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IOSH Ready Questions and Answers
IOSH Ready Questions and Answers
.last resort
PPE
.Objective
Your name (or the name of who is carrying out the risk assessment)
What are the different ways a chemical can enter the body?
Ingestion (eating/drinking) .1
Inhalation (breathing) .2
Skin contact (absorption) .3
Injection (needles or through wounds) .4
Eye contact (through the mucus membranes of .5
the eyes)
If the cost, in terms of time, effort, money or inconvenience, associated with the workplace precaution "
outweighs the benefits of the risk reduction, then it is not reasonably practicable to use that workplace
".precaution
So the answer is time, effort, money or inconvenience. List the benefits to you and your organisation of carrying
out a risk assessment
To identify whether you are doing enough to protect your workforce and others that are affected by your
activities.
Fatality -
Major injury -
Dangerous occurrence -
Certain occupational diseases -
Accident which results in someone not at work being taken to hospital -
,Best regards
Insomnia.
Stress.
Anxiety.
Irritability.
Loss of confidence.
Agrophobia.
Guilt.
Convulsions these are involuntary contractions of muscles caused by the electrical current passing through
them.
Burns, either internal or external where the current enters or leaves your body.
Refuelling
'Other risks could be Hazardous substances e.g., Oil, coolant, battery acid ' COSHH
Active monitoring is monitoring that you carry out BEFORE an incident. It is pro-active and you are trying
o Examples could be: workplace inspections, machine guarding checks, behavioural safety
observations etc.
Reactive monitoring is where you are REACTING to something, such as an incident. Therefore it takes
place AFTER the incident has occurred. The intention is to keep track of incidents so you can identify
trends.
o Examples could be: accident and ill-health reports and near-miss reports.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, regulation 14: Responsibility to work in accordance with
.training/instruction and to make the employer aware of dangerous/unsafe situations
Working at Height Regulations, regulation 14: Responsibility to report defects which present a fall risk, to work at
.height in accordance with training/instructions
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, article 23: Responsibility to take reasonable care, to co-operate with
.their employer, to inform their employer of unsafe situations
Manual Handling Operations Regulations, regulation 5: Responsibility to make use of any system provided by their
.employer
Personal Protective Equipment Regulations, regulation 10: Responsibility to use PPE as per training/instructions
.and to return PPE to its storage location after use
In the UK there are a number of different Acts and Regulations which apertain to waste and disposal. The main
.one is the Environmental Protection Act 1990
.This establishes that anyone who produces, imports, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of waste has a duty of care
In addition Article 4 of the EU Waste Framework Directive sets out 5 steps for dealing with waste: the waste
.hierarchy
Prevention
Re-use
Recycling
Other recovery (such as energy recovering from incineration or anaerobic digestion)
Disposal
PAT testing .6
The 2 reasons are that understanding the triangle helps you develop strategies for PREVENTION and for
.EXTINGUISHING a fire
To prevent a fire you simply have to stop the 3 elements of fire coming together. Usually that is by keeping fuel
.and ignition sources separate. In some higher risk industries the oxygen levels are controlled
To extinguish a fire, different extinguishing methods act on different parts of the triangle. Water cools it down
(heat/ignition), turning off the gas acts on the fuel, foam separates the fuel from the air, FM200 acts on the
.chemical reaction itself
?What are the differences between CIVIL law and CRIMINAL law
Civil Law.
Claim for damages are initiated by the person who sustained the damage.
You can insure against claims made against you under civil law.
Criminal Law.
It is intended to punish bodies corporate and individuals with, for example fines or imprisonment.
You cannot insure against the sanctions imposed under criminal law.
Traps - again in the lifting mechanism, but also the possibility of trapping the driver between the cab and a solid
structure