Group Syndicate Activity

What welfare facilities would you

expect an employer to provide
for the following groups of
people?
Accident and emergency nurse
Construction worker
Accountant (office based)

Extremes of Temperature
Group Syndicate
Exercise
What are the health issues
associated with working in:
Hot, and
Cold environments?

End of Section Quiz

1. What are the basic welfare
requirements for workers?
2. What are the effects of working
in a cold environment?
3. What controls should be in
place to reduce the risk in a
cold workplace?

Group Syndicate Exercise

What is the difference between
violence and aggression?
What occupations are most at
risk of violence and why?

End of Section Quiz

1. What is work-related
violence?
2. What factors increase the risk
of violence?
3. What features are there in a
high street bank to reduce the
risk from violent encounters?

Group Syndicate Exercise

What are the main effects of
alcohol and drug abuse?
How would these affect the
workplace?

End of Section Quiz

1. Why is the misuse of drugs and
alcohol in the workplace of
such concern?

Group Discussion Point

Give examples of signs that
could be used to reduce the risk
of injury to people when
vehicles are present.

End of Section Quiz

1. What types of accident are
pedestrians at risk from in the
workplace?
2. What are the typical causes of
slips, trips and falls on the
same level in the workplace?

End of Section Quiz

1. Give examples of some of the
main construction hazards
2. What are the main hazards
associated with the use of a
cement mixer?

Group Discussion Point

Suggest the control measures
for the safe use of ladders

Ladder Controls

Sited away from live overheads

Solid, flat base
Hands on stiles, never on rungs
Correct angle (1:4 rule 75o)
Top of the ladder against solid
support
Ladder secured at the top, or:
guy ropes attached or,
ladder should be footed

Ladder Controls
Top of the ladder should extend
above working platform
Only one person on ladder at
any one time
Nothing should be carried while
climbing
Wooden ladders should not be
painted

Individual Exercise
Draw and label an independent tied
scaffold

Group Discussion Point

Suggest reasons why a scaffold may
collapse

Causes of Scaffold Collapse

Overloaded work
platform
Soft ground
Scaffold not tied in
Insufficient
bracing
Standards not
upright
Standards bent or
damaged

High winds
Incorrect couplers
Scaffold struck by
mobile plant
Scaffold erected by
incompetent
workers
Scaffold not
inspected prior to
use

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1. What are the main hazards
when carrying out roof work?
2. What are the steps in the
hierarchy of control when
working at height?
3. What are the main safety
precautions when using
ladders?
4. What factors might cause the
collapse of an independent

End of Section Quiz

What are the main hazards of
excavation work?