Health and Safety

Question	Answer
Risk	The likelihood of a hazard to occur.
Hazard Image: Hazards_-_slips_and_trailing_leads (image/jpg)	Something that has the potential to cause harm Image: Hazard_-_Electrical_fire_overload (image/jpg)
Risk Assessment Image: Risk (image/jpg)	An assessment of hazards and likely hood of risks from them. Image: Risk_Assessment (image/png)
what does RIDDOR stand for?	Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences
What does COSHH stand for?	Control of substances hazardous to health
Where should Safety Signs and Notices be in the workplace and what are they there for? Image: Site_safety_-_safety_sign_and_notices_2 (image/jpg)	To be clearly visible in the work place to enforce, warn, and advise on health and safety requirements. Image: Site_safety_-_safety_sign_and_notices (image/jpg)
What is a risk?	the risk is the chance, high or low, that somebody could be harmed together with an indication of how serious the harm could be
Safe Systems of Work Image: Safe_system_of_work_-_scrabble (image/jpg)	is provided by the company to show hazard and risks of the workplace and what is in place Image: Safe_system_of_work_-_tick_list (image/jpg)

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	Created by Oliver Balay about 10 years ago

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