CITB Managers Risk Assessment and Method Statements

Question 1

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, when must a risk assessment be reviewed?

Accepted Answer

When there is reason to believe it may no longer be valid, or when a significant change in the matters it relates to has occurred

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Every five years automatically

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Only after an accident or near-miss

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Once per calendar year regardless of any changes

Question 2

What is the five-step approach to risk assessment recommended by the HSE?

Accepted Answer

Identify hazards; identify who might be harmed and how; evaluate risks and implement controls; record findings; review and update

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Plan, Do, Check, Act, Review

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Assess, Eliminate, Reduce, Control, Monitor

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Identify, Evaluate, Control, Record, Report

Question 3

A 'suitable and sufficient' risk assessment must:

Accepted Answer

Identify significant risks and introduce adequate controls proportionate to the risk — the level of detail must be appropriate to the nature and complexity of the risk

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Be carried out only by a health and safety consultant

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Cover every conceivable possible risk, however remote

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Be written in a specific HSE-approved format

Question 4

What is the hierarchy of controls and what position does PPE occupy within it?

Accepted Answer

Elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE — PPE is the last resort

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PPE is first as it is most reliable

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PPE is second after elimination

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Elimination, PPE, engineering controls, administrative controls, substitution

Question 5

A risk assessment identifies a high risk. What should the employer's first priority be?

Accepted Answer

Eliminate the hazard entirely if reasonably practicable — if not, apply further controls to reduce the risk to an acceptable level

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Issue PPE to workers immediately

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Write a detailed method statement and proceed

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Reduce the workforce in the area to minimise the number of people at risk

Question 6

A risk assessment that covers a generic work activity (rather than a site-specific one) is called a:

Accepted Answer

Generic risk assessment (GRA) — to be supplemented with site-specific adaptations

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Dynamic risk assessment

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A safe system of work

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A method statement