A3 Health and Safety in the Workplace

What is the purpose of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002?

• To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace

• To control the transit, import and export of waste

• To regulate the management of waste and the control of emissions

• To reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment incinerated

What is the purpose of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)?

• To define employers’ duties to report serious workplace accidents

• To regulate the management of waste and the control of emissions

• To control substances hazardous to health

• To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace

What is the purpose of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (2013)?

• To reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment incinerated

• To control the storage, transport and disposal of hazardous waste

• To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace

• To define employers’ responsibilities in carrying out risk assessments

What is the purpose of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005?

• To control substances hazardous to health

• To regulate the management of waste and the control of emissions

• To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace

• To reduce death, damage and injury caused by fire

What is the purpose of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended)?

• To assess and minimise the risk to employees’ health

• To control the storage, transport and disposal of hazardous waste

• To define employers’ responsibilities in carrying out risk assessments

• To reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment incinerated

What is the first step in the Health and Safety Executive’s 5 Steps to Risk Assessment?

• Deciding who might be harmed and how

• Evaluating the risks and deciding on precautions

• Recording findings and implementing them

• Identifying the hazards

How can health and safety at work be promoted?

• By encouraging individuals to take reasonable care of their own and others’ safety

• By modelling good practice

• By maintaining equipment and removing faulty equipment

• By following organisational policies and standard operating procedures

What should be done in a health or science environment if a spillage of hazardous material occurs?

• Keep oneself and others safe, including evacuation as appropriate

• All of the above

• Secure the area

• Report and/or escalate as appropriate

What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Act 1990?

• To make provision for the improved control of pollution

• To control substances hazardous to health

• To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace

• To regulate the management of waste and the control of emissions

What is the purpose of the Special Waste Regulations 1996?

• To assess and minimise the risk to employees’ health

• To control the transit, import and export of waste

• To regulate the management of waste and the control of emissions

• To reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment incinerated