WorksheetsTEAMS Health and Safety Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The purpose of a blue and white safety sign is to warn you of:
Something you MUST NOT do
Something you MUST do
A general site hazard
Where the fire exits are
Specific guidance on the safe lifting of heavy items on site by operatives is covered by the:
Management of health and safety at work regulations
Manual handling operations regulations
Health and safety at work act
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, an employer MUST:
Protect the health,safety and welfare of all employees
Protect the environment during work activities
Provide transport from your home to the work site
Ensure that you are paid for the work you do
Under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations, an employee must:
Provide their own PPE when required by the job
Wear and look after any PPE provided by the employer
Pay for any PPE they lose
Pay for any PPE that is damaged
If you are told that a Health & Safety Executive Inspector wishes to interview you after you witnessed an accident, you should:
Tell the inspector exactly what you saw happen
Ask your employer what you should tell the inspector
Say nothing if it would put blame on the injured person
Leave the site before the inspector gets a chance to talk to you
Which of the following agencies operates a free Health & Safety advice helpline?
Construction Skills
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Health and Safety Executive
Environment Protection Agency
What should be fitted to a high level working platform to stop people and materials falling?
Orange Plastic netting stretched between the uprights
Stacks of building materials
Guard-rails and toe-boards
Plastic sheeting
In the event of discovering a firewhilst working in a building, you should:
Leave the building immediately and go home
Carry on working providing you are not in immediate danger from the fire
Contact your supervisor and report the fires location
If safe to do so, raise the alarm first and leave the building immediately
The MAIN purpose of recording the details of an accident is to:
Keep records for inspectors
Keep records for insurance claims
Warn operatives of site hazards
Identify recurring types of accident
What are YOU required to do if you suffer a minor injury on site?
Report it to the Health and Safety Executive
Go home immediately
Nothing
Record the details in the site accident book
It is important to report a near miss that has affected you because:
The person who caused it ca be identified and punished
Lessons can be learned to prevent the incident happening again
All near misses have to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive
You will be held to blame if you do not report it and somebody else does
During site Induction you should be told:
How to locate and identify the first-aiders
How to give first aid
To bring your own first aid kit to work
That there are no first aid facilities on site
The purpose of a Method Statement is to:
Ask Permission from the Health and Safety Executive to carry out the work
Inform operatives of the way the job is to be carried out in a safe manner
Replace the risk assessment for the same job
Replace a site induction
Which of the following is NOT your responsibility
Look after your own health and safety
Carry out written risk assessments for the work you do
Co-operate with your employer in matters of health and safety
Inform your employer of any situation you think is unsafe
Before handling any chemicals that have the potential to damage your health, you should read:
A form F10
The Health and Safety Law Poster
The COSHH assessment
The Chemicals Regulations
There is an exposed electrical cable close to where you are working and it could be 'live'. What should you do?
Assume that it has been isolated and carry on working
Trace the route of the cable and try to isolate it yourself
Try to move the cable out of your way
Stop work and inform your supervisor
Combustible materials and chemicals on site should be:
Locked away in storage close to the site manager, be marked by warning notices
In isolated storage, be locked away, be marked by warning notices
Kept in the site hut, be marked by warning notices, have a fire extinguisher close by
Taken off site every day, kept in a van overnight, returned to the site every morning
Where MUST you be able to find the contact details of the person in charge of health and safety on your site?
On the Health and Safety Law poster
In a risk assessment
Written in a method statement
On the reverse side of a permit to work
What could happen to you if you wear the wrong type of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)
Nothing really but you will not be able to work as fast as normal
You could suffer severe respiratory illness
Your employer can charge you for the cost of the RPE you are using
It is alright providing you are accompanied by a first aider
What is a toolbox talk?
A brief chat informing you and others of the hazards and updates to health and safety situations on site
A discussion about using the correct tools for the job
A chat about toolboxes
A chat in the canteen
Why is it important for you to attend toolbox talks because?
You will not have to attend the site induction
You will be informed of the hazards that can be present on site
There will be no need to carry out risk assessments
It is a good way to meet other people on site
What type of accident kills most employees on construction sites
Being run over by construction plant
Food poisoning from the site canteen
Being buried in a collapsed excavation
Falling from height
What colour casing or plug indicates that an electrical hand tool runs off a 110 volt supply?
Yellow
Blue
Red
Black
Which of the following should you NOT find in a first-aid box?
Plasters
Safety pins
Bandages
Painkillers
What is the main risk to your health resulting from being exposed to loud noise on site?
Weil's disease (Leptospirosis)
Permanent deafness
Vibration White Finger
Dermatitis
If you have to work at height what is the best way of protecting the safety of people working below from falling objects?
Shouting out to the people below when anything is dropped
Tying hand tools to your wrist with a length of string
A safety net which catches anything that is dropped
A system of work which prevents anything falling
The correct manual handling technique is often called:
Weight lifting
Cryogenic lifting
Kinetic Lifting
Bending knees
