CSCS Assessment Quiz 2

Who is responsible for reporting any unsafe conditions on site?

• The site manager only

• The client

• Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors

• Everyone on site

During site induction you do not understand something the presenter says. What should you do?

• Attend another site induction

• Ask the presenter to explain the point again

• Guess what the presenter was trying to tell you

• Wait until the end then ask someone else to explain

Now that work on site is moving forward, the safety rules given in your site induction seem out of date. What should you do?

• Do nothing, you are not responsible for safety on site

• Speak to your supervisor about your concerns

• Speak to your workmates to see if they have any new rules

• Make up your own safety rules to suit the changing conditions

What is the most important reason for keeping your work area clean and tidy?

• To prevent slips, trips and falls

• So that you don’t have a big clean-up at the end of the week

• So that waste skips can be emptied more often

• To recycle waste and help the environment

The work of another contractor is affecting your safety. You should stop work and:

• go home

• speak to your supervisor

• speak to the contractor's supervisor

• speak to the contractor who is doing the job

You are using some equipment. It has just been given a prohibition notice. What does this mean?

• You must not use it unless your supervisor is present

• You must not use it until it is made safe

• You can use it as long as you take more care

• Only supervisors can use it

The whole site has been issued with a prohibition notice. What does this mean to you?

• You can carry on working because it was nothing to do with you

• You are not allowed to use any power tools

• You can finish what you are doing and then go home

• You must stop work because the site is unsafe

After watching you work, a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector issues an improvement notice. What does this mean?

• You are not working fast enough

• You need to improve the standard of your work

• You are not working in a safe way

• All of these answers

The Law (Health and Safety at Work Act) places legal duties on:

• employers only

• operatives only

• all people at work

• self-employed people only

As a worker you do NOT have a legal duty to:

• use all equipment safely and as instructed

• write your own risk assessments

• speak to your supervisor if you are worried about safety on site

• report any equipment that is damaged or defective