Interactive Exams

1. After watching you work, a HSE inspector issues an improvement notice. What does this mean?

2. Who has legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act?

3. Why is the Health and Safety at Work Act important to you as a worker?

4. What does a risk assessment identify?

5. What does the word hazard mean?

6. You are about to start a job. How will you know if it needs a permit to work?

7. Who should attend a site induction?

8. Why is it your employer’s legal responsibility to discuss matters of health and safety with you?

9. What is a toolbox talk?

10. What should you do in an emergency?

11. You have witnessed a serious accident on your site and are to be interviewed by the HSE, what should you do?

12. When should you record an accident int he accident book?

13. If someone is injured at work, who should record it in the accident book?

14. Which of these does not have to be recorded in the accident book?

15. Which types of accident should be recorded in the accident book?

16. Why is it important to report near miss incidents on site?

17. If you have a minor accident, who should report it?

18. If your doctor says that you contracted Weil’s disease (leptospirosis) on site why do you need to tell your employer?

19. You receive an injury from an accident at work, when should you report it?

20. You are involved in a dangerous occurrence on site but no-one was injured. Who must you report it to?

21. How can you help prevent accidents?

22. When should you apply skin barrier cream?

23. What action must be taken to ensure that a central heating pump is safe to work on?

24. What is the legal stipulation for first aid box provision on construction sites?

25. What is good working practice for dealing with waste on site?