Part 1 - Health & Safety 25 Questions

What do the letters CDM stand for?

• Control of Demolition and Management

  Regulations

• Control of Dangerous Materials Regulations

• Construction (Demolition Management)

• Construction (Design and Management)

  Regulations

Identify one method of enforcing regulations that are available to the Health and Safety Executive:

• Health Notice

• Improvement Notice

• Obstruction Notice

• Increasing insurance premiums

What happens if a Prohibition Notice is issued by an

Inspector of the local authority or the HSE?

• The work in hand can be completed, but no

  new work started

• The work can continue if adequate safety

  precautions are put in place

• The work that is subject to the notice must cease

• The work can continue, provided a risk

  assessment is carried out

A Health and Safety Executive Inspector can?

• Only visit if they have made an appointment

• Visit at any time

• Only visit if accompanied by the principal

  contractor

• Only visit to interview the site manager

A Prohibition Notice means:

• When you finish the work you must not start

  again

• The work must stop immediately

• Work is to stop for that day only

• Work may continue until the end of the day

In what circumstances can an HSE Improvement Notice be issued?

• If there is a breach of legal requirements

• By warrant through the police

• Only between Monday and Friday on site

• Through the prosecution office

What is an "Improvement Notice”?

• A notice issued by the site principal

  contractor to tidy up the site

• A notice from the client to the principal

  contractor to speed up the work

• A notice issued by a Building Control Officer

  to deepen foundations

• A notice issued by an HSE/local authority

  Inspector to enforce compliance with health and safety legislation

If a Health and Safety Executive Inspector Issues a

“Prohibition Notice", this means that:

• The Site Manager can choose whether or

  not to ignore the notice

• Specific work activities, highlighted on the

  notice, must stop

• The HSE must supervise the work covered

  by the notice

• The HSE must supervise all work from then

  on

Employers are required to provide information to

their employees on their health and safety rights

and responsibilities and how to get advice by:

• Telling them verbally when they start for them

• Displaying a poster or giving them leaflets

  approved by the HSE

• Making them read the company health and

  safety policy

• E-mailing the information to them

Who is responsible for signing a Company Safety Policy?

• Site Manager

• Company Safety Officer

• Company Secretary

• Managing Director