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Sample questions
Your safety helmet is dropped from the scaffold onto concrete. It looks undamaged. What should you do?
Carry on wearing it until the expiry date
Check the harness inside and keep using it
Wear it back to front so the weak side is behind
Get it replaced before carrying on working
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D. Get it replaced before carrying on working
A hard impact can weaken the shell in ways that cannot be seen, so the helmet should be replaced. Checking the cradle alone does not show hairline damage to the shell.
Reference: Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, regulations 7 and 11
Where would you find out how to use a hazardous product safely on site?
In the delivery note for the product
In the COSHH assessment for the task
In the site accident book entries
In the notification of project form
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B. In the COSHH assessment for the task
The COSHH assessment, based on the supplier's safety data sheet, sets out the hazards and the controls for the way the product is actually used on that job. A delivery note only records what was supplied.
Reference: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, regulation 6
A worker injured on site is unable to do their normal work for more than seven consecutive days. Within how many days of the accident must the report be made under RIDDOR?
7 days
10 days
15 days
28 days
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C. 15 days
Over-seven-day injuries must be reported within 15 days of the accident. Ten days is the limit for the written report of a death, specified injury or dangerous occurrence, so the two figures are easily mixed up.
Reference: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, regulation 4 and Schedule 1
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