Health & Safety Flashcards
What Health & Safety procedures to you consider within the work place?
- Display screen assessment
What did you learn during your training on Health & Safety topics?
I learnt about the fire evacuation procedure at BNP Paribas’ Headquarters
What are BNPPRE General Health & Safety at Work policies?
- Site safety
- Safety in the office
- Lone working policy
What is BNPPRE’s Lone Working policy?
Undertake risk assessment prior to inspection
Buddy system
- colleague has access to diary
- knows your plan
- check-in times agreed
Undertake DD on people you are meeting beforehand
Meet people in safe public space before
What would you do if you were asked to inspect a vacant building?
Consider squatters
Risk of:
- Building failure
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What are the principles of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974)?
Duty for employers to ensure duty of care for employees whilst at work
Requirement for
- Record keeping
- Risk assessment
- Auditing
What are the principles of Surveying Safely (2018)
Personal responsibilities Assessment of risks Workplace H&S Occupational Health & Wellbeing Visiting premises Fire risks Residential inspections Procurement of contracts
Billericay
How did you undertake a risk assessment?
Useful Risk Assessment Matrix in section 3 of Surveying Safely
- Identify hazard
- Identify who is at risk
- Assess level of risk
- Report
- Review
matrix attributes a value to each potential risk
Billericay
What risks did you identify?
- Loose material (appropriate footwear)
- Scaffolding (date-tag)
- Working at height (considered hard hat)
ZSL
How did you undertake your Display Screen Assessment?
- Distance from screen
- Screen height
- Mouse ergonomics
- Seat height
- Seat angle
What were the updates between the old and the new Surveying Safely?
Introduced the ‘safe person’ concept
Greater emphasis on ensuring the competence of individuals
