Health & Safety and First Aid test questions

In relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 the legal responsibilities of employers are to:

• Take reasonable care of their own health and safety.

• Not to misuse equipment, machinery or premises.

• Provide safe working areas for employees.

• Provide locked storage for substances.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) states that employees must:

• Provide locked storage for substances.

• Prevent danger by using safer chemicals.

• Take reasonable care of personal safety in the use of hazardous substances.

• Provide safe working areas for employees.

The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 2013 states that:

• The misuse of equipment or machinery needs to be reported.

• All accidents or serious incidents that happen in the work place must be reported.

• That all incidents no matter how minor need to be reported.

• Look at how food is handled and introduce procedures that will ensure that the food is safe to eat.

All business should have a documented HACCP system in place. The main aim of this law is to:

• Look at how food is handled and introduce procedures that will ensure that the food is safe to eat.

• Identify the hazards and critical control points for each dish.

• Put strategies in place to prevent cross-contamination

• Keep accurate records of all ingredients within the food.

First Aid legislation states that:

• Keep accurate records of all ingredients within the food.

• One first aid box is needed for the organisation.

• Only one trained person is allowed to administer first aid.

• The first aid box should be regularly checked and easy to locate.

What is this signing warning?

• Masks to prevent breathing in contaminated air into the lungs

• Hard hats and reinforced shoes

• Goggles/eye shields

• Thick/ protective clothing

What is this signing warning?

• Explosives'

• Flammable

• Oxidising

• Gas under pressure.

What is this signing warning?

• Explosives'

• Flammable

• Oxidising

• Gas under pressure.

What is this signing warning?

• Explosives'

• Flammable

• Oxidising

• Gas under pressure.

What is this signing warning?

• Explosives'

• Toxic

• Oxidising

• Gas under pressure.