Health & Safety Flashcards
What are DSE assessments concerned with?
Screen height and eye visibility
What is the purpose of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?
To provide necessary information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure the health and safety of employees
What regulations pertain to Display Screen Equipment?
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
List three key areas that impact health and safety in construction.
- Design
- Construction processes
- Building maintenance
What documents safeguard Health & Safety over the lifespan of a project?
- Pre-Construction Health & Safety Plan.
- Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan.
- Health & Safety File.
What are the typical sections of a Pre-Construction Health & Safety Plan?
- Description of the project. – where, when
- Management of the works. – who
- Arrangements for controlling significant site risks (safety & health) – site induction, security, exchange of info, risks
- Plan for the Health & Safety file - layout and form
How can you determine whether a person is competent in health & safety?
CSCS card holder.
ISO 18001 – Occupational H&S.
Assessment of experience.
What is CDM?
- Construction (Design & Management) regulations 2007 (replaced CDM 1994 and Construction Health, Safety and Welfare regulations 1996).
- CDM coordinator role created to lead this process.
- Introduced to ensure clients, designers, contractors and others consider the health and safety of those constructing, maintaining and demolishing the works within their role.
What type of projects do CDM regulations apply to?
ALL construction projects
Who are the Principal Duty Holders under CDM regulations?
1) Client
2) Designers
3) Contractor
4) Sub-Contractors
5) CDMC
What are the Client’s duties under CDM?
- Check competence and resources of all appointees.
- Ensure there are suitable management arrangements for the project.
- Allow sufficient time and resources for all stages.
- Provide pre-construction information to designers and contractors.
- Appoint Principal Designer and Principal Contractor.
- Make sure that the construction phase does not start unless there are suitable:
o welfare facilities and
o construction phase plan in place. - Provide H&S file information to the CDM Coordinator.
- Retain and provide access to the H&S file.
What are the Design Team’s duties under CDM regulations?
- Ensure a CDMC & Principal Contractor has been appointed.
- Check the client is aware of their duties under CDM Regulations.
- Provide required information to the CDMC e.g. for the H&S file.
- Ensure that welfare facilities are in place before construction works start.
How does the Client evaluate the competency of the Consultants?
- Past experience.
- Pre-qualification questionnaires
What is an F10?
- Document submitted by the CDMC to the HSE to notify them of a Construction project; it must be displayed on the site notice board.
- Description, details of team, start date, duration, workers and contractors,
- 30 days or 500 mans days
What documentation is required by CDM regulations?
1) Pre Construction Information (by the CDMC).
2) A Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan (by the PC).
3) Health and Safety File
What is RIDDOR?
RIDDOR is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
What recent changes to health & safety regulations are you aware of?
- The Building Safety Act 2022 - increased accountability for those responsible for building safety / Building Safety Regulator (BSR)
- Fire Safety Act 2021 – clarify application of previous legislation on cladding and balconies / strengthen responsibilities of those Responsible Persons for fire safety.
What are the RICS Surveying Safely professional standard and their implications on my role?
- identifying, assessing, and managing risks associated with surveying activities
- ensuring that all surveying activities are carried out safely – risk assessments and control measures
What are the Contractor’s duties under CDM regulations?
- Produce a Construction Phase Plan.
- Ensure that HSE has been notified.
- Plan, manage & monitor the construction works.
- Ensure that adequate time has been assigned to CDM reviews in the programme.
- Ensure welfare facilities are in place
