Health & Safety: Site Procedures

What welfare facilities must an employer provide for employees?

• Food and drink

• Clean drinking water

• Somewhere to eat and rest

• Entertainment

• Toilets and washing facilities

Answer explanation

welfare facilities – the right number of toilets and washbasins, drinking water and having somewhere to rest and eat meals. a healthy working environment – a clean workplace with a reasonable working temperature, good ventilation, suitable lighting and the right amount of space and seating

What should employers provide for all new employees working on a construction site?

• Fire and Emergency Procedures

• Welfare Facilities

• Waste Disposal (including hazardous materials)

• Toolbox Talks

• 24 hour access to a hotline

Answer explanation

Training includes:

Fire Awareness training

Manual Handing training

COSHH

Slips Trips and Falls

First Aid

Risk Assessment

Accident Reporting

Asbestos Awareness

Working at Height training

Personal Protective Equipment use

Where should flammable materials be stored?

• Away from other materials and protected from accidental ignition.

• At the back of a locked storeroom.

• Behind the supervisors office.

• As far away from the site as necessary.

Answer explanation

To minimise the risk of fire, all flammable materials should be stored in a separate, metal container used solely for the purpose of storing oily rags and the lid should be kept secure at all times. Chemical storage areas should display signs to indicate the nature of the hazard present.

What are the "three R's" of waste management?

• Regulate, Recover, Recompense.

• React, Rotate, Revolve.

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

• Rollover, Roll about, Role call.

Answer explanation

Waste minimization can be achieved in an efficient way by focusing primarily on the first of the 3Rs, "reduce," followed by "reuse" and then "recycle."

Select the Prohibition signs

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Answer explanation

Prohibition Signs

On the entrance to nearly every construction site, you will see this type of sign, usually with the text 'No unauthorised access'. Prohibition signs have a red circle with a crossbar on a white background. Any lettering is black. Examples: Stop, No Entry, No Smoking. Meaning: DO NOT.

Select the Hazard/Warning Signs.

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Answer explanation

Warning Sign

Warning signs warn of a hazard or hazardous condition that is not likely to be life-threatening. Its symbolic shape is a black triangle. A black pictograph usually appears inside the triangle to indicate the specific hazard. The sign background is yellow with any text in black.

Select the Mandatory signs.

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Answer explanation

Mandatory signs are the blue and white signs on site. They display actions you must obey to keep yourself safe such as “Hard Hats must be worn”. The mandatory sign is a blue circle with white images or wording. Examples of using a mandatory sign: Hard hats must be worn.

Select the Fire signs.

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Answer explanation

Fire Sign.

Fire signs advise the location of fire alarms and fire-fighting facilities. The background is red and any text or pictograph is white.