MODULE 11 Health and Safety

Question 1

“Health and safety is a fundamental part of business. Boards need someone with passion and energy to ensure it stays at the core of the organization”.

(Health and Safety Executive)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Warehousing and storage cover a whole range of activities, all of which have their own hazards and risks.

Question 3

Manual Hadling is the Major Injury

Answer 3

T

Question 4

Warehousing is a very complex industry that exposes workers to a whole variety of risks, and therefore employers must ensure that health and safety is treated with the utmost importance at management level.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

A health and safety policy is a stepping stone to ensuring health and safety in the workplace

Answer 5

T

Question 6

a written policy can improve health and safety within the business.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

A risk assessment is an important step in protecting your workforce and your business as well as complying with the law.

Answer 7

T

Question 8

The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk but you are required to protect staff and visitors as far as is reasonably practicable

Answer 8

T

Question 8

The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk but you are required to protect staff and visitors as far as is reasonably practicable

Answer 8

T

Question 9

A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what can cause harm to people so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm

Answer 9

T

Question 10

Clear signage Remember, prioritize and tackle the most important things first. As you complete each action, tick it off your plan.

Question 11

part of a health and safety regime, steps must be taken to protect the welfare of employees and visitors, and therefore a safe and healthy environment must be ensured with proper welfare facilities being made available.

Question 12

a warehouse should be designed and laid out to allow people to move around it safely.

Answer 12

T

Question 13

A significant hazard within any warehouse is where improperly stored goods can fall and injure staff.

Answer 13

T

Question 14

A fire risk assessment must be undertaken to ensure that fire safety procedures, fire prevention measures and fire precautions are all in place and correct.

Answer 14

T

Question 15

Within the storage and warehousing industry, slips and trips are a very serious problem.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

The workplace must be regularly inspected to ensure that flooring remains adequate and repairs are undertaken wherever necessary. Any spillages must be cleaned up immediately.

Answer 16

T

Question 17

manual handling can often cause work-related problems, including back pain and neck pain

Answer 17

T

Question 18

Mechanical handling devices should help to avoid or reduce manual handling operations.

Answer 18

T

Question 19

Shelves and bins should also be repositioned to reduce lifts from shoulder and floor height. Popular items should be kept on the middle shelves to avoid continuous bending and stretching.

Answer 19

T

Question 20

Any equipment that is provided to allow working at height must be inspected regularly to ensure that it remains safe and is being used in the correct manner.

Answer 20

T

Question 21

A common cause of accidents in the loading bay is from vehicle creep, where a lorry either drifts slightly away from the loading dock or, in the worst-case scenario, the driver moves off before warehouse operatives have actually finished loading or unloading the vehicle.

Answer 21

T

Question 22

Loading bays should also be fitted with safety guards to ensure that staff and trucks cannot fall from the dock when not in use.

Answer 22

T

Question 23

TAll mechanical handling and lifting equipment is classed as ‘work equipment’ and subject to PUWER

Answer 23

T

Question 24

All mechanical handling and lifting equipment is classed as ‘work equipment’ and subject to PUWER

Answer 24

T