Mandatory - Health and Safety Flashcards
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?
Scope and Objectives: Applies to all UK workplaces, aiming to secure health, safety, and welfare of workers and public.
General Duties: Employers ensure health and safety, provide safe systems, premises, and training.
Responsibilities of Employers: Conduct risk assessments, provide information, and appoint competent individuals.
Responsibilities of Employees: Take reasonable care, cooperate with employer, and not misuse safety equipment.
Enforcement: Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforces laws, conducts inspections, and prosecutes offenders.
Offences and Penalties: Various offences outlined, with fines and imprisonment for serious breaches.
Consultation and Participation: Employers must consult employees on health and safety matters, and employees can raise concerns.
Regulations and Approved Codes of Practice: Government can issue regulations and codes of practice for compliance guidance.
Aim: Establishes a framework for safe workplaces through collaboration among employers, employees, and regulators.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) ?
Scope and Objectives: Applies to all UK construction projects to manage health and safety risks effectively.
Duty Holders: Clients, designers, principal designers, principal contractors, and contractors have specific responsibilities.
Client Responsibilities: Appoint competent professionals, ensure adequate planning, and provide information and welfare facilities.
Designer Responsibilities: Eliminate or reduce health and safety risks in the design process, providing information to other duty holders.
Principal Designer Responsibilities: Coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase, ensuring effective risk management.
Principal Contractor Responsibilities: Manage health and safety during construction, including coordinating activities and providing welfare facilities.
Contractor Responsibilities: Ensure worker and public safety, comply with plans, and cooperate with other duty holders.
Health and Safety File: Compile project information and documentation for the client, including relevant health and safety details.
Notification Requirements: Certain projects must be notified to the HSE before work begins, based on duration and manpower.
Aim: Foster collaborative risk management, ensuring effective identification and mitigation of health and safety risks.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)?
Regulatory Authority: Primary regulator for workplace health and safety in Great Britain, alongside HSENI in Northern Ireland.
Objectives: Prevent work-related harm through regulation, inspection, enforcement, guidance, and education.
Legislative Oversight: Enforces various health and safety laws, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Enforcement: Inspects workplaces, investigates incidents, issues notices, and prosecutes non-compliance with legislation.
Industry Guidance: Produces guidance materials to aid compliance with health and safety best practices.
Research and Education: Conducts research, provides educational resources, and offers training programs to improve safety.
Partnerships: Collaborates with government agencies, industry bodies, unions, and associations to enhance safety standards.
International Collaboration: Works with global counterparts to share knowledge and improve workplace safety worldwide.
The RICS Guidance Note on Surveying Safely?
Scope and Objectives: Covers various surveying activities, aiming to ensure safety and minimize risks for surveyors and others.
Legal Framework: Outlines relevant health and safety laws and regulations applicable to surveying.
Risk Assessment: Surveyors must conduct thorough assessments and implement control measures to mitigate hazards.
Competence and Training: Emphasizes the importance of having necessary skills and training for safe surveying.
Safe Working Practices: Provides advice on adopting safe practices, including using proper equipment and procedures.
Client and Contractor Engagement: Encourages collaboration to integrate safety into project planning and execution.
Site Visits and Inspections: Surveyors should conduct thorough assessments of site conditions and hazards.
Documentation and Reporting: Requires maintaining records and reporting safety concerns promptly to relevant parties.
Asbestos awareness training?
Nature and Properties: Overview of asbestos types and characteristics.
Health Risks: Detailed risks like respiratory diseases and preventive measures.
ACMs Identification: Common asbestos-containing materials and risks.
Regulatory Requirements: Legislation overview and duties.
Risk Management: Assessing and managing asbestos risks.
Safe Work Practices: Using PPE, safe handling, and disposal.
Emergency Procedures: Response protocols for accidental exposure.
Certification: Process for obtaining asbestos awareness certification.
Site inductions?
Introduction to Site: Overview of layout and key areas.
Health and Safety Briefing: Comprehensive safety policies and procedures.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Mandatory attire and provision if necessary.
Site Rules and Regulations: Explanation of access and protocols.
Emergency Procedures: Evacuation routes and contacts.
Site-Specific Hazards: Identification and vigilance reminders.
Environmental Considerations: Waste management and conservation.
Q&A Session: Opportunity for clarification.
Completion of Documentation: Confirmation of induction understanding.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
Sets out general duties which Employers have towards Employees/members of the public.
* Duties qualified ‘so far as is reasonably practicable
* Main requirement is to carry out risk assessments
* Some regulations apply to all companies i.e. Manual handling
* Section 7 – Duty for employees to take reasonable care of their own safety
What if you see a danger one site?
Stop the person, inform the site manager, rectify, review
Corporate manslaughter?
Company guilty of homicide due to large failure in duty of care
RICS surveying safely guidance notes?
Individuals – Acceptance of their role and responsibility of addressing H&S.
Companies – clear lines of accountability, company structure to manage H&S.
Asbestos types?
HSE guidance notes – provide regulations for safe removal/monitoring
Crocidolite:
Characterized by its straight blue fibres
This type of asbestos is considered the most lethal form of the mineral
Amosite: Known as “brown asbestos” due to its brown or grey coloured fibre. Second most commonly used asbestos type – and the second deadliest
Chrysotile: Known for its long, curly fibres. Most common type of asbestos used in industrial and commercial applications. Usually white in colour
What are the Client’s duties under CDM?
Submit F10
* Review CPP
* Ensure adequate welfare is in place before works start on site
* Ensure dutyholders are appointed
* If they don’t appoint a PD then they become the PD by default (commercial clients only)
* Note, a domestic client is someone who has work carried out to their property for their own non-commercial benefit
* Sufficient time/ resources are allowed in the planning of H&S on site
What are your duties as a QS? (CDM)
Ensure client is aware of their duties
* Contribute towards eliminating, reduce or control foreseeable risks
* Provide information to other dutyholders as required
Who prepares the health and safety file?
Principal designer
Principal contractor feeds into this
