Health and Safety Quiz Questions

What does the letters HSE stand for?

Health and Security Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Health and Social Executive

Health and Sure Executive

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Which of the following is an example of an Fire Risk hazard?

Poor Housekeeping

Lateness

High workload

Noise at Work

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What does ‘LOLER’ stand for?

Laying Operations and Lowering Equipment Regulations 1999

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

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When is is compulsory to have written risk assessments in the workplace?

One or more Employee

Three or more Employee

5 or more Employee

10 or more Employee

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In controlling risks in the workplace, what is the best way to reduce the risk?

Use common sense

Control measures

Never lift anything

Never go near any hazards

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What must a designated ‘DSE’ users be supplied with?

Foot rest

Regular message

A gel wrist support

An ergonomic chair

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What is the safety definition of a hazard?

Something with the potential to cause harm

Something that will always cause harm

The seriousness of harm

Something that will never cause harm

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Which of the following does the Working at Height Regulations apply to?

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Working from a scaffold tower

Working beside an excavation

Using a stepladder

All of the above

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In the workplace who is responsible for health and safety?

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The Police

You and your employer

The trade union

Citizen advice

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What colour are Prohibition signs?

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Red

Blue

Yellow

Green

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If you receive a new piece of work equipment, when should you receive proper training in it use?

Before it is used

Within 3 days of it being used

Within 5 days of it being used

Within 1st week of it being used

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You are using chemical cleaning products in the store room, where should the advice of first aid by, if the product is splashed in the eyes or on the skin?

In a safe password protected computer

In the monthly newsletter

On the wall with a poster in the store room

In the data sheets locked away in the manager’s office

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An accident is which one of the following?

Against the law

An unplanned and uncontrolled event

100 % preventable

Unavoidable

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In a manual handling risk assessment, we use the memory aid TILE, what does TILE stand for?

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Task, Individual, Lowering and Environment

Task, Individual, Load and Environment

Task, Individual, Load and Entry

Training, Individual, Load and Environment

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What is the definition of a risk assessment?

When you ask others to stop doing anything that is dangerous

Looking around the workplace for problems

Identify hazards, quantifying the risks and introducing control measures

Instructions for using a piece of machinery

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What does COSHH stand for?

Control of Safety Hazards to Health

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Control of Security Hazards to Health

Control of Standard Hazards to Health

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For general advice on using a fire extinguisher we remember the word PASS, what does pass stand for?

Pull, Allow, Squeeze and Sweep

Pull, Aim, Secure and Sweep

Push, Aim, Squeeze and Saturate

Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep

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For a fire on an electrical item, which colour of fire extinguisher is it best to use?

Black

Red

Blue

Yellow

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What type of safety sign has a white symbol on a green background

Warning

Prohibition

Mandatory

Safe condition

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What is the last resort in the hierarchy of control?

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Substitution

PPE

Elimination

Engineering Controls

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Train The Trainer

Health and Safety Training

Training Products to Buy

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