved and a step-by-step guide on how to execute the work safely.

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What is a risk assessment?

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Identifying a hazard, measuring the risk and identifying the method of eliminating or reducing the risk.

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What is the name of the RICS publication on executing your professional role safely?

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Surveying safely

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What is the purpose of ‘Surveying Safely’?

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Sets out good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS regulated firms and RICS members

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What is the concept of a ‘safe person’ outlined in the RICS Surveying Safely?

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Everyone assumes behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety at work

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Name me two pieces of content in the RICS Surveying Safely?

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Lone Working and ‘Safe Person’

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When is an employer required to have written a H&S policy in the UK?

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Every business must have a policy for managing health and safety.

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Can you list 7 H&S Regulations that are applicable to a construction project?

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Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, Working at Height Regulations 2005, Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 2002, The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.

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What are the key principles of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?

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The act sets out general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have towards themselves and others. Employers are required to carry out risk assessments, adequate training of staff, a safe working environment such as welfare facilities.

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What are the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005?

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The regulations require employers to protect their employees from excessive levels of noise that could cause hearing damage. Employers are required to ensure noise in the workplace does not exceed the legal limits of 85 decibels before hearing protection is required.

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What are the key principles of COSHH regulations 2002?

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COSHH requires employers to limit and control exposure to hazardous substances. It also sets out how employers and employees should act in the event of an emergency.

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What is corporate manslaughter?

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Corporate manslaughter is a criminal offence where a business or organisation is found to cause a person’s death. Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, companies can be found guilty because of serious management failures resulting in a breach of duty of care.

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What does RIDDOR stand for?

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Reporting of incidents disease and dangerous occurrences regulations.

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Can you explain your understanding of the RIDDOR regulations 2013?

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RIDDOR puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses). RIDDOR defined seven categories than an incident can fall into. 1) Fatalities 2) Specified Injuries 3) 7+day injuries 4) Injury to the public or somebody not at work 5) Diseases caused by work-related activity 6) Dangerous occurrences 7) Gas-related incidents.

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What are the key principles of the CDM Regulations 2015?

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To ensure clients, designers, contractors and others consider the health and safety of those constructing, maintaining and demolishing the works. Places statutory duties on clients, the principal designer, designers and contractors to plan, manage, and coordinate health & safety throughout the project. To improve safety on site.

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Who are the key duty holders under the CDM Regulations 2015?

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Client, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Designers, Contractors, Workers.

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Under CDM Regulations 2015, who are commercial clients?

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Organisations or individuals for whom a construction project is carried out for business.

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Under CDM Regulations 2015, who are domestic clients?

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People who have construction carried out on their own home.

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Under the CDM Regulations 2015, who must make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including the allocation of sufficient time and other resources?

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The client.

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Can you explain if CDM Regulations 2015 apply to individuals undertaking work on their own home?

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If the householder undertakes work themselves, this is DIY, the regulations do not apply. CDM regulations 2015 will apply if the work is carried out by someone else (a contractor) on the domestic client’s behalf.

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Who are designers under CDM Regulations 2015?

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Organisations or individuals who, as part of business, prepare or modify designs for a building. Designers can be architects, consulting engineers, interior designers.

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What is the role of the Principal Designer under CDM Regulations 2015?

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Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase. Help and advise the client in bringing together pre-construction information. Ensure that everyone involved in the pre-construction phase communicates, cooperates, and coordinates their work. Liaise with the Principal Contractor, keeping them informed of any risks that need to be controlled during the construction phase.

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What is the role of the Principal Contractor under CDM Regulations 2015?

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Plan, management, monitor the entire construction phase. Take account of health and safety risks to everyone affected by the work. Liaise with the client and Principal Designer for the duration of the project. Prepare a written construction phase plan before the construction phase begins and regularly review it. Ensure suitable welfare facilities are provided from the start.

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What is the F10 notification?

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A form which is sent to the HSE to notify them of a relevant construction project.

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When is a project notifiable to the HSE under CDM Regulations 2015?

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Construction work is expected to exceed 30 days with more than 20 workers at any one time or the project lasts more than 500 person days.

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Who issues the F10?

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It is the client’s responsibility to notify the HSE.

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What is the Pre-Construction Information Pack?

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It is a document which provides the information already in the client’s possession, to relevant CDM duty holders such as designers and the principal contractor. The principal contractor should then use it to assist them to discharge their duties in relation to the construction phase plan.

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What sort of information is found within the Pre-Construction Information Pack?

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Environmental restrictions, the existing Health and Safety file, access and egress for contractors, restrictions such as working hours and noise constraints, emergency evacuation procedures, existing information such as asbestos surveys.

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What is the Health & Safety file?

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The Health and Safety file is a specific requirement of the CDM Regulations 2015. The whole purpose is to ensure that those who carry out future works on site are made aware of the significant health and safety risks.

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Who is responsible for producing the Health & Safety file?

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All duty holders. The responsibility for coordinating is the Principal Designer.

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What sort of information might be found in a typical Health & Safety file?

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A brief description of the work carried out, hazards associated with materials used, location of gas and electric services, asbestos risks.

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Who should the principal designer pass the Health & Safety file onto when the document is complete?

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The client and end user.

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