SACPCMP CHS Officer flashcards
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- OHS Act 85 of 1993
- South Africa's primary occupational health and safety statute; it sets general duties for employers, employees, and others and empowers regulations such as the Construction Regulations 2014.
- Section 16(2) assignment
- Provision allowing a CEO to assign OHS duties in writing to a competent employee, who must accept and be provided with resources; the CEO remains accountable.
- Section 17 representatives
- Requires employers with 20 or more employees to designate health and safety representatives after consultation with unions or employees; representatives have specified functions and powers.
- Section 24 reporting
- Requires employers to report certain incidents to the chief inspector, including fatal injuries, serious injuries, and dangerous occurrences, and to keep records.
- Construction Regulations 2014
- Regulations under the OHS Act governing construction work, covering client duties, notification, designers, contractors, health and safety plans, and construction health and safety officers.
- Risk formula
- Risk is assessed as likelihood multiplied by severity or consequence; the resulting score is used in a risk matrix to rank hazards and prioritise controls.
- Hierarchy of control
- Ordered control measures: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment; elimination is most effective and PPE least reliable.
- Residual risk
- The level of risk remaining after existing or planned control measures have been applied; it must be evaluated against the site's risk acceptance criteria.
- Baseline risk assessment
- A broad assessment identifying hazards and risks for the whole project or site before work starts; it informs the health and safety plan.
- ALARP principle
- Requires reducing risk as low as reasonably practicable by weighing the cost and difficulty of controls against the reduction in risk achieved.
- Site-specific H&S plan
- A project plan required by the Construction Regulations that documents scope, hazards, risk assessments, controls, emergency arrangements, appointments, training, and monitoring for that site.
- PDCA cycle
- Plan-Do-Check-Act is a continuous improvement cycle used in safety management systems; it links planning, implementation, monitoring, and management review.
- Legal appointment
- Written designation of a competent person to perform specified statutory duties; the person must accept the appointment and have authority and resources.
- Leading indicator
- A proactive safety measure such as inspections, training, or near-miss reporting that predicts future performance rather than measuring past incidents.
- Emergency preparedness
- Arrangements for first aid, evacuation, emergency contacts, drills, and rescue, tested and maintained so workers can respond effectively to incidents on site.
- Safety inspection
- A routine physical examination of workplace conditions, equipment, and work practices to identify unsafe acts or conditions and trigger corrective action.
- Safety audit
- A systematic, independent evaluation of safety management system elements and legal compliance using documents, interviews, observations, and sampling.
- Nonconformity
- A failure to meet a specified legal, system, or contractual requirement; it must be recorded, corrected, and verified for close-out.
- Corrective action close-out
- Verification that an agreed corrective action has been implemented and is effective, supported by evidence, before an inspection or audit finding is closed.
- Near miss
- An unplanned event that did not cause injury or damage but had the potential to do so; it should be reported and investigated like an incident.
- Root cause
- The underlying management or system factor that allowed an unsafe act or condition to exist; removing it prevents recurrence of similar incidents.
- Five Whys method
- A simple root-cause technique that repeatedly asks why an event occurred until the fundamental cause is identified, usually within about five iterations.
- ICAM investigation
- Incident Cause Analysis Method; a structured investigation approach examining absent or failed defences, individual factors, task factors, and organisational factors.
- COIDA accident report
- Under COIDA, the employer must report a workplace accident to the Compensation Commissioner, normally within seven days, using the prescribed form.
- Conflict of interest
- A situation where personal, financial, or other interests could improperly influence professional judgement; it must be disclosed and managed or avoided.
- Professional competence
- Practising only within the qualifications, training, and experience for which the professional is registered, and seeking expert advice when a task exceeds that competence.
- Confidentiality duty
- An obligation not to disclose client or worker information obtained during professional work except with consent or when required by law or safety risk.
- CPD requirement
- Continuing Professional Development; registered professionals must maintain and record ongoing learning to keep knowledge and skills current for their practice area.
- Toolbox talk
- A short, task-focused briefing before work that communicates hazards, controls, and safe procedures, and allows workers to raise concerns.
- Safety induction
- Site-specific orientation before access that covers hazards, rules, emergency procedures, PPE, and reporting; it is recorded for each worker.
- Training needs analysis
- A process that compares required competencies for tasks and roles with workers' current knowledge and skills to identify training gaps.
- Competency definition
- The combination of qualifications, training, experience, and assessed ability that enables a person to perform specified tasks safely and correctly.