Health and Safety in Construction Quiz

Who is responsible for health and safety in construction?

• Employees

• Employers

• Contractors

• All of the above

The abbreviation HSE means:

• Happy Security Executive

• Health Security Executive

• Health Safety Executive

• Happy Safety Executive

The abbreviation COSHH means:

• Controller of security hazardous to health

• Capture of substances hazardous to health

• Controller of substances hazardous to health

• Control of substances hazardous to health

The abbreviation RIDDOR means:

• Reporting of important danger and dangerous occurrences regulations

• Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations

• Rectifying of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations

• Rectifying of important danger and dangerous occurrences regulations

The abbreviation PUWER means:

• Provision and utilisation of work equipment regulations

• Provide and utilise work equipment regulations

• Provision and use of work equipment regulations

• Provide and use of work equipment regulations

As an employer, which of the following must you provide for your workers?

• PPE

• Transport

• Housing

• Lunch

Which of the following does an employer NOT have to provide?

• Provide a safe workplace

• Risk assessments

• Safety training

• Lunch everyday

As an employee you must NOT:

• Put yourself or others at risk

• Work to risk assessments

• Wear all the PPE required

• Follow all regulations

Which of the following is not a role of the HSE?

• Enforcing the health and safety laws

• Only prosecuting large companies

• Carrying out investigations

• Issuing prohibition notices

Which of the following is a common cause of accident in construction?

• Weather

• Low morale

• Unhappy staff

• Poor housekeeping