Unit 3

Question 1

Health and Safety at Work Act
(HASAWA) 1974

Answer 1

• An important Act that is the basis for other health and safety regulations and guidelines.
• It established the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) as the regulator for the health, safety and welfare of people in work settings in the UK.
• It established the key duties and responsibilities of all employers and employees in work settings.

Question 2

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR)
1999

Answer 2

• This Act places duties on employers to carry out and implement risk assessments of the health, safety and security of their employees and others who live and work in these settings.
• It requires work settings to have arrangements in place including appointing competent people to manage health, safety and security as well as procedures for emergency situations that may arise.
• It requires employers to provide information, training and supervision so that work activities can be carried out safely.

Question 3

Food safety act 1990

Answer 3

.This Act requires that good personal
hygiene is maintained when working with food so that it is safe to eat.
* It requires that records are kept of where tood is trom so that it can be traced if needed.
* It requires that any food that is unsafe is removed and an incident report completed

Question 4

Food Safety (General Food
Hygiene) Regulations 1995 (amended 1999 and 2004)

Answer 4

• This Act requires that food safety hazards are identified.
• It requires that food safety controls are in place, maintained and reviewed.
• It requires that environments where food is prepared or cooked are kept clean art in good condition.
• Raw meat and ready-to-eat products must be prepared on separate chopping boards to prevent cross-contamination.

Question 5

Manual Handling Operations
Regulations 1992

Answer 5

• This Act requires that employers avoid hazardous manual handling tasks where possible and assess those that cannot be avoided.
• It requires that employers eliminate or reduce the risks associated with manual handling tasks.
• It requires employers to provide information, training and supervision about safe moving and handling

Question 6

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013

Answer 6

• This Act requires employers to report and keep records for three years of work-related accidents that cause death and serious injuries referred to as reportabla injuries), diseases and dangerous occurrences (i.e. incidents with the potential t cause harm).
• It requires work settings to have procedures in place for reporting injuries. diseases and incidents
• It requires employers to provide information and training on reporting injuries, diseases and incidents

Question 7

Data Protection Act 1998

Answer 7

• The main Act that protects the security of personal information.
• It requires that information is accurate and up to date.
• It requires that information is kept secure.

Question 8

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
2002

Answer 8

• This Act requires employers to carry out a risk assessment to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances.
• It requires employers to have procedures in place for safe working with hazaraces substances.
• It requires employers to provide information, training and supervision so that won activities can be carried out safely.

Question 9

Civil Contingencies Act 2004

Answer 9

• This Act sets out how organisations must work together to plan and respond to local and national emergencies.
• It establishes how organisations, such as emergency services, local authonties an health bodies, can work together and share information.
• It requires that risk assessments are undertaken and emergency plans are put in pus.

Question 10

The Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015

Answer 10

• This Act sets out how health and adult social care providers must share informatio about a person’s care with other health and care professionals so that safe and
  effective care can be provided.
• It requires health and adult social care organisations to use a consistent identifier the NHS number when sharing information about a person’s care.
• It reduces the risk of harm and abuse by making provision for removing people convicted of certain offences from the registers kept by the regulatory bodies for
  health and social care professions.
  KEY TERMS
  Manual handling - the transporting or supporting of a person or object by hand or bodily force.
  Identifier - a tool that is used to match people to their records, e.g. to their health records.
  professionals