Health & Safety Flashcards
What does ‘Surveying Safely’ (2018) cover, and what are the key provisions?
(ICOVF)
Sets out good practice principles for the management of H&S for members / firms
- Individual responsibilities (safe person)
- Corporate responsibilities (policies and accountability)
- Occupational Health & Well being
- Visiting Site
- Fire safety
What are the key things to do when visiting site?
- Tell someone where you are going and when you leave the site
- Wear appropriate clothing (PPE)
Site induction/risk assessment board
- Ensure to sign in and out
What is the concept of a safe person?
An individual who assumes individual responsibility for their own, their colleagues’ and others’ health and safety while at work
What does the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) cover, and what are the key provisions?
HASAWA (1974) is primary legislation covering occupation health & safety in Great Britain.
Policed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a criminal offence (with fines / imprisonment depending on severity of breach).
1. Provide a safe place to work
2. Provide safe equipment
3. Ensure staff are properly trained
4. Carry out risk assessments
5. Appoint a competent person to oversee health and safety
What is the ‘six pack’ of H&S Regulations 1993?
Elaborate on HASAWA 1974, providing more detail and guidance in key areas on H&S
- Management of H&S at work
- Display screen equipment
- Manual Handling Operations
- PPE at work
- Provision and use of work equipment
- Workplace health, safety, and welfare.
What is a Methods Statement?
- Document detailing how a work task is to be completed.
- It should outline the hazards involved and include a step-by-step guide on how to do the job safely.
- Must detail which control measures have been introduced to ensure the safety of anyone affected by the task or process.
What is a risk assessment
(IERA)
An assessment of the significant hazards, including their likelihood and severity:
Simple risk assessment:
- Identify (hazards and people at risk)
- Evaluate (severity?)
- Record (findings and review regularly)
- Advise (all those affected)
What would you expect to see in the RAMS?
- Risk Assessment of hazards (likelihood, severity)
- Method statement -step by step guide on how to do the job safely (with control measures)
- Site particulars
- Key site contacts
Why did you request RAMS?
- Legal requirement to make sure workers are safe in workplace
- Heavy drilling would be undertaken in UXO high risk area
What is the Building Safety Act (2022)
- Legislation aimed at improving building safety standards - particularly in higher risk buildings, following Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
What does the BSA (2022) aim to strengthen?
- Accountability and duties for those responsible for safety of high-rise during construction and occupation
- Resident’s ability to contribute to maintaining safety
- Enforcement to deter non-compliance
What are some key provisions of the BSA 2022
- New ‘Building Safety Regulator’ role which will oversee safety and standards of all high-risk buildings (implement new regulatory framework) - Gateways
- Golden thread of information now required for each HRB
- New-homes ombudsman
What is a higher risk building (HRB)?
- at least 18m
OR
at least 7 storeys - And at least 2 residential units
What are the CDM regulations, what are the aims and who polices it?
- Regulations for managing health, safety and welfare on all construction projects
- Clearly defines roles and responsibilities in relation to H&s
- It is a criminal offence policed by the HSE to breach CDM regulations.
Key parts of the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations, 2015
- Main duty holders are Client, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor
- All projects with more than one contractor on site must have: PD, PC and H&S file
- Onus on the client to ensure CDM arrangements
- Construction Phase Plan required for all projects (safety considered at design stage by PC)
- CDM file must be maintained during construction and passed to the building occupier / owner, containing H&S info.
Provide, appoint, notify, make sure x3
In CDM, what are the key roles of the client?
- Provide Pre-Construction info
- Appoint PD and PC (if <1 contractor)
- Notification of project (if necessary)
- Making sure PC undertakes the Construction Phase Plan
- Making sure PD undertakes H&S file
- Making sure both PC and PD Perform
What is a H&S file, what are 4 key elements, and who prepares it?
Provides relevant H&S information needed during future construction and maintenance work
- Project Description
- Hazards
- Structural information
- Operational maintenance
Prepared by PD
What is a Construction Phase Plan, and who prepares it?
Details the construction phase H&S risks and the control measures that will be implemented
Prepard by PC
When is a project notifiable?
HSE to be informed if a project lasts longer than 30 construction days with 20+ workers on site or more than 500 ‘person’ days
What must the client do if a project is notifable?
- Submit an F10 for to the HSE
- Display F10 in site offices
Explain your understanding of the term Health and Safety Executive (HSE)?
UK National Authority for managing work related health, safety, and illness issues
* They act in the public interest to reduce work related injuries and incidents
* Their aim is to protect people’s H&S by ensuring that risks are properly managed
* Support businesses to adapt to remain compliant with occupational H&S legislation
Can you give an example of a hazard that you identified on the RAMS for plot L, and control measure?
Risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
- UXO risk assessment report has categorised the risk level as medium/high, though the building is a pre-WW2 structure
- Therefore, a specialist on site explosive ordnance engineer (EOD) was to be present during the investigation
What should you do if you find an injured person on site?
- Assess situation without putting yourself in immediate danger
- Call the emergency services if serious
- Raise alarm and call for help
What is the Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
What are the penalties?
- Related to gross breaches of a duty of care by corporate body, leading to death
- Penalties include: unlimited fine, imprisonment
