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WorksheetsRisk Assesment
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the best way to avoid the potential of someone become trapped in an excavation
Check the contractor’s method statement
Review the last excavation inspection record
Eliminate the need for anyone to go into it
Go down in a cage suspended from a crane
What is the first question to ask if work may need to be carried out in a confined space?
Can it be undertaken by someone else
Can it be avoided
Can it be managed by limited the amount of time people are in it
Can it be controlled with radios or mobile phones
Work in confined space usually needs a risk assessment, a method statement and what other safety document?
An up to date staff handbook
A permit to enter
A written contract for work
A company health and safety policy
What do guard-rails around the top of an excavation prevent?
Materials from falling into the excavation
People falling into the trench and being injured
The sides of the trench collapsing
There is no need for guard-rails
If you see the side supports if an excavation move, what should you do first?
Keep watching to see if they move again
Make sure that everyone working in the excavation gets out quickly
Nothing as slight movement is normal
Move works to another part of the excavation
What is a significant hazard when excavating alongside a building or structure
Undermining or weakening the foundation of the building
Noise and vibration
Ground water entering the excavation
There is not any hazard
When should you take precautions to prevent people, materials or equipment form falling into an excavation?
When the excavation is 2m or more deep
When more than 5 people are working in the excavation
At all times
When there is a risk from an underground cable
Following the hierarchy of control, which of the following is the LAST resort for someone’s safety when working at height?
Safety netting or airbags
Safety harness and fall-arrest lanyard
Mobile elevating work platform
Mobile access tower
Where are you most likely to come across Asbestos?
In a house built between 1950 and 1980
In any building built before the year 2000
In industrial building built after the year 2000
Asbestos has now been removed from all buildings
What illness might a worker develop if they breathe in asbestos dust?
Headaches
Throat infections
Lung diseases
Dizziness
When visiting site the contractor things they have found some asbestos. What is the FIRST thing that should be done?
Take a sample to the site manager
Put in a bin an carry on working
Find first aider
Stop working and get everyone out of the affected area
Can the damage by exposure to noise over long period of time be reversed?
Yes, with time
Yes, if you have an operation
No, the damage is permanent
Yes, if you change job
