THEME2

Question 1

Health and safety at work act 1974

Answer 1

Defines employers’ responsibilities to protect health, safety and welfare of the staff and members of the public.

Question 2

Management of health and safety at work regulations

Answer 2

Aims to reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace, through assessment and management of risk.

Question 3

Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 1994 and subsequent amendments 2002

Answer 3

Requirement for employers to control substances hazardous to health by reducing or preventing employees’ being exposed to these substances.

Question 4

Personal protective regulations 2018

Answer 4

Employers have a legal duty to protect the health and safety of their employees through the provision of appropriate personal protective equipment.

Question 5

Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 2013

Answer 5

Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations place a legal duty on employers, self-employed people, and people in control of premises to report when there has been an accident which has caused injury.

Question 6

Environmental protection act 1990

Answer 6

Imposes duties on landowners and occupiers to keep specified land clear of litter, keep public areas clean.

Question 7

Special waste regulations 1996

Answer 7

Used to provide an effective system of control for wastes that are dangerous and have specific requirements placed on their handling.

Question 8

Hazardous waste regulations 2005

Answer 8

A regulatory framework that governs the management and disposal of hazardous waste in England and wales

Question 9

Waste electrical and electronic equipment regulations

Answer 9

To reduce the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment that ends up in landfill or incinerated.

Question 10

Regulatory reform order

Answer 10

Legislates a minimum fire safety standard for all non-domestic building and defines who is responsible for compliance.

Question 11

Manual handling operations regulations 1992

Answer 11

Avoid hazardous manual handling operations as far as is reasonably practicable and assess and hazardous manual handling operations that cannot be avoidable.

Question 12

Health and safety regulations 1992

Answer 12

To ensure that workplaces meet the health, safety and welfare needs of all members of a workforce, including people with disabilities.

Question 13

What is the first step to managing risks

Answer 13

Identify hazards

Question 14

What is the first step to managing risks

Answer 14

Identify hazards

Question 15

What are the 5 steps to managing risks

Answer 15

1-identify hazards
2-Assess the risks
3-control the risks
4-record findings
5- review controls

Question 16

What factors should be considered when assessing the severity of a risk

Answer 16

Potential consequences

Question 17

What is the purpose of implementing control measures

Answer 17

To reduce or remove identified risks

Question 18

What workplaces require risk assessments

Answer 18

Everywhere not just workplaces

Question 19

What is a risk assessment

Answer 19

An assessment to identify what could go wrong, how severe it could be and what we can do to prevent it from happening

Question 20

What is a hazard

Answer 20

Anything with the potential to cause harm

Question 21

What are risks

Answer 21

The likelihood of harm occurring as a result of exposure to a hazard