1 SAFETY OFFICER INTERVIEW BOQ BANK OF QUESTIONS ( BOQ ) 2 Classification: Internal Use 1 2 3 4 Basic Safety Qs Scope - Based Qs Hazard Recognition Qs Reactive - Based Qs Interview Sections of the safety officer: INTERVIEW SECTIONS - SUGGESTED QUESTIONS 3 Classification: Internal Use What is the difference between the hazard and risk with examples? In case of you've identified a risk, what is the suitable way you're going to follow to control that risk? Do explain briefly the orders of the hierarchy of control with examples for each one of them? What do we mean, in controlling a risk, by " collective measures are better than individual measures", and provide one example? What do we mean by Safety in your point of view? What do we mean by Health in your point of view? Why we're using the concept of risk assessment and what kind of benefits we can get from it? What is a JSA and its use? One of the safe system of works, is the work permit. Could you please explain the work permit from the following aspects: * What is the work permit? * What are the components of the work permit? * Why we're using it? * When we've to use it? BASIC SAFETY QUESTIONS 1 Dashboard 4 Classification: Internal Use As a safety officer, what are the main things you're going to look at in the work permit? (you can specify one type of the work permit to the safety officer)In case of you've identified a risk, what is the suitable way you're going to follow to control that risk? What kind of benefits the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) will give to the safety professional? What do we mean by the following terminologies: 1 . Near - miss 2 . Unsafe Act 3 . Unsafe Condition 4 . Accident And could you please give examples to each one of them? What do we mean by Health in your point of view? Why we've to manage health and safety within our organization? Is there any benefit from the reporting of the unsafe concerns, and why?. In case of any unsafe situation is identified, how the action can be suitable and sufficient? Is the visibility of the safety personnel is important? And how the safety personnel's supervision can be effective in the site? BASIC SAFETY QUESTIONS 2 Dashboard 5 Classification: Internal Use As a safety officer, what are the main things you're going to look at in the JSA? Could you please talk about briefly about one of the incidents that took place during your previous experience or you're aware about it, and what was the investigation results at that time? What is a toolbox? And what is your role in that meeting? As per your experience, what are the possibilities in having human failures during performing ... . (specify the activity that's related to his scope), for example scaffolding erection. What kind of behavioral issues you ’ ve observed for the recent experience, why it took place, and what do you think the suitable solution is for overcoming them? As a safety officer, what are your roles and responsibilities? What do we mean by the: assembly and manual call point, and why we do have them & when we ’ re required to use them? Talk briefly about the safety signs, specify some types, and what are the use of them? What do we mean by the Life Savings Rule, and give some examples? What are the key stages of the risk assessment? What kind of suggestions \ recommendations you ’ ve provided and it was implemented in the site? BASIC SAFETY QUESTIONS 3 Dashboard 6 Classification: Internal Use Explain the concept of the fire triangle with examples for each one of the element, and how from the safety perspective can deal with it to avoid the risk of fire. BASIC SAFETY QUESTIONS 4 Dashboard 7 Classification: Internal Use SCOPE - BASED QUESTIONS Chemicals Exposure Noise Radiation Illumination Compressed Materials Vehicles Movement Heat Stress Dashboard 8 Classification: Internal Use What do we mean by a confined space? And give examples? Why the confined space is considered as a really dangerous activity? What are the specified risks concerning the confined space activity? What are the main things as a safety officer you should ensure them prior letting the person goes inside the confined space? How can we avoid the entry into a confined space and give example? What kind of emergency arrangements are required for the confined space activity? What are the key factors that should be considered in doing the assessment of the risks associated with a confined space entry? What is the purpose of the ventilation? And how can we check the effectiveness of it? What is the suitable and sufficient way in taking the gas test inside the confined space? What kind of measures we can provide for the gas tester? What are the potential risks associated with the hot work inside the confined space? What are the lightning specifications inside the confined space? What are the main roles of the entry attendant? CONFINED SPACE 1 Scope - Based Dash 9 Classification: Internal Use What is the safe limit of O 2 inside the confined space, and what are the consequences if the O 2 level is below \ high the safe limit? What kind of measures we can think of if the O 2 level is below and the entry is required? What is the N 2 gas, is it harmful? And what kind of safety concerns might cause? What is the importance of the communication between the entry attendant and the entrants? And how can we make the communication more effective? What is the O 2 pocket meter and why it ’ s important? What kind of rescue equipment can be used during the confined space entry? How can we ensure that the entrants are suitable for the work inside the confined space? What are the basic features \ elements of the confined space entry permit? What are the potential risks & required measures of the following activities inside the confined space: Catalyst replacement. Scaffolding erection \ dismantling. Hydro - jetting \ sand - blasting. NDT testing, such as penetration test. CONFINED SPACE 2 Scope - Based Dash 10 Classification: Internal Use EXCAVATION WORK What do we mean by excavation and when it ’ s considered as a confined space? What are the things \ risks you ’ re going to look for prior commencing the excavation activity? What are the things you ’ re going to check for any excavated area before letting the people goes inside? What is the concrete cutting machine & risks associated with this activity? What is the health effect generated from the dusts out of the concrete & how it can be overcomed ? What is the purpose of the excavation clearance? How the underground utilities can be located? How can we deal from the safety perspective when we excavating an area where we ’ ve an electrical cable beneath it? What kind of safety recommendations you ’ ll provide to the workers when they expose any underground piping system? How can we control the risk of the followings: The collapse of the excavation sides. The fall of the excavated soils inside the excavations. The fall of the materials \ tools inside the excavation. 1 Scope - Based Dash 11 Classification: Internal Use EXCAVATION WORK What kind of potential risks that can exist when we do excavation underneath a structure & how we can protect the people. What are the risks associated with the jack Hammering activity & control measures for reducing the identified risks? What is the difference between excavation and trench? What are the soil classification categories? How can we protect the workers while they ’ re doing the shoring? What are the safety aspects concerning the storage at the side of the excavation? What are the factors that you ’ ll consider when assessing the risks associated with the excavation? How can we avoid the fall of the people when we don ’ t any excavation work or during the night - shift? How can we avoid the reaching of the heavy vehicles near the excavation edge? As a safety officer, how you ’ re going to control the manual excavation activity from the workers ’ health effects perspective? How can workers avoid hitting underground utility lines and pipes during excavation work? What kind of protective systems that can be applied to protect the workers from caves - in? What we can do to maintain the condition of the materials \ equipment used for protective system? 2 Scope - Based Dash 12 Classification: Internal Use EXCAVATION WORK What is the effect of water accumulation on excavation safety and what do employers need to do to protect workers from water - related excavation hazards? How can employers protect workers from hazardous atmospheres inside excavations? What means of access and egress must employers provide? Wat are the basic features \ elements of the excavation work permit? What we can do in terms of safety rules when we ’ re expecting a leaked pipe during the excavation? When we ’ ve to use the power - tools excavation and manual excavation? What are the ergonomic hazards that can be generated from the excavation activity? How can we move the excavated soils safely to another area? What do we mean by “ surcharging ” and what are the associated hazards & controls? What do we mean by “ stability of adjacent structures and services, and what the associated hazards & controls? 3 Scope - Based Dash 13 Classification: Internal Use What are the hazards of electricity? How the electricity can be an ignition source? What do we mean by GFCI and what is the use of it? How the visual inspection should take place on the electrical equipment before the use? How supposed the working area should be to avoid the possibility of any electrical hazards? Do you think that the exposure to the smaller currents will not create any injuries to the workers? What are suitable PPEs for the high - voltage work? What are the safe measures for the activity that might create an arc - flash hazard? How can we avoid the electrical hazards (what are the control measures)? If the activity should be taken in a wet condition, what further recommendations you ’ ll give to your crew? could you please give the effects of some of the electrical currents? What do you think, from the electrical safety perspective, of the working in a hot environment? What is arcing? How the fire can be taken place from the electricity? What is static electricity, and kind of concerns it might cause, and how it can avoided? When the live working should be permitted, what are the rules when working near live conductors? ELECTRICITY DEALING 1 Scope - Based Dash 14 Classification: Internal Use What harm can noise cause? How can I know that I do have a noise problem in my workplace? Elaborate on the noise exposure levels? How the noise can be controlled, utilize the concept of the hierarchy of control. How much reductio can the hearing PPEs cause? What is the benefit of the health surveillance for the noise? What kind of sources can generate high - level of noise? What is noise? NOISE 1 Scope - Based Dash 15 Classification: Internal Use What is heat stress? How does the body reacts to heat? What are the effects of heat stress? Where does heat stress occurs? How the heat stress can be controlled & avoided? What is the work regimen? What is the WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature) device? What you ’ ll do if you ’ ve identified a heat stress issue in one of the workers? HEAT STRESS 1 Scope - Based Dash 16 Classification: Internal Use Why the lightning is important in the workplace? What the inadequate lightning might cause to the workers? How can we ensure that the provided lightning is suitable for the workers? What kind of work you think need more lightning and vice versa? What are lightning hazards? How the light can be measured? What are the unit for the light measurement? ILLUMINATION 1 Scope - Based Dash 17 Classification: Internal Use What do we mean by the segregation between the vehicles & workers? What is the role of the flagman? And when he should be used? What are the measures you ’ ll take to have an effective segregation between the workers and vehicles movement? Workplace transport is the biggest cause of fatal accidents at work in the UK, what do you think the reason is? What are the expected risks concerning the vehicles movement? What are the control measures for the safe workplace transport? What kind of turning arrangements we can consider during the vehicles movement to make it safe? What kind of measures we can recommend to ensure the vehicles are safe? What kind of risks the following vehicles may cause (during its movement \ working time): Forklift Crane Bus Bomb truck Dump truck Super sucker VEHICLES MOVEMENT 1 Scope - Based Dash 18 Classification: Internal Use What kind of things we may look at in the vehicles during the performance of the regular inspection? What are the measures that the vehicle driver should consider to ensure a safe driving for the vehicle? What kind of safety sign boards we can provide concerning the vehicles movement? What kind of issues we may have during the reversing of the vehicles and how can we deal with it? What is the suitable work permit that should be issued for the vehicles inside the classified areas? Why we ’ ve to take the gas test when the vehicle inside the classified area? Please do consider the basic risk assessment stages for the work - related driving activities, the stages are: Identify hazards. Decide who might be harmed. Risk evaluation. Record the findings. Assessment revision. What are the active \ reactive monitoring approaches can be utilized to have a safe work - related driving activity? What we can do to ensure the flagman will perform his job property and sufficiently? VEHICLES MOVEMENT 2 Scope - Based Dash 19 Classification: Internal Use What are the risks associated with the chemical exposure (give examples of chemicals \ health effects of them)? What do we mean by the acute and chronic effects? What do we mean by “ substance hazardous to health ” ? What are the forms of the chemical agents, and how it can be harmful to the workers? Which sources we can utilize to get more information concerning the chemical substance? What are the classifications of substances hazardous to health (as per GHS \ CLP) Such as irritant, corrosive, and toxic classifications. What is the SDS, and what the headings \ sections of it? Explain the routes of entry for the chemical substances? Do a risk assessment to ensure a safe exposure to the hazardous chemicals? What do we mean by the “ occupational exposure limit ” ? What is the Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)? What do you think, what are the key factors in selecting the appropriate RPE? What is the difference between the “ respirators ” and the “ breathing apparatus ” ? give examples of some of the RPEs and the uses of it? What we can do to ensure that the wearing of the RPE is correct? CHEMICALS EXPOSURE 1 Scope - Based Dash 20 Classification: Internal Use What is the APF (Assigned Protection Factor)? What do we mean by the fit test & why it ’ s important? The respirators contain filters for filtering the contamination, at some extent, the filtration will be saturated, and the work will start smelling the chemicals. As a safety officer, what you ’ ll do to ensure that this issue will not happen? What is the CAS number? (Difficult question) CHEMICALS EXPOSURE 2 Scope - Based Dash