SIA Health and Safety 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the employer's primary duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- Provide highest salary
- Ensure health, safety and welfare so far as reasonably practicable (Correct answer)
- Provide weapons for protection
- Guarantee no injuries
Correct answer: Ensure health, safety and welfare so far as reasonably practicable
Section 2 of HSWA 1974 requires employers to ensure health, safety and welfare so far as is reasonably practicable.
Question 2: What should you do upon discovering a fire in the venue?
- Fight it regardless of size
- Raise alarm, alert management, assist evacuation (Correct answer)
- Keep working
- Evacuate VIPs first
Correct answer: Raise alarm, alert management, assist evacuation
Life safety first: raise alarm, notify management, assist safe evacuation. Only fight small fires if trained and safe.
Question 3: What is RIDDOR?
- Fire extinguisher type
- Legal requirement to report certain workplace accidents and dangerous occurrences (Correct answer)
- Radio protocol
- Complaint system
Correct answer: Legal requirement to report certain workplace accidents and dangerous occurrences
RIDDOR requires reporting specified incidents to the HSE including major injuries, over-7-day incapacitation, and dangerous occurrences.
Question 4: Which fire extinguisher should NOT be used on electrical fires?
- CO2
- Water (Correct answer)
- Dry powder
- All can be used
Correct answer: Water
Water conducts electricity, creating a severe electrocution risk.
Question 5: What is the purpose of a risk assessment?
- Guarantee no incidents
- Identify hazards and put control measures in place (Correct answer)
- Determine staffing for insurance
- Satisfy council with no practical use
Correct answer: Identify hazards and put control measures in place
Risk assessments identify hazards, evaluate likelihood and severity, and establish control measures to reduce risk.
Question 6: A patron collapses at the entrance. What is the correct first response?
- Move them out of the way
- Check for danger, assess responsiveness, call for help, begin first aid if trained (Correct answer)
- Give water and wait
- Assume intoxication
Correct answer: Check for danger, assess responsiveness, call for help, begin first aid if trained
Follow DR ABC: Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation.
SIA Health and Safety 1
What is the employer's primary duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?