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A maintenance operative is required to replace a lightbulb in the entrance hall ceiling which is 2.5 metres high. What method of access is most suitable?
Mobile elevated working platform
Ladder
Stepladder
A systematic approach to risk assessment will most likely:
Reduce costs by being reactive rather than proactive
Prevent all accidents and ill health in the workplace
Prevent prosecution, as employers cannot beprosecuted for hazards they have not foreseen
A warehouse has designated a pedestrian access only area. What colour and shape is the signage to prohibit forklift trucks?
Blue & white circle
Green & white square
Red & white circle
Which of the following is most likely to be the root cause of an accident?
Management's attitude to health and safety is poor
Lack of training and instruction
Poor behaviour of the people completing the task
A keyboard operator has developed repetitive strain injury. What type of health and safety factor is this an example of?
Human
Occupational
Managerial
Which of the following groups of people are not covered by health and safety law?
Nurses in hospitals
Volunteers in a charity shop
Accountants working in their own home
Employees in a busy kitchen are constantly cutting fingers while slicing vegetables. What should the kitchen manager consider first to prevent against injuries?
Further training and instructions
Buy the vegetables already sliced
Provide cut protection gloves
Which two enforcement bodies can prosecute for breaches of health and safety legislation?
Local Authorities and Environment Executive
Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities
Insurance companies and the police
While carrying out maintenance work, an employee suffers a cut finger, which requires hospital treatment and three days off work. What action must the employer take?
Carry out a thorough investigation
Report to the Health and Saftey Executive incident contact centre, as it is a specified RIDDOR injury
Ensure the incident is recorded in the accident book
Suitable and sufficient workplace risk assessments will most likely enable employers to:
Eliminate all risks by removing any foreseeable hazards
Reduce maintenance costs
Identify risks and prioritise for action
Lack of ventilation in a hotel kitchen is an example of which type of accident causation factor?
Occupational
Organisational
Environmental
What must an employer do when made aware by an employee that she is pregnant?
Conduct a specific risk assessment for that employee, which includes general and specific hazards to pregnancy
Conduct a risk assessment that onlyconsiders manual handling tasks
Exclude that employee from undertaking any work tasks that have a medium to high-risk rating
The main causes of ill health in the workplace are:
Slips, trips and falls and musculo skeletal disorders
Occupational hearing loss and work-related violence
Occupational stress and musculo skeletal disorders
To comply with legislation, an employer must appoint a competent person to assist with health and safety. What should the employer take into account when selecting an appropriate person?
Knowledge, skills and experience
Accredited qualifications, length of service and personality
Knowledge of the activity, age andexperience
Construction workers are using an electric powered drill. Which of the following would be the most effective way of reducing risk?
Minimise the time spent using the drill
Only use the drill in dry conditions
Replace with battery power
You are assisting the supervisor to complete the risk assessment for slips, trips and falls. What action must be taken when the risk assessment has been completed?
Review and revise the risk assessment if there aremore than 10 employees
Discuss the risk assessment at the next health and safety meeting
If there are 5 or more employees record anysignificant findings
When completing a risk assessment on office cleaning, who would be the best people to consult?
People who do the cleaning and their representatives
The office manager and the local authority
A health and safety consultant and the localauthority
Office staff have to carry paper deliveries to the second floor stationery cupboard. Which of the following would be the most effective control to reduce manual handling injuries?
Use a trolley
Carry out the task in pairs
Have frequent rest breaks
Which of the following welfare facilities must be provided for workers who handle contaminated waste?
Showers, liquid soap and hot air hand dryers
Hand sanitisers, soap and showers
Hot and cold running water, soap and ahand-drying facility
What is the best control to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls while cleaning floors in a busy retail shop?
Place a portable barrier around the wet floor
Clean the floor when the shop is closed
Place wet floor signs around the area
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