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Health and safety safety

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Safety & Welfare

Health, safety and welfare in
construction and associated industries

• More than 2,000 people are injured and around 50 are killed
on site every year.

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In this unit you will learn about:

Health and safety legislation, roles and responsibilities

Accident and emergency procedures

How to identify hazards on site

Personal health and hygiene in the construction environment

How to handle and store materials and equipment.

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In this unit you will learn about:

Working platforms and access equipment

Working safely with electricity

Using personal protective equipment

Fire and emergency procedures

Safety signs and notices.

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Legislation

•
What is legislation?....

•laws relating to a particular activity that are made
by a government.

•Each Law/Act states the duties of the employer
and employee.

•If an employer or employee does something they
shouldn’t – or doesn’t do something they should –
they can end up in court and be fined or even
imprisoned.

•
What legislation related to construction can you name?

Legislation Abbreviations

• HSE
• HASAWA
• COSHH
• RIDDOR
• PUWER

• WHR
• PPER
• CAWR
• MHO

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Match

Match the legislation

• HSE

• HASAWA

• PUWER

• PPE

• MHO

Health and safety Executive

Health and safety at work act

Provision and use of work equipment

Personal Protective equipment

Manual Handling operations

• Health and safety Executive

• Health and safety at work act

• Provision and use of work equipment

• Personal Protective equipment

• Manual Handling operations

Legislation Abbreviations

• HSE - Health and Safety Executive
• HASAWA – Health and Safety at Wort Act (1974)
• COSHH – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (2002)
• RIDDOR – Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations. (1995)

• PUWER – Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations .

(1998)

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Legislation Abbreviations

• WHR – Working at Height Regulations (2005)
• PPER – Personal Protective Equipment Regulations.
(2005)

• CAWR – Control of Asbestos at work regulations (2012)
• MHO – Manual Handling Regulations (1992)

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The health and Safety at work
Act 1974

• Where does it apply?
• All types and places of work.
• Who does it apply to?
• Employers, employees, the self - employed,
subcontractors and suppliers.

• What is the act there to protect?
• The act is there to protect people at work and the
general public.

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Multiple Choice

RIDDOR stands for

• Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
• Injury and Disease Reporting Regulations
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• Regulations for Industrial Diseases and Reporting

• ensure the health, safety and welfare of all persons
at work

• protect the general public from all work activities
• control the use, handling, storage and transportation
of explosives and highly flammable substances

• control the release of noxious or offensive

substances into the atmosphere

Hasawa Main objectives:

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Multiple Choice

What is the Final method of hazard control on the hierarchy

• Isolation
• Substitution
• Engineering Controls
• Elimination

Hasawa
Employer’s
Duties:

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provide a safe place to work

Provide

provide and maintain plant and machinery that is safe and
without risks to health.

Provide
and
maintain

provide information, instruction, training and supervision to
ensure the health and safety at work of all employees
Provide

ensure safety and the absence of risks to health in connection
with the handling, storage and transportation of articles and
substances

Ensure

have a written safety policy that must be revised and updated
regularly, and ensure all employees are aware of it
Have

provide and not charge for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Provide

Hasawa
Employee’s
Duties:

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take reasonable care for his/her own health
and safety

take reasonable care for the health and safety
of anyone who may be affected by his/her
acts or omissions

co-operate with his/her employer or any other
person to ensure legal obligations are met

not misuse or interfere with anything
provided for their health and safety

use any equipment and safeguards provided
by his/her employer

Categorize

Options (16)

provide a safe place to work

•provide and maintain plant and machinery that is safe and without risks to health.

•provide information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure the health and safety at w

•ensure safety and the absence of risks to health

•have a written safety policy that must be revised and updated

ensure compliance with health and safety regulations

conduct regular safety audits and assessments

provide personal protective equipment to employees

report hazards to the employer

follow safety procedures and guidelines

use personal protective equipment as required

attend safety training sessions

maintain a clean and organized workspace

cooperate with safety audits and inspections

immediately report any accidents or injuries

participate in safety meetings

HASAWA

Employer's duties

Employee Duties

Puwer:

•
These regulations cover all new or existing work
equipment – leased, hired or second-hand.

•
PUWER covers starting, stopping, regular use,
transport, repair, modification, servicing and
cleaning.

•
What would and would not come under these
regulations? Lets have some examples.

•
Dumper trucks, circular saws, ladders, overhead
projectors and chisels would all be included, but
substances, private cars and structural items all
fall outside this definition.

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Match

PUWER Covers

• •suitable for

• •maintained in an

• •used, repaired and maintained only by

• •able to be isolated

• •all those who use, supervise or manage

•its intended purpose and only to be use

•efficient state and maintenance records

•a suitably trained person, when that eq

•from all its sources of energy

•work equipment to be suitably trained

• •its intended purpose and only to be use

• •efficient state and maintenance records

• •a suitably trained person, when that eq

• •from all its sources of energy

• •work equipment to be suitably trained

Multiple Choice

Where is the correct place to store electrical tools under PUWER?

• In the site van

• Locked in a toolbox

• Dry and in a secure place

• Taken home each night

Control of substances Hazardous to health regulations:

• substances used directly in work
activities -

• adhesives or paints

• substances generated during
work activities –
•silica dust from cutting bricks

• naturally occurring substances –

• sand dust

• biological agents –

• Bacteria

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These regulations state how employees and employers should work with, handle,
store, transport and dispose of potentially hazardous substances.

What hazardous substances could each of these activates include:

Control of substances Hazardous to health regulations:

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What is not covered?

Asbestos and Lead Paint.

Why?

They have their own separate
regulations.

COSHH 8 step plan:

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1

To comply
with COSHH
regulations,
eight steps
must be
followed:

2

Step 1
Assess the
risks to
health from
hazardous
substances
used or
created by
your
activities.

3

Step 2
Decide what
precautions
are needed.

4

Step 3
Prevent
employees
from being
exposed to
any
hazardous
substances.
If prevention
is
impossible,
the risk must
be
adequately
controlled.

5

Step 4
Ensure
control
methods are
used and
maintained
properly.

6

Step 5
Monitor the
exposure of
employees
to hazardous
substances.

7

Step 6 Carry
out health
surveillance
to ascertain
if any health
problems are
occurring.

8

Step 7
Prepare
plans and
procedures
to deal with
accidents
such as
spillages.

9

Step 8
Ensure all
employees
are properly
informed,
trained and
supervised.

Control of substances Hazardous to health regulations:

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Identifying a substance that may fall under the COSHH regulations is not always
easy, but you can ask the supplier or manufacturer for a COSHH data sheet,
outlining the risks involved with a substance. Most substance containers carry a
warning sign stating whether the contents are corrosive, harmful, toxic or bad for
the environment.

Multiple Choice

Where would you find specific information about chemicals or hazardous substances you are asked to use in the workplace? 

• Health and safety law poster

• RIDDOR register

• Workshop manual

• COSHH Data Sheets

Manual Handling Operations:

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These regulations cover all work activities in which a person does the lifting rather
than a machine. They state that, wherever possible, manual handling should be
avoided, but where this is unavoidable, a risk assessment should be done.

In a risk assessment, there are four considerations:
• Load – is it heavy, sharp-edged, difficult to hold?
• Individual – is the individual small, pregnant, in need of training?
• Task – does the task require holding goods away from the body, or repetitive
twisting?
• Environment – is the floor uneven, are there stairs, is it raining?

Multiple Choice

What is the maximum weight 1 person can carry in optimum conditions?

• 50 kg
• 75 kg
• 25kg

• 120 kg

Manual Handling Operations:

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RIDDOR:

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Under RIDDOR, employers have a duty to report accidents, diseases or dangerous
occurrences. The HSE use this information to identify where and how risk arises and
to investigate serious accidents.

Multiple Choice

After how many consecutive days must someone be away from work as a result of an accident before it must be reported under RIDDOR?

• 10 days
• 14 days
• 5 days
• 7 days

Working at height operations

• Risk Assessment & Planning: Conduct thorough risk assessments and plan work at height carefully, ensuring proper supervision and worker competence.

• Equipment Use: Select, inspect, and maintain appropriate equipment for the task, such as ladders or scaffolds.

• Fall Protection: Implement fall protection systems like guardrails or safety nets, and ensure their proper use and maintenance.

• Emergency Procedures: Establish and train workers in emergency procedures for rescuing individuals in case of a fall or incident.

Work at height regulations :

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Construction workers often work high off the ground, on scaffolding, ladders or
roofs. These regulations make sure that employers do all that they can to reduce the
risk of injury or death from working at height.

The employer has a duty to:
• avoid work at height where possible
• use any equipment or safeguards that will prevent falls
• use equipment and any other methods that will minimize the distance and
consequences of a fall.

As an employee, you must follow any training given to you, report any hazards to
your supervisor and use any safety equipment made available to you.

Multiple Choice

You need to access a loft hatch 2.5m above floor level, what should you use?

• Trestle staging

• Scaffold

• step ladder

• hop up

Multiple Choice

Who is responsible for carrying out pre-use checks of ladders? 

• The manufacturer

• The User

• The Employer

• The site supervisor

Multiple Choice

Which of these is most likely to be an example of a confined space.

• Rooftop

• Storage tank

• Ladder

• Scaffolding

Welfare and personal Hygiene in Construction

In construction, ensuring welfare and personal hygiene involves providing adequate facilities such as clean toilets, washing stations, and rest areas for workers. It also includes promoting good hygiene practices to prevent illness and maintain a healthy working environment.

Reduce the spread of germs and illnesses

Maintain a safe working environment

Maintain standards of professionalism and respect on site

Why is personal Hygiene important

Multiple Choice

What are 2 common Illness experienced in Construction?

• Skin infections and eye injuries
• Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
• Hearing loss and fatigue
• Contact Dermatitis and Weil's Disease

Multiple Choice

When can Males and females share the same toilet facilities?

• When they are cleaned by a Women

• Where there is a lockable door

• When they are separated from the urinals

• When men bleach and clean them.

Multiple Choice

When an employer provides lockers for personal property on site, who’s responsibility is it if something goes missing? 

• The client

• The employee

• The site supervisor

• The security Guard.

Multiple Choice

Why do you need to tell your employer if a doctor tells you, you have Weil’s disease?

• Your colleagues might catch it from you

• The whole site will need to be closed

• Your employer will have to report it to the HSE

• You will need to be provide with Gloves

FIRE

Multiple Choice

A blue label on a fire extinguisher indicates that it contains?

• Dry powder
• Foam
• Water
• Carbon dioxide

Multiple Choice

What’s the first thing you should do if you discover a fire?

• Call a friend before doing anything else.
• Sound the alarm if safe to do so

• Ignore the fire and continue working.
• Try to extinguish the fire yourself.

Multiple Choice

What are the three elements required to start a fire? 

• Wind, smoke, and ash
• Ice, metal, and glass
• Heat, fuel, and oxygen
• Water, sand, and salt

Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements relating to working with, and around, electrical equipment.

´know the risks to health posed by contact with an electrical source and areas of work where this may occur.

´know methods applied to minimise risks posed by electrical equipment and supplies including the use of 110v equipment and Portable Appliance Testing (PAT).

´know the correct methods for running leads / cables.

´know the importance of checking powered tools and equipment before use.

Multiple Choice

What is the safest way to power tools on site?

• Battery

• 110v

• 240v

• 415V

Multiple Choice

What colour is 110V cables used on site

• Yellow

• Blue

• RED

• Black

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key characteristic of a confined space? 

• The space must be substantially enclosed

• The space must be underground

• The space must be less than the individual's height

• The space must be large enough for only two people to fit at one time.