An emergency route(s) must be provided on construction sites to ensure:
Safe passage to the open air
Safe passage to the rest area
Safe passage to a secure place of safety
Safe passage to the ground from height
What action should you take if you discover a fire?
Leave it because you will get the blame
Raise the alarm
Carry on working if it is safe to do so
Extinguish the fire without raising the alarm
If there had been a small fire, who should you report it to?
Your supervisor
The main contractor’s site agent
The site’s fire marshal
The resident site engineer
If you discover a fire at work, what should you do first:
Telephone 999
Use a fire extinguisher to put it out
Run around looking for an alarm to sound
Raise the alarm and warn fellow workers
What is a fire assembly point?
The place to go when the fire alarm sounds
A place where the fire brigade goes to
A place where fire extinguishers are kept
The place where the fire alarm is
Where would you go in the event of a fire?
To the canteen for a cup of tea
To the fire assembly point
To the site hut
To the fire to see what is going on
What should you do if you hear the fire alarm?
Ignore it because it might be someone playing around
Leave work for the day
Evacuate the premises to a designated place of safety
Go towards the sound to find out what is going on
All new fire extinguishers are coloured red or of bright self-coloured metal. How do you know the difference between types?
A different colour panel or band is on the body of the extinguishers
During site induction, you will be told where the different types of extinguishers are
The weight and shape of the extinguisher
The type of extinguisher is written on a sign next to it
A black-labelled fire extinguisher contains:
Dry powder
Water
Foam
Carbon dioxide
What is a blue-labelled fire extinguisher filled with?
Carbon Dioxide
Which fire extinguisher should not be used on flammable liquid fires?
Powder
What colour is a water filled fire extinguisher, or its label?
Black
Cream
Red
Green
When discharging carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, the nozzle:
Becomes warm
Becomes very hot
Becomes very cold
Doesn’t change temperature
For fires involving spilled petrol, which types of fire extinguisher could you use?
Water, carbon dioxide or foam
Water, foam or dry powder
Foam, carbon dioxide or dry powder
Water, carbon dioxide or dry powder
Which types of fire extinguishers should be used on electrical fires?
Foam and water
Carbon dioxide and dry powder
Dry powder and foam
Water and carbon dioxide
A red-labelled fire extinguisher should NOT be used:
On wood fires
Where there is a risk of electrocution
On burning clothes
On burning furniture
A workmate burns their hand on a piece of very hot metal. What should you do first?
Rub some cream or Vaseline into the burn
Cover the burn with something dry
Warn other people about the piece of hot metal
Put their hand in cold water if it is available
Which of the following items should not be in a first-aid box?
Safety pins
Pain killers
Disposable gloves
Triangular bandages
How often should a first-aider qualified in First Aid at Work (FAW) or Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) receive retraining?
Every six months
Every two years
Every three years
Every four years
If you came across an injury on site, what is the first thing you should do?
Tell the casualty to visit their doctor
Inform the HSE
Contact a first aider
Try and find out what happened
An employee has a fall and is obviously unconscious. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
Send someone for the first-aider
Find out if there were any witnesses
Try to protect them from any further injury
Put them in the recovery position
A labourer gets an electric shock; looks a bit pale but says they are alright. What should you do?
Tell them to report it to their supervisor
Go and check the electrics so it cannot happen again
See if they want a drink or a cigarette
Which of the following must an employer consider when making provisions for first aid?
How much working space will be wasted
How much will it cost
Whether the local ambulance service can be used
The likely types of injury
In an on-site emergency, which of the following must a first-aider NOT do?
Treat an unconscious patient
Control bleeding
Give resuscitation
Give medicines to patients without authorisation
If someone has fallen over and has stopped breathing, what is the first thing you should do?
Send for help
Attend to any broken bones
Try to give the casualty a drink
Try to start the casualty breathing
If someone has fallen off a ladder and they say their leg is broken, what should you do?
Send for the first-aider
Help them to the cabin or mess hut
Move the ladder so no-one trips over it
Bandage their legs together
Your workmate suddenly gets a foreign body in the eye. What should you do?
Take your workmate to the supervisor
Use a clean handkerchief to try and remove it
Wash your hands before touching your mate’s face
A person nearly collapses complaining of stomach pains. What should you do?
Go and find them something to drink
Help them to find somewhere comfortable to sit
Ask them if they want something to eat
A workmate lifting a big box suddenly shouts “oh, my back” and drops the box. What should you do?
Tell them to leave it for someone else to lift
Help them to lift the box
Find them somewhere comfortable to sit and rest
What should you do immediately if you get a small cut on a finger whilst at work?
Carry on working
Get first-aid
Ask your employer to report it to the HSE
Just wash it clean
In an emergency situation at work you should do what?
Phone the HSE Inspectorate
Obey the site emergency procedure
Ensure your work mates are all accounted for
Leave the site immediately
What does the sound of a siren on-site normally indicate?
A fire
A toxic escape
An explosion
An emergency
