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(b) The regional health and safety competent authority has investigated the events leading up to the person accessing the railway and becoming injured.


1. (a) What is the role of health and safety legislation in the workplace?


Task 1: Role of health and safety in accident investigation


Contritum is a multi-discipline contractor with 10 years’ experience in railway work.


One area of RS’s rail network has eight mainline approaches into a large city in the South region. It includes a particularly busy commuter route.


A new train safety system, called TrainDetect, has been developed which alerts train drivers to the presence of another train ahead of them on the same track.


RailStart (RS) is a private organisation overseen by the Government. It looks after track and signalling for the railway network in four regions across the country.


5. The lifting operation to unload the stacks of chairs from the flatbed truck was assessed using the HSE’s MAC assessment tool. An extract from this completed assessment is provided in supporting document 4.


Task 5: MAC Assessment for unloading chairs


(b) Using the existing tools, explain how the two gardeners could organise the hedge cutting work to reduce their exposure to HAV.


4. (a) Calculate the HAV exposure for the following individuals who are involved in carrying out the hedge cutting work


Task 4: Hand-arm vibration (HAV) exposure during hedge cutting work


(a) What are the other possible adverse health effects that could result from working in this thermal environment?


3. Workers have often complained about how hot they feel when working in the kitchen. On the day of the wedding, one of the kitchen workers reports feeling light-headed and has a headache.


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