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HSE QUESTION AND ANSWERS


SAFETY STANDERS

HELMET-Z89.1
1981 (ANSI)
GOGGLES-Z8701 1968
HARNESS-Z359.1 & Z10.41
SHOES Z41.1
RESPIRATOR-Z88.2
SAFETY ON SCAFFOLDING-A-10.4

52.40(BS)

1) What is work method statement?


It is the document submitted by contractor to client, covering the general work
procedure of a particular job in a safe manner as per required standard.
2) What is the use of W.M.S?
We can plan and execute the work easily and safely. It also helps to know the
codes and standards used for each activity.
3) What JSA and what is its use?
Job safety analysis is the step by step analysis of a job to determine the safe
working procedure. It includes the following steps.
(a) Watch the job being done.
(b)Break the job down in to steps
(c) Describe the hazards in each steps
(d)Identify the desired control measure
(e)Implement these counter measures in the job execution
4) What is work permit?
Work permit is a written document authorizing a person or a group to perform
maintains, inspection or construction work.
5) What is confined space?
Any space having limited means of access and egress, which subjected the
hazards like deficiency of oxygen ,toxic or flammable gases or substances, dust
etc.
6) In what circumstances confined space work permit can be issued?
If properly ventilated, gas testing are satisfactory, properly barricaded, and
warning signs are posted, trained stand by man is present with log sheet,
sufficient lighting and low voltage electricity(below24 v),proper means of
communication, locked and tagged out if it is necessary, life line and man
retrieval system etc.
7) Who is confined space attendant?
Is one who is aware of the confined space hazards and know how to react if any
thing goes wrong, able to maintain confined space entry log sheet etc.
8) What are the hazards in a confined space?
Oxygen deficiency or enrichment, presents of toxic or flammable gases, chemical
hazards, fire hazards, fall of materials, fall hazards electrocution, dust
sound,heat,or cold, caught in between moving parts of equipments, engulfment
etc.

9) What are the duties of a confined space attendant?


He is responsible for the safety of entrants, Should be present whenever people
are working in confined space, maintain updated log sheet, maintain continuous
communication with entrant and monitor conditions in the confined space to
ensure a safe working atmosphere, prevent un authorized entry of personnel,
initiate alarm for help if needed, evacuate the entrants if conditions are not
satisfying or in case of any general evacuation is initiated, contact rescue
personnel if necessary, etc?
10) Give some examples of confined space?
Pipes, vesseles, tanks, boilers, and tube areas, silos, trenches, and excavations
deeper than 4 feet, sludge pits ducts works etc
Name one hazardous job in a confined space?
Welding, grinding, chemical cleaning, use of gas cutting set, erection of
materials,
11) Who is competent person?
Is one who is properly trained and authorized to perform a specific work in a
safe manner. Competent person: one who is capable of identifying existing &
predictable hazards & who has authority to make prompt corrective actions.
12) What is an accident?
An accident is an un controlled event that results in undesirable consequences to
personnel (injury/illness) or the assets (damage / loss) or to the environment.
13) What is near miss?
A potential hazard, which has not yet caused an accident or an occurrence that
did not result in but have the potential to result in un desirable consequences to
personnel (illness /injury) or to the neighboring community and environment.
14) Who makes an accident report?
Concerned area supervisor or site safety representative.
!5) Who makes an accident investigation report?
A team of front line supervisor, HSE manager, sub-contractor representative, if
sub contractor personnel are injured, high-officials depending up on the severity
of accident.
16) What is the use of an accident investigation report?
To find out root cause of the accident, make recommendations to prevent re
occurrence and evaluate the effectiveness of the response.
17) What is waste management?
Waste management means safely disposing the by-products of a process or a
work to the environment (after proper treatment, if necessary) so that no threat
for livings, properties and environment exists.
18) What is MSDS?
Material safety data sheet is the document prepared by the manufacture givingproduct name, producers address, emergency contact phone number,
information of ingredients, possible hazards, first aid measures, precautions to
be taken for storage and handling (recommended ppes, extinguishers),physical
and chemical properties etc.

19) What is an Isotope?


Isotope means one or more species of atoms having same atomic number but
different mass number. Isotope can be stable or un stable. Radioactive isotopes
are unstable substance, which emits heavy particles (alpha& beta) and higher
energy electromagnetic waves (Gama) from their nucleus by decay.
20) Why is an Isotope Hazardous?
Isotopes are hazardous because it emits un controlled energy in the form of radio
active waves which is hazardous to all living thing as it can destroy the its living
tissues that causes fatality or can convert it in to cancer.
21) What is Radio activity?
Radio activity is the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei. The nucleus
emits ALPHA particles, BETA particles, GAMA particles or electromagnetic
rays during this process.
22) What is the unit for measuring radiation?
Micro sivert or milli-rem
23) In what condition a work permit can be issued for radiography?
The controlled area is calculated, evacuated and barricaded with yellow/black
tapes, warning signs (a minimum of 4 nos). And red or yellow flash lights.
24) What are the safety measures to be taken while doing radiography?
Ensure a competent person is surveying outside the barricaded area with survey
meter, the crew is authorized and following safety precautions.
25) What is controlled area?
Any area where the radiation dose is more than 0.75 mRem/hr (7.5 micro
-severt).
26) What is Gieger meter?
Is the instrument used to measure the radiation dose (radiation survey meter?)
27) What is the use of a film badge?
This badge is worn by the personal, who is exposed to radiation due to their
nature of duty and this is processed to calculate the received radiation dose of a
person during the period (normally one month) of exposure.
28) What is a decay chart?
It is the chart showing the change in radioactivity of an isotope by losing mass by
decay in certain period, at regular interval of time.
29) Who is an authorized exposed person?
Is one who got formal training in the use of sealed source and X-ray equipment
used in industrial radiography.
30) What are the requirements of a man basket?
It should be designed and fabricated according to standards , have third party
certificates, two guide ropes , damage free lifting gears , the load bearing
capacity should be written on man basket, shackles with cotter pin only to be
used .

31) How are the slings inspected?


All slings must be inspected before every use and periodically it should be
inspected thoroughly and shall be rejected , if found wear of one third of one
third of original outside, severe corrosion , distortions (kinking , crushing, bad
caging ) broken wires ( a maximum of ten randomly distributed broken wires in
one rope lay or five broken wires in one strands in the one rope lay), pulled eye
splices (any evidence that eye splices have been slipped , sleeves damaged )de
formation of wires and strands or pushed out of their original position and the
slings should be clean from dirt and rust. Before use the slings has to be colour
coded as per the month colour-code.
32) What are the requirements for a crane lifting?
Crane positioned on firm and leveled ground with wood pads and steel plates.
Outriggers are fully extended, Tires are off the ground, Certified operator and
rigger are available, safe load indicator is working, the check list is filled by
competent person, Crane has valid inspection sticker, Insurance and third party
certificate, The loads weight is confirmed and is within the safe working limit of
the crane, safety device are not by passed, The swing radius is barricaded and
unauthorized persons are evacuated, The lifting tools are free from defects, Pads
are used to protect the slings from load and vice versa, wind speed is less than
32Km/hour, Approved lifting plan is available for critical lifts, permit for the
activity is obtained, crane operators and riggers vision is not obstructed, the
load is well balanced and tag lines are used to control the weights etc.
33) What is the working radius?
It is the maximum distance where the crane boom has to reach for lifting or
lowering the load.
34) What is the SWL?
Safe working load is the maximum load that can be applied to the lifting tool,
safely.
35) What is the lifting plan?
It is the document prepared for planning a critical lift by calculating and
considering all factors which is going to effect the lift and thereby selecting the
correct tools and cranes and ensure the safe lifting procedure to be followed for
the particular lift, giving details such as the size and weight of the object to be
lifted, which crane is used for lifting and what the safety factor is, where the
crane is positioned, from where the loads is lifted, where it is fitted, size and
SWL of each lifting tool used. JSA & Load chart are also attached with it.
36) What is excavation?
A man made cut, cavity, trench or depression formed by earth removal.
37) What is trench?
A narrow excavation, where the depth is greater than width.
38) What is shoring?
A structure that supports the sides of an excavation and protects against the
cave-ins.

39) What is the difference between the flash back arrester and check valve?
A check valve allows flow in one direction only. This prevents oxygen reaching
acetylene cylinder and acetylene reaching oxygen cylinder in the event of
blockage in the touch or line or pressure variations.
But a flash back arrester prevents reverse flow,
stops the flow of flame from reaching the cylinder in the event of a flash back or
the temperature exceeds a limit (220 deg F)
40) What are the classes of FIRE and what type of extinguishers are used for them?
Class A: ordinary combustible materials
Eg: paper, wood, cloth, plastic, rubber
Extinguisher: - water, dcp, foam, co2, halon.
Class B:-combustible liquids and gases
Eg:- gasoline, diesel, oil, grease, oil based paint, tar.
Extinguisher: - co2, foam, Dcp

41) Give some examples why bad house keeping can lead to accidents?
Items left in walk ways can lead to trips, spillages which are not cleaned
can cause to slips, oil or chemical containing rags can easily combust. etc
42) What actions need to take when storing chemicals in new containers?
Make sure the chemical is storing in a suitable container, provide a label
that bearing the chemical name. Date and name of the responsible person is fixed to the
container and it is stored in a suitable location.
43) How house keeping helps the fire prevention program of the project? Good
house keeping do not obstruct access to emergency equipment. Eg fire extinguishers,
safety showers, fire hose boxes, cleaning obstructions around emergency

equipments can waste time and delay fire team response in the event of
emergency.
44) MSDS - material Safety Data Sheet
45) What valuable information you get from MSDS?
Health data, Fire or explosion data, protective clothings required, evacuation
informations, spill or leak procedures, First aid.
46) Aside from MSDS what are the other things need to ensure effective hazcom
program?
Labeling, Training and Storage

47) What are the three elements of fire?


Fuel, Oxygen and source of ignation.
48) Enumerate type of fire extinguishers and their corresponding applications to the
classes of fire?
Class A- Combustible materials like wood paper.
Class B- For flammable liquids like kerosene
Class C- For electrical fire
Class D- Metal fire like potassium, Sodium, Aluminum
49) Demonstrate how to use Fire extinguisher?
PASS Method
PULL, AIM, SQUEEZE, SWEEP.
50) What is the difference between flammable and combustible materials?
Combustible materials having a flashpoint more than 100o F while
flammable materials having less than 100o F flash point.
51) GFCI Ground fault circuit interrupter.
52) How do you protect peoples from being electrocuted?
Proper insulation, grounding system, cut-off devices for circuit overload like
fuses, circuit breakers and GFCI
53) Which one kill the person, voltage 0r current/ amperage?
Amperage
54) How do you define voltage and amperage?
Voltage is the pressure causing electricity to flow, while amperage is the
amount of electricity flowing
55) Give some safety feature common to all heavy equipments operating inside the
construction site?
Reverse alarm& beacon or revolving light

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