Health & Safety Flashcards
What is the key RICS Professional Standard for Health & Safety?
Surveying Safely - Health and Safety Principles for Property Professional (2023)
What key information does surveying safely contain?
- Personal responsibilities for RICS members and firms
- Assessing hazards and risks
- Workplace health & safety
- Occupational hygiene and health
- Visiting premises and sites
- fire safety
- procurement and management of contractors
What is the ‘safe person’ concept?
Each individual assumes responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others health and safety whilst at work.
How does the use of Health and safety management systems like Meridian help to ensure compliance?
- Lists start dates and expiry dates and sends reminders prior to expiry to ensure any work/assessments are booked in a timely manner
- Easy to use interface shows exactly what is outstanding and when it became outstanding.
- Detailed comments and images ensure it is easy to identity risks to address them
What asbestos regulations are you aware of?
Control of Asbestos 2012
What is public liability insurance?
Public liability insurance covers the cost of claims made by members of the public for incidents that occur in connection with your business activities.
Public liability insurance covers the cost of compensation for:
personal injuries
loss of or damage to property
death
What does RIDDOR stand for, what is it and when was it introduced?
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
- If an incident occurs and the member of staff is incapacitated for more than 7 days, the incident must be reported to HSE within 15 days from the date of the incident.
- Employers must keep a log book of all 3 day plus injuries
- Information should be kept in an accident book which must be stored for at least 3 years from the date of the previous injury
How did the Fire Safety Act 2021 affect commercial premises?
- Communal spaces must have adequate fire doors in place eg shopping centres
- For multiple occupied buildings there must be a responsible person who is easily identifiable to the fire brigade. Must be plans available to the fire brigade.
- Annual fire alarm tests and FRA must be undertaken
How does the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 impact property owners/business and property managers?
Occupiers have a responsibility to prevent harm to lawful visitors
What does the Occupiers Liability Act 1984 impact property owners/business and property managers?
Occupiers have a responsibility to prevent harm to lawful and unlawful visitors including squatters and trespassers
What are the 3 main types of asbestos?
White, Brown and Blue asbestos. Blue & Brown were banned in the U.K in 1985 and white was banned in the U.K in 1999
What disease can contracted from the inhaling of asbestos fibres?
Mesothelioma
When is asbestos dangerous?
When it is disturbed
What did the Health & Safety Offences Act 2008 introduce?
Fines of up to £20,000 and 12 months in prison for any breaches of health and safety legislation eg using asbestos in buildings. More severe cases can be passed to the high court
What is the aim of CDM Regulations 2015 and what are some examples of regulations detailed in the CDM Regulations 2015?
Aims to improve the management of H&S through stages of a construction project
- Criminal offence to breach CDM regulations
- All projects must have a client, principal designer and principal contractor
- Must have a construction phase plan, risk assessments and a H&S file before beginning work
- HSE must be informed if works last longer than 30 days with 20 or more workers working simultaneously on site or if the work involves demolition.
