Unit 105 PP 1 Health and safety overview

Why should health and safety be at the top of everyone's priority list in the construction industry?

• Because ensuring the safe welfare, wellbeing, condition, and physical performance of everyone is of paramount importance to employers and employees.

• Because it helps to reduce the cost of construction materials.

• Because it increases the speed of project completion regardless of risks.

• Because it allows for shortcuts to be taken in construction processes.

Ensuring the safe welfare, wellbeing, condition, and physical performance of everyone is important only to employees.

• True

• False

Which of the following can affect the planning of construction projects?

• Staff adapting to rules

• Machinery failures

• Material failures

• Poorly maintained mechanisation

• All of the above

In which year was the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) enacted?

• 1974

• 1981

• 1967

• 1990

What does LOLER stand for in health and safety legislation?

• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations

• Lifting Operations and Loading Equipment Rules

• Lifting Objects and Ladders Equipment Regulations

• Loading Operations and Lifting Equipment Requirements

Which regulation was introduced in 1989 to address electrical safety at work?

• Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

• Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Which regulation covers working at height and was introduced in 2005?

• Working at Height Regulations 2005

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

What does CDM stand for in the context of construction health and safety regulations?

• Construction Design Management regulations

• Certified Demolition Manager

• Civil Development Manual

• Contractor Duty Mandate

Which regulation, introduced in 1992, addresses manual handling in the workplace?

• Manual Handling Regulations 1992

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

Which regulation, introduced in 2005, deals with noise control at work?

• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005

• Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

• Work at Height Regulations 2005