Worksheets1.1: Understand Health and Safety Roles and Responsibilities
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who's role is it to inspect businesses that are deemed to be violating health and safety regulations
Environmental health officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who's role is to represent employees and their needs in health and safety matters and policies?
Safety officers
HSE inspectors
Environmental health officers
Safety representatives
Who's role is it to advise and ensure companies are disposing of waste in an environmentally safe manner?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who's role is it to enforce the Health and Safety at Work Act?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who's job is it to put into place high standard health and safety practices?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety inspectors
Safey representatives
Who's job is it to carry out risk assessments for the day-to-day activities of the company?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who's job is to raise employee concerns about health and safety to upper managment?
Environmental safety officer
HSE inspector
Safety officer
Safety representative
Who reports findings and complaints to the HSE?
Environmental safety officer
HSE inspector
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who's role is it to help employers write up the health and safety policy document?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officers
Safety representatives
Who has the power to close a business down?
Environmental safety officer
HSE inspector
Safety officer
Safety representative
Which of the key people are internal employees?
Environmental safety officers
HSE inspectors
Safety officer
Safety representative
Which sections of the HASAWA outlines the duties of employees? Choose two correct answers.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 7
Section 8
Which section of HASAWA specifies that if a company employs 5 or more people then they are required to provide and written health and safety policy to be communicated with the employees?
Section 1
Section 2
Section 7
Section 8
RIDDOR stands for...
Reporting of Incidents Dangerous and Disastrous Occupation Regulations
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Recording of Injuries, Diseases and Death Occurrences Regulations
Recording of Injuries, Deaths and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
COSHH stands for
Control of Special Health Hazards
Control of Substances Harmful to Health
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Control of Substances Harmful to Humans
PUWER is an acronym for
(a)
DSE in an acronym for...
(a)
MHASAWA is the acronym for...
(a)
PPE is an acronym for...
(a)
MHO is an acronym for...
(a)
Under RIDDOR who's duty is to report dangerous occurrences to the HSE?
HSE inspector
Safety officer
Employee
Employer
Under PUWER, who's responsibility is it to use equipment safely as instructed?
Employer
Employee
Under PUWER, who's responsibility is it to provide training on how to use work equipment?
Employer
Employee
What are the 4 key working practices of COSHH?
Storage, Handle, Use, and Disposal
Safety, Protection, Communication, and Responsibility
Labels, Signs, PPE and Locks
Who's responsibility is it to provide PPE?
(a)
Who's responsibility is to use PPE safely?
(a)
What is another term for "near miss"?
Almost dangerous
Dangerous occurrence
Incident
Which of these is included in a health and safety policy document?
List of all employees
Intention statement
Risk assessments
Company product portfolio
Which of these is included in a health and safety policy document?
Consultation with employees
Accident and emergency procedures
HSE inspector contact information
Company's address
Which of these is included in a health and safety policy document?
Induction training
HASAWA Section
Safe plant and equipment section
Responsibilities of key people
