IGC Unit 2: Control of Workplace Hazards

1 Workplace Hazards:

1. Identify FOUR health effects of working outside in extreme heat created by the sun.
2. Outline control measures that could reduce the effects of the sun on construction workers.
3. Identify welfare and work environment requirements that should be provided in a
workplace.
4. Outline the factors that should be considered in the selection process for hiring a
contractor.
5. Identify the main risks to contractors from working at height
6. Identify precautions necessary to prevent injury when working in and around excavations.
7. Outline the main hazards associated with excavation work.
8. Identify the main hazards associated with demolition work.
9. Identify eight safe working practices to reduce the risk when using a mobile tower scaffold.
10. Explain the issues that would need to be addressed of work to be carried out safely from a
ladder.
11. Outline the precautionary measures that are needed to prevent slip and trip hazards in an
Engineering workshop.
12. Identify the types of hazards that may cause slips or trips at work
13. Identify control measures to reduce the risk from slip and trip hazards in the workplace.
14. Identify activities on a construction site that may expose workers to cement or material
containing cement.
15. Identify the harmful effects to workers which could result from contact with cement.
16. Identify TWO types of asbestos to which workers in the construction industry may be
exposed.
17. Give examples of where workers might find asbestos while undertaking maintenance or
refurbishment work on a building.
18. Identify possible control measures for the erection of an independent tied scaffold.
19. Outline measures that the employer could take to reduce the risk of violence to workers
from visitors.
20. Identify precautions that would need to be considered before welding work can
commence.

2 Transport Hazards:

1. Identify four hazards associated with the use of battery- powered forklift trucks and
outline control measures for EACH of the hazards identified.
2. Identify control measures to reduce the risk to pedestrian in vehicle movement areas.
3. List eight rules to be followed to minimize the risk of fork lift trucks overturning.
4. Identify suitable control measures to reduce the risk of forklift trucks colliding with
workers while operating in a busy workplace.

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5. Outline EIGHT rules to follow when a forklift truck is left unattended during a driver’s work
break.
3 Manual Handling Hazards:

1. Define the term “ergonomics”

2. Identify the risk factors that could affect manual handling activities in relation to: (i) The
Task, (ii) The Individual, (iii) The Load, (iv) The Environment
3. Identify FOUR types of injury that the worker could be at risk from while manually loading
boxes of components onto metal racking.
4. Outline a good lifting technique that could be adopted by a worker when lifting a load.
5. Outline factors to be considered when undertaking a manual handling assessment of the
work undertaken by baggage handlers at a large, busy airport.
6. Identify the possible ill-health effects to workers using display screen equipment (DSE
7. Identify the design features of a suitable chair for use at a DSE workstation.
8. Outline the main factors to be considered in an ergonomic assessment of workstation to
be used by a VDU operator.
9. Outline the possible sources of information that could be consulted when investigating the
number of absences due to upper limb disorders in an organisation.
10. Identify the factors that could contribute towards the development of work-related upper
limb disorders (WRULDs) amongst workers at a supermarket checkout.
11. Outline a procedure for the safe lifting of a load by crane, having ensured that the crane
has been correctly selected and positioned for the operation.
12. Identify possible causes of a mobile crane overturning on a construction site.
13. Outline the precautions that should be taken when using mobile cranes.
14. Identify the control measures to be taken to reduce the risk of injury to workers from a
conveyor.

4 Work Equipment Hazards:

1. Identify EIGHT types of mechanical hazard associated with machinery.

2. Provide sketches to show clearly the nature of the following mechanical hazards from
moving parts of machinery: (i) Entanglement, (ii) Crushing, (iii) Drawing- in, (iv) Shear
3. Outline the hazards that a worker could be exposed to when using petrol driven chainsaw
to cut down tree.
4. Identify EIGHT types of non-mechanical hazards associated with the use of
machinery.
5. Identify FOUR hazards associated with maintenance operations on machinery in the
workplace.
6. Give FOUR examples of how a worker could be injured when carrying out maintenance
operations on an item of machinery in the workplace.

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7. Outline measures to be taken to minimise the risk of injury during the maintenance of
machinery.
8. Outline control measures that can be used to reduce the risk of using a cement
mixer.
9. Describe FOUR types of guard used on machinery AND give an appropriate
application of EACH.
10. Outline the advantages AND disadvantages of BOTH (i) interlocking guard, (ii)
trip device.
11. Identify FOUR mechanical hazards presented when using a pedestal drill.
12. Outline FOUR protection measures to reduce the risk of injury to operators of pedestal
drill.
13. Identify hazards that may be present with the use of a portable electric sander
and outline control measures that could be taken to reduce the risk.
14. Identify FOUR hazards associated with the use of a bench top grinder.
15. Other than a guard, outline FOUR control measures that could be introduced to
reduce risk to a worker using a bench top grinder.

5 Electrical Hazards:

1. Identify the effects on the human body from a severe electric shock.
2. Identify FOUR factors that could affect the severity of injury resulting from contact with
electricity.
3. Identify the emergency action to take if a person suffers a severe electric shock.
4. Outline a range of checks that should be made for electrical safety in a workplace.
5. Identify the electrical hazards that could be discovered by a visual inspection.
6. Identify the factors that would determine the frequency of periodic inspection and testing
of a portable electric drill used on a construction site, to ensure it is safe to operate.
7. Identify control measures to reduce the risk of electric shock when using a portable
electric tool.
8. Describe options for reducing the risk of electric shock when using a portable electric tool
on a construction site:

6 Fire Hazards:

1. Identify the key components of the ‘fire triangle’.

2. Give an example of a material (fuel) that falls within EACH of the fire classes A, B, C and D.
3. Identify eight common causes of fires in the workplace.
4. Identify FOUR types of ignition source that could cause a fire in the workplace and Outline
control measures for EACH of the ignition sources identified.
5. Identify FOUR methods of heat transfer and state how EACH can assist the spread of fire.
6. Outline methods of reducing the risk of a fire in the workplace.
7. Outline the factors to consider when carrying out a fire risk assessment of a workplace.

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8. Outline the factors to be considered for the successful evacuation of persons from a
workplace in the event of fire.
9. Identify the factors that should be addressed in the fire plan of an industrial unit
containing a number of offices and workshops

7 Chemical Hazards:

1. Explain the difference between acute and chronic health effects.

2. Give the meaning of the term ‘health surveillance’.
3. Identify factors that may indicate a need for health surveillance of workers in a workplace.
4. Identify the types of checks that could be included in a health surveillance programme.
5. Outline personal hygiene controls to reduce the risk of ingestion of a hazardous substance.
6. Outline the term ‘respirable dust’
7. Outline the methods of measuring airborne dust in the workplace.
8. Identify how a dust problem would be recognized in a workplace.
9. Outline how the human body defends itself against the effects of airborne dust.
10. Outline using practical examples the control measures that should be implemented to
reduce levels of dust in a workplace.
11. Identify FOUR forms of hazardous substance for which respiratory protective equipment
could be used to reduce the risk of harm.
12. Outline factors that could reduce the effectiveness of the respiratory protective
equipment.
13. Identify THREE forms of biological agents.
14. Identify possible routes of entry of biological organisms into the body.
15. Outline control measures that could be used to reduce the risk of infection from biological
organisms.
16. Identify the information that should be included on a material safety data sheet (MSDS)
provided with a hazardous substance.
17. Identify the sources of information which could be used in the assessment of risk of toxic
substances.
18. Give the meaning of a short term exposure limit (STEL) AND a long term exposure limit
(LTEL).
19. Explain the meaning of the term ‘workplace exposure limit’.
20. Give possible reasons for the increase in work-related ill-health amongst the workers who
use a solvent for which a workplace exposure limit (WEL) has been set.
21. Outline the limitations of exposure limits (ELs).
22. Outline TWO advantages AND TWO disadvantages of (i), stain tube detectors, (ii) continual
gas / dust samplers.
23. Identify FOUR possible health from exposures to solvents.
24. Outline the safety precautions that should be taken when using flammable solvents.
25. Outline further precautions that might be needed in order to ensure the health and safety
of those using solvents.

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26. Outline the control measures that might be required in order to minimise risks to workers
using small quantities of toxic chemicals.
27. Identify FOUR types of hazards for which local exhaust ventilation (LEV) would be an
appropriate control measure giving an example in EACH case of the harmful effect that
might be produced.
28. Outline the factors that may reduce the effectiveness of a local exhaust ventilation system
(LEV).
29. Identify FOUR substances used in construction that could cause contact dermatitis.
30. Outline control measures that could be used to reduce the risk of contact dermatitis.
31. Outline typical health effects resulting from exposure to ammonia.
32. Identify suitable air monitoring methods for ammonia.
33. Outline the issues that will need to be considered in relation to the handling, temporary
storage and final disposal of the waste material, generated by the use of absorbent mats
granules used to soak up a chemical spillage.
34. Give the meaning of (i) Hazardous Waste, (ii) Non-hazardous Waste.
35. Identify the elements of a hierarchy of control to minimise pollution from waste.
36. Outline techniques which can be used to reduce the risk of environmental damage from
spillage and leakage of liquid waste.

7 Physical and Psychological Hazards:

1. Outline the possible health effects on workers when exposed to high noise levels.
2. Outline the factors to be considered when selecting personal hearing protection for
workers.
3. Outline the advantages AND disadvantages of (i) Earmuffs and (ii) Ear plugs
4. Describe with practical examples noise control techniques that would reduce levels in the
workplace.
5. Identify FOUR types of engineering control that may be used to reduce noise in the
workplace AND give a practical example of EACH.
6. Identify the typical ill-health effects from using vibrating hand-held tools and outline the
control measures to minimise the risk.
7. Outline SIX control measures that can be used to reduce the risk from vibration.
8. Identify FOUR types of ionising radiation.
9. List health effects associated with Ionising and Non-Ionising radiation.
10. Outline the main control measures for ionising radiation.
11. Outline the factors that may lead to occupational stress amongst workers.