WorksheetsH&S - 1. General Responsibilities
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who is responsible for reporting any unsafe conditions on site?
The site manager only
The client
Health and Safety Executive inspectors
Everyone on site
A risk assessment tells you:
How to report accidents
The site working hours
How to do the job safely
Where the first-aid box is kept
During site induction, you do not understand something the presenter says. What should you do?
Attend another site induction
Ask the presenter to explain the point again
Guess what the presenter was trying to tell you
Wait until the end then ask someone else to explain
Now that work on site is moving forward, the safety rules given in your site induction seem out of date. What should you do?
Do nothing, you are not responsible for safety on site
Speak to your supervisor about your concerns
Speak to your workmates to see if they have any new rules
Make up your own safety rules to suit the changing conditions
The Health and Safety at Work Act places legal duties on:
Employers only
Operatives only
All people at work
Self-employed people only
As an employee, you do not have a legal duty to:
Use all equipment safely and as instructed
Write your own risk assessments
Speak to your supervisor if you are worried about safety on site
Report any equipment that is damaged or defective
You will often hear the word hazard mentioned on site and used during safety talks. What does it mean?
Anything at work that can harm you
The site accident rate
A type of barrier or machine guard
All of the other answers
Why is the Health and Safety at Work Act important to you? Give two answers.
It tells you which part of the site are dangerous
It must be learned before starting work
It requires your employer to provide a safe place to work
It tells you how to do your job
It puts legal duties on you as an employee
It is important to see your employer's health and safety policy because it tells you:
How to do your job safely
How to write risk assessments
How health and safety is managed
How to use tools and equipment safely
You are using some equipment. It has just been given a Prohibition Notice. What does this mean?
You must not use it unless your supervisor is present
You must not use it until it is made safe
You can use it as long as you take more care
Only supervisors can use it
You are about to start a job. How will you know if it needs a Permit to Work?
You will be given a Permit to Work at the site induction
The Health and Safety Executive will tell you
You will not be allowed to start work until the Permit to Work has been issued
You don't need to know, Permits to Work only affect managers
As an employee, which of these is not your duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act?
To look after your own health and safety
To look after the health and safety of anyone else who might be affected by your work
To write your own risk assessments
Not to interfere with anything provided for health and safety
You find that you cannot do a job as the method statement says you should. What should you do?
Make up your own way of doing the job
Do not start work until you have talked with your supervisor
Ask your workmates how they think you should do the job
Contact the Health and Safety Executive
Why do you need to know the health and safety regulations that deal with your type of work?
They tell you how to write risk assessments
They explain how health and safety is managed on your site
They tell you when Health and Safety Executive inspections will take place
They place legal duties on you
The whole site has been issued with a Prohibition Notice. What does this mean to you?
You must check with your supervisor before starting work
You must check with the Health and Safety Executive before starting work
You must not use any tools or machinery
You must stop work
After watching you work, a Health and Safety Executive inspector issues an Improvement Notice. What does this mean?
You are not working fast enough
You need to improve the standard of your work
You are not working in a safe way
All of the other answers
You have been told that a Health and Safety Executive inspector is on site. What should you do?
Stop work and report to your supervisor
Stop work and go to the assembly point
Carry on working unless you are asked to stop
Finish what you are doing and go home
Who is responsible for managing health and safety on construction sites?
The police
The Health and Safety Executive
The client
The site manager
If you discover children playing on site, what is the first thing you should do?
Tell your supervisor
Phone the police
Make sure the children are taken to a place of safety
Find out how they got into the site
What is a toolbox talk?
A short training session on a particular safety topic
A talk that tells you where to buy tools
Your first training session when you arrive on site
A sales talk given by a tool supplier
When should you report environmental incidents and near misses?
Never
During your next break
As soon as practical
At the end of the day
If you have any rubbish or leftover materials at the end of the job, you should:
Leave it where it was
Pick it up and throw it with rubbish left by other people
Put it in the designated waste area
Pick it up and dump it outside the site
A Permit to Work allows:
The emergency services to come on to the site after an accident
Certain jobs to be carried out under controlled conditions
Health and Safety Executive inspectors to visit the site
Untrained people to work without supervision
