Health and safety acronyms

What does PPE stand for.

• Personal provided equipement
• Personal provision equipement
• Personal protective equipement
• Personal people equipement

What does HSE stand For

• Health and Safe Environment
• Healthier and  Safer Environment
• Health and Safety Executive
• Health and Safe Executive

Most injuries and accidents that happen in the workplace are caused by ?

• Sleeping on the job
• hazardous substances
• falls from heights
• electric shock

What is the year that the  Health and Safety at Work Act became legislation?

• 1497
• 1794
• 1977
• 1974

COSHH signs are usually which colour?

• red and white
• blue and white
• green and white
• orange and black

Asbestos can cause?

• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Skin Disease
• Lung Cancer

What regulations deal with the handling of chemicals?

• RIDDOR
• HSAWA
• COSHH
• PUWER

What regulations deal with the reporting of injuries?

• RIDDOR
• HSAWA
• COSHH
• PUWER

What regulations deal with power tools?

• RIDDOR
• HSAWA
• COSHH
• PUWER

What act places liability on employers and employees to keep a safe working environment?

• RIDDOR
• HASAWA
• COSHH
• PUWER