Health & Safety Flashcards
What are the common risks on a construction site?
Slips Trips and Falls
Working at Height
Dust
Noise
Vibration
What does CSCS stand for?
Construction Skills Certification Scheme
What CSCS card do you currently have and what will you have once you pass?
Red (Trainee) -> White (Professionally Qualified Person)
What RICS professional standard relates to Health & Safety? What are the overarching principles of it?
Surveying Safely
Sets out the personal and corporate responsibilities of RICS accredited members and firms.
Covers practises such as lone working.
Introduces the “safe person concept” - each individual assumes behavioural responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety at work.
Sets out the hierarchy of risk control
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
Elimination - redesigning so the hazard is removed
Substitution - Replacing materials or work processes to reduce the hazard
Engineering Controls - Setting out physical measures to separate the hazard
Administrative Controls - Implementing procedures to work safely such as performing detailed risk assessments
PPE
What are mine and my Employer’s responsibilities under the HSAWA?
Employer:
- A safe place to perform work in.
- Ensure equipment and machinery is safe to use.
- Must ensure work colleagues are competent in their roles.
- Must carry out risk assessments.
Employee:
- Take steps to protect the health and safety of themselves and colleagues.
- Must not disrupt anything put in place to aid health and safety at work.
- May be subject to fines and convictions if they are found in breach of the act.
Who are the duty holders under CDM?
Client
Principal Contractor
Principal Designer
Contractor
Designer
What are the roles of each duty holder under CDM?
Client – Ensuring there are suitable arrangements for construction work to be carried out safely, that there is proper coordination between those planning, designing and managing the construction work
Principal Contractor – Manages health and safety in the construction phase, produces the construction phase plan
Principal Designer – Manages health and safety in the pre-construction phase, produces the health and safety file
Contractor – Manage and monitor the way they carry out their own construction work, cooperate and coordinate with others.
Designer – Ensure they are competent to complete design work, take account of pre-construction information and eliminate health and safety risks where possible.
What is a QS defined as under CDM?
Designer
What does HSE stand for?
Health and Safety Executive
What do the HSE do?
Independent watchdog that aims to reduce work-related deaths and serious injuries.
What different notices can the HSE issue?
Improvement Notice - breach of health and safety law that needs to be improved, provides a time limit by which the improvement needs to be made by (at least 21 days).
Prohibition Notice - There is a serious risk to health and safety, work must be stopped immediately.
What is the Building Safety Act?
An act that was introduced following the Grenfell Tower fire to change the legislation for all buildings, with additional requirements for high rise buildings.
What are the overarching principles of the BSA?
It defines are higher risk building in England as at least 18 metres or has at least 7 storeys and contains at least 2 residential units
Hotels, Military Institutions and Prisons are excluded.
Creates the role of the Building Safety Regulator to oversee the safety of all buildings
Also creates the role of Accountable Persons who owns or has responsibility of a higher risk building
Introduces the system of the golden threat where information must be created, stored and updated throughout the life-cycle of a HRB.
Introduces Gateways where design information must be submitted at Planning (Gateway 1), Pre-Commencement on Site (Gateway 2) and Pre-Occupation (Gateway 3).
HRBs are regulated by HSE who act as the Building Safety Regulator.
How do you stay informed on emerging health and safety legislation?
Reading literature, speaking to colleagues, attending CPD seminars.
