A Safe Place to Work

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (the ................... Regulations) require you to assess and control risks to protect your employees.

Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, you have a legal duty to ensure, so far as is ............... ................ , the health, safety and welfare at work of your employees.

•In order to manage workplace health and safety and help prevent accidents and sickness absence, it’s important to ....... ....... ....... ........... the risk associated with workplace hazards.

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• stop, look and listen

• provide PPE to reduce

• identify, monitor and reduce

• wake up early

When should a risk assessment be done?

• Before new processes or activities are introduced.

• Before changes are introduced to existing processes or activities, including when products, machinery, tools, equipment change or new information concerning harm becomes available.

• When new employees start work

• When hazards are identified.

  
  

what is a hazard ?

• a hazard is something that will harm you

• a hazard is something that you have to risk assess

• a hazard is something that has the potential to harm you

• none of the above

what is a risk?

• risk is the likelihood of a hazard causing harm

• risk is the level that an accident is likely to occur

• risk is managed following hazards being found

• all of the above

What is a risk assessment?

• A risk assessment is a thorough look at your workplace to identify those things, situations, processes, etc. that may cause harm, particularly to people.

• After identification is made, you analyze and evaluate how likely and severe the risk is.

• a risk assessment is a carried out after accidents happen

• When this determination is made, you can next, decide what measures should be in place to effectively eliminate or control the harm from happening.

What does PPE stand for

• Personal Provided Equipment

• Private Protective Equipment

• Personal Protective Equipment

• none of the above

when should PPE be used

• as a last resort

• at all times

• when near an identified hazard

• when your manager is around

When selecting PPE you should ask which of the following questions ?

• Who is exposed and to what?

• How long are they exposed for?

• how heavy are they ?

• How much are they exposed to?