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Health and Safety Canvas 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who has responsibility for ensuring that correct PPE is provided for work activities?

a)

The HSE

b)

The employer

c)

The site foreman

d)

The employee

2.

Fires containing flammable liquids fall into which class?

a)

Class F

b)

Class D

c)

Class B

d)

Class A

3.

What is the required distance from the bottom of a wall to the base of a ladder, if the vertical height from the base of the wall to the top of the ladder is 4m?

a)
2m
b)
3m
c)
4m
d)

1m

4.

What type of safety sign is shown?

a)
Prohibition Sign
b)
Mandatory Sign
c)
Warning Sign
d)
Fire Safety Sign
5.

What is the approximate height  that a ladder should project above a working platform for access purposes?

a)

300mm

b)

100mm

c)

1000mm

d)

1500mm

6.

The aim of HASAWA is to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of people at work and to protect other people from harm.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Buildings constructed before the year 2000 are likely to have materials that contain asbestos?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Asbestos was used extensively for plumbing specific applications, can you identify which of these items would have contained asbestos?

a)

Gutters

b)

pipe insulation

c)

cold water cisterns

d)

soil pipes

9.

What type of fire extinguisher would be required to extinguish an electrical fire? 

a)

Foam

b)

Water

c)

Special wet fire extinguisher

d)

Co2 and powder

10.

What are the three elements of the Fire Triangle?

a)

Fuel

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Heat

11.

What type of safety sign is shown?

a)

Warning

b)

Prohibition

c)

Fire action

d)

Safety information

12.

At a place of work where would you find information  about the safe use of chemical substances?

a)

Health and safety policy

b)

Asbestos risk assessment policy

c)

COSSH data sheets

d)

First aid book

13.

Only very serious accidents should be recorded in the accident book?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A permit to work system is most likely to be needed when carrying out which of the following activities?

a)

Drilling holes in a external wall

b)

Commissioning a hot water system

c)

Repairing a commercial gas boiler

d)


Soldering pipes in a roof space

15.

What does PPE stand for?

a)

Personal Prevention Examination

b)

Personal Protective Equipment

c)

Personal progression inquiry

d)

Professional Permit Extension

16.

Which legislation covers Health and Safety at work?

a)

Gas safety Regulations 1998

b)

Personal Protection Equipment at work regulations 1992

c)

RIDDOR 2013

d)

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

17.

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a ______ that may cause personal injury. 

a)

trip

b)

fall

c)

impact

d)

slip

18.

What information is this 'safe working sign' displaying?

a)

Fire exit handle operation

b)

Emergency Stop Button

c)

In an emergency turn to operate

d)

Fire alarm point

19.

Which of the items listed would be considered a form of PPE?

a)

Respirator

b)

Overalls

c)

All items listed

d)

Impact resistant goggles

20.

As an employee, you will need to take reasonable care with any work carried out on site. It is important to always be conscious of health and safety issues.

a)

True

b)

False