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WorksheetsHealth and Safety Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is responsible for health and safety in construction?
Employees
Employers
Contractors
All of the above
The abbreviation HSE means:
Happy Security Executive
Health Security Executive
Health Safety Executive
Happy Safety Executive
The abbreviation HASAWA means:
Health and Safety at Work Act
Healthy and Safe at Work Act
Health and Safe at Work Act
Healthy and Safety at Work Act
The abbreviation COSHH means:
Controller of security hazardous to health
Capture of substances hazardous to health
Controller of substances hazardous to health
Control of substances hazardous to health
The abbreviation RIDDOR means:
Reporting of important danger and dangerous occurrences regulations
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
Rectifying of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
Rectifying of important danger and dangerous occurrences regulations
The abbreviation PUWER means:
Provision and use of work equipment regulations
Provide and utilise work equipment regulations
As an employer which of the following must you provide for your workers?
PPE
Transport
Housing
Lunch
Which of the following does an employer NOT have to provide?
Provide a safe workplace
Risk assessments
Safety training
Lunch everyday
As an employee you must NOT:
Put yourself or others at risk
Work to risk assessments
Wear all the PPE required
Follow all regulations
Which of the following is not a role of the HSE?
Enforcing the health and safety laws
Only prosecuting large companies
Carrying out investigations
Issuing prohibition notices
The most common cause of accidents in construction is:
Electrocution
Slips, trips and falls
Burns
Falling objects
Which of the following is a common cause of accident in construction?
Weather
Low morale
Unhappy staff
Poor housekeeping
The term risk means?
The possibility of loss or injury
A guaranteed outcome
An opportunity for profit
A certain event
The term hazard means?
Anything that has the potential to cause harm
Anything that has the potential to result in dismissal
Anything that is against health and safety rules
Anything that is not in the health and safety rules
A risk assessment is a:
Document listing all potential hazards
Document listing all potential obstacles
Document listing all health and safety legislation
Document listing all the rules on site
Risks are measured by:
Not and never
1, 2, 3
Low medium and high
A, B, C
The purpose of a risk assessment is to:
Reduce the number of risks
Reduce the number of accidents
Reduce the number of hazards
Reduce the health and safety data
Which type of safety sign is a blue circle?
Warning
Information
Prohibition
Mandatory
Which type of safety sign is a red circle?
Warning
Information
Prohibition
Mandatory
Which type of safety sign is a yellow and black triangle?
Warning
Information
Prohibition
Mandatory
