Safe Working Practices - Unit 102 - Initial assessment

Health and Safety is who's responsibility on site?

• Employer

• Employee

• Everybody

• Site manager

What type of sign has a green background and a white symbol?

• Prohibition sign

• Mandatory sign

• Warning sign

• Information sign

What type of sign has a blue background, white symbol and typically circular?

• Prohibition sign

• Mandatory sign

• Warning sign

• Information sign

Identify three aims of Health & Safety legislation

• Safety of people at work

• To reduce the amount of days off work caused by injuries

• To minimise legal cases against companies

• Protecting other people from harm

• Control dangerous substances

As an employer, HASAWA states you are required to create and maintain a safe working environment.

• True

• False

As an employee, HASAWA states you must:

• Take reasonable care

• Report hazards

• Cooperate with employers

• Organise specialist equipment training

• All of the above

Asbestos can be found in corrugated roofing, flues, boiler gaskets and heatproof material

• False

• True

Mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos

• True

• False

What course of action should be taken if asbestos is identified in your place of work?

• Carry on working but avoid the area with asbestos

• Remove the asbestos carefully and place outside

• Stop work and inform your supervisor

• Call a local waste collection service

It is when asbestos is a solid lump that the health risk dramatically increases

• True

• False