Question 1

What is the primary UK legislation governing workplace safety?

Accepted Answer

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. HASAWA 1974 is the primary legislation. It establishes duties on employers, employees, and self-employed persons.

Question 2

Health and safety at work is whose responsibility?

Accepted Answer

Both employer AND employee. Both share responsibility. Employers must provide a safe environment; employees must cooperate and take reasonable care.

Question 3

What must an employer provide under HASAWA 1974?

Accepted Answer

A safe working environment, training, and PPE. Employers must provide a safe workplace, carry out risk assessments, provide training, and supply PPE.

Question 4

An employee must never intentionally interfere with or misuse:

Accepted Answer

Anything provided for health, safety, or welfare. Misusing safety equipment (e.g., tampering with fire extinguishers, cutting holes in helmets) is a breach of employee duty under HASAWA.

Question 5

At what number of employees must risk assessments be recorded?

Accepted Answer

5 or more. Risk assessments must be recorded if 5 or more operatives are employed. Smaller businesses should still do assessments but recording isn't legally required.

Question 6

Do self-employed persons have health and safety duties?

Accepted Answer

Yes  -  the same duty of care towards themselves and others. Self-employed persons have the same duty of care as employers  -  they must protect themselves and anyone affected by their work.

Question 7

What does 'reasonably practicable' mean in health and safety law?

Accepted Answer

Risk reduction effort should be proportionate to severity of harm. The law doesn't require eliminating ALL risk  -  that's impossible. The cost and effort of reducing a risk must be proportionate to how severe the potential harm is.

Question 8

What is 'duty of care'?

Accepted Answer

A legal obligation to protect yourself and others from foreseeable harm. Duty of care is a legal concept  -  everyone at work has an obligation to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to themselves and others.

Question 9

Under HASAWA, employers must inform people NOT in their employ about:

Accepted Answer

How aspects of their work might affect others' health and safety. Every employer and self-employed person must give information to non-employees about how their work activities might affect others' health and safety.

Question 10

In the past 25 years, approximately how many people have been killed on UK construction sites?

Accepted Answer

3,000. Nearly 3,000 people have been killed on construction sites or as a direct result of construction work in the past 25 years.

Question 11

What does RIDDOR stand for?

Accepted Answer

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. RIDDOR = Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations.

Question 12

Under RIDDOR, serious injuries must be reported to:

Accepted Answer

The HSE (Health and Safety Executive). Serious injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences must be reported to the HSE.

Free plumbing health & safety exam questions

1. What is the primary UK legislation governing workplace safety?

2. Health and safety at work is whose responsibility?

3. What must an employer provide under HASAWA 1974?

4. An employee must never intentionally interfere with or misuse:

5. At what number of employees must risk assessments be recorded?

6. Do self-employed persons have health and safety duties?

7. What does 'reasonably practicable' mean in health and safety law?

8. What is 'duty of care'?

9. Under HASAWA, employers must inform people NOT in their employ about:

10. In the past 25 years, approximately how many people have been killed on UK construction sites?

11. What does RIDDOR stand for?

12. Under RIDDOR, serious injuries must be reported to:

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