LO2 - Health and safety requirments Flashcards
What are the 7 health and safety regulations?
- Health and safety execuative
- Equality act 2010
- RIDDOR
- Data protection act
- Disclosure and Barring services
- Control of substances hazardous to health 2002
What does the health and safety executive do?
Provides a workplace with Guidance, advice and templates and tools to ensure health and safety is followed
What 3 areas does health and safety executive follow?
- employers responsibilities
- employees responsibilities
- fire safety
what are the employers responsibilites in terms of health and safety?
- Provide Public Liability Insurance
- Provide First Aid in the Workplace
- Provide Emergency Evacuation Procedures
- Use Signage and posters to promote safety
- Carry out Risk Assessments
- Report accidents and incidents (RIDDOR)
- Provide training and information for staff
What are the Employees responsibilties in terms of health and safety?
- Taking care of their own health and safety
- Take care of the health and safety of those around them
- Follow safety procedures
- Attend all safety training
What are the recommended methods for reducing a fire?
- keep igniton and flammable substances apart
- Know how to detect fires and warn people
- Having a correct fire fighter equipment
- Keep fire exits and esacpe routes clear and marked
- ensure workers recieve training
- reveiw and update risk assessments
What are the 9 protected characterisitics?
- age
- disability
- gender
- marraige
- maternity and pregancy
- race
- religion
- sex / sexual orentation
What does the equality act do?
It legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and society
What 3 areas does eqauality act cover?
- sex discrimination 1975
- race relations 1976
- disbaility discrimination 1995
when was the disability act introduced
1995
What are the 4 areas covered by the disability act?
- employment
- access to facilties and sevices
- memebrship of private clubs and use of their facilties
- staff training
What is manual handling?
moving and lfiitng of heavy objects
what is the guidance for man handling?
- avoid needing to manual handle
- assess the risk
- reduce the risk of injury eg, hosts
What does DBS stand for?
Disclosure Barring Service
Why do we do DBS checks?
- Helps employees make safer recruitment descions and prevents unsitable people working with vulnerbale people
- Process requests for criminal records
- decide if stay on a barring list or not
What does data protection act do?
controls how your personal infomation is used by businesses/goverment
(everyone must follow DPR
What does COSHH stand for?
Control of substacnes hazardous to health - 2002
What is the duty of care?
the legal obligation to safeguard others from when using your services or exposed to your activites
What are coaches legal responsibilties when leading?
- responsible for health and safety of clients
- need access to first aid
- cable to contact emergency servies
- follow normal standards
- have apprpiate insurance
- protect children from abuse
2 potenital areas of maltreatment?
- changing rooms
- equipment storgae areas
Roles of managers in H+S
- undertsand the law
- overall responsibilty
- protect welfare of all employees
Roles of first aid in H+S
- carry out first aid
- prevent further harm
- record all incidents/accidents
Role of coaches in H+S
- ensure session at correct level
- check equipment
- carry out risk assessment
Role of health and safety officer
- carry out risk assesssment
- minise risk
- carry out regular site inspections
Role of fire offcicer in H+S
- fire equipment,doors and alarms work
- provide staff training
- ensure emergency exits are free
What are the key health and safety documents in sport?
- risk assessment forms
- incidnet/ accident report forms
- up to date maintence and service records
- evacuation procedures
Different security measures in a sport settting?
- memeberships
- Vettin procedures for staff DBS
- record security
- provdiding lockers for valuable storgae
- CCTV
What the benefits of memeberships in a leisure centre?
- can mointor who comes in/out
- aware of members health issues
- have contact numbers/details
Identify two pieces of information that might be reported on an accident report form?
- date and time of accident
- description of nature of incident