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CSCS Practice Test: CITB Health, Safety & Environment Test

Working at height, manual handling, fire, PPE, hazardous substances, site transport and the environment for the UK CITB Health, safety and environment test.

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Your safety helmet is dropped from the scaffold onto concrete. It looks undamaged. What should you do?

  1. Carry on wearing it until the expiry date
  2. Check the harness inside and keep using it
  3. Wear it back to front so the weak side is behind
  4. 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?

  1. In the delivery note for the product
  2. In the COSHH assessment for the task
  3. In the site accident book entries
  4. 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?

  1. 7 days
  2. 10 days
  3. 15 days
  4. 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

What is the first question to ask when planning a job that involves work at height?

  1. Can the work be done without working at height?
  2. Is there a harness available for each worker?
  3. How quickly can a scaffold be put up for it?
  4. Has a ladder of the right length been ordered?
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A. Can the work be done without working at height?

The hierarchy starts with avoiding work at height where reasonably practicable, for example by assembling at ground level or using long-reach tools. Harnesses come much later because they only limit the consequences of a fall.

Reference: Work at Height Regulations 2005, regulation 6

Who has the main legal duty to provide a safe place of work, safe equipment and adequate training for employees?

  1. The employer
  2. The Health and Safety Executive
  3. The site safety representative
  4. The employee's trade union
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A. The employer

Section 2 of the Act places the general duty for employees' health, safety and welfare on the employer. The HSE enforces the law but does not take over the employer's duty to provide safe conditions.

Reference: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 2

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