1.51050-2-3 {OEE A NEBOSH NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Unit 1A: International management of health and safety nebosh ‘TUESDAY 20 JANUARY 2015 3 hours, 0820 to 1230 10 mntes reed te is allowed before the stato is eraminaton, You may nat wnt anything ung ts pad. ‘Anawor both Section A and Section B ‘SECTION A, ‘This section contains six questions, Anewer ALL SIX queens ‘All questins cary equal marks “The maximum marks foreach quetion, of pat of a quetton, ave shown in brackets ‘You are adie to spend about 16 minutes on cach quesion. Star ach ansver on anew page. 4. "Peroeation’ may be defined as the process by which individuals interpret Informaton that they have taken n through thelr senses. Sensory inputs may be affected bythe workplace, resulting in a distorted perception of risk. Cutline FIVE typos of sensory input AND give examples of how EACH may be Impaired in the workplace. (10) 2 Anorgarisation has poor record of health and safety performance. The health ‘and safely manager i leading an intatve lo create a postive health and safely ‘euture inthe oganisation. (2) Outline actions thatthe health and safety manager could take in order to promote a postive health and safety culture 6 (©) Describe how the heath and safety manager could demonstrate postive cultural change tothe erganisatonal management team, 6 IDNGHEOT ONE page rare ‘pave urn over ‘Thi quastion panar MUST be eatumnad in NEBOSH after tha examination and mast NOT he copied3 Explain the limitations of relying solely on accident numbers as a measure of health and safety performance. (10) 4 (@)_Armixing vessel that contain solvent and produc ingredients must be thoroughy cleaned every two days for process reasons. Clearing requires an operator to enter the vessel or which a permi-to-work is ‘required. During a recent auc of permit racords it has been discovered that many permits have not been completed correctly or have not been ‘signed on completon, Outline possible reasons whty the permitto-work system isnot being {followed conect. 6 (©) An organisation operating the same process has demonstrated thatthe ‘vessel can be cleaned by instaling ved, high pressure spray equipment Inside the vessel which would eliminate the need for vessel entry. The health and safety manager wants o adopt this system for safely reasons but the Board has requested a cost-benefit analysis ofthe proposal (Outline the principles of cost-benefit analysis in such crcumstances. 6 (Detaled cscussin of navidval cost elements fs not required) 5 Health and safety management includes moral, legal and economic (ance) reasoring, (2) Explain the meaning of moan this context. ” (©) Outline postive effects ofa moral-based approach to heath and safety management. 6) © (2) OCutine what is meant by punitive damages in relation toa compensation ‘award, dearly stating thelr purpose AND Identify to whom the damages ate paid 8) (©) Inrelation toa claim for compensation, outine tha mearing of the terms: © ro fui tity: 2 () breach of duty of care. 8) TEASED ONEDOSH OTS page sare ‘hiv question paper MUST be retumed to NEGOSH ster the examination and must NOT be copied‘SECTION B “This section contains fve questions, Answer THREE questions ony Al questions carry equal marks. “The macmmum mart foreach question, or part aa queston, are shown in bracket, You are adisod to spond about 30 minutes on each quesion ‘Sta each answer ona new page. 7 Outline the benefits of: (2) anintegrated heath and safety, enironmental, and qually management system; (19) (©) separate health and safety, environmental, and quality management systems, (10) 8 (@)__ Cutline tho principle, aplication and Fmitationa of vent treo analysis aa a rsk assessment technique, © (0) Amainframe computer sute has a protective system to litte effects of fire. The systom comprises a smoke detector connected bya power ‘supply to a mechanism for releasing extinguishing gas. It hes been ‘estimated that a fro will occur once every five years ((=0:2ysar) RRfabilty data for the system components areas follows: ‘Component Retiabinty Detector ‘090 Power supply 099 Extinguishing gas release mechanism 095 (Using the data above and inthe form ofan event tee, calculate the frequency ofan uncontrolled fire inthe computer sult. (19) (@) Identity ways in which the reliability ofthe system oauld be improves a 8 The heat and safety adviser io a large organisation has decded to inroduce an In-house aualting programme to assess th effectiveness of te organisation's health and safety management arrangements. ‘Outline issues that should be considered when developing the audt programme, 0) ‘(DARIO ONEEDS OTS pages? strove This quastion paper MUST ba ruined to NEAOSH after tha examination and mast NOT he copier40 A fork track is used to move loaded pats ina large cistribution warehouse, (On one particular occasion the tuck skidded on a palch of ol. As a consequence, the ruck colided with an unaccompanied vitor and crushed the vistors eg. (2) Outline why the accident shoud be investigated. (©) The iia esponses of reporting and securing the scene of he accident have boen caried ut uitine actions that should be taken inorder to collect evidence for an investigation of the accident (€) The investigation eveats that there have been previous skidding incidents which had not been reported and the organisation therefore decides to ‘troduce a formal system for reporting near mise’ incidents. Outline factors that should be considered when developing and implementing such a system, 11__Extonsive repair work is needed to the rof of the main production area ofa lage factory. The factory i to remain fully operational during the work, (2) Identity the criteria hat might be used when selecting a contractor forthe ‘workin order to ensure tha they have the necessary competence in health and satay, (©) Identity ways in which the factory management should control the work of the contractor in order to ensure that sks to factory workers are mnie. TOAST@T ONEROS 206 paged ora ‘Th question paper MUST be returned to NEBOSH after th 0 8) 8) 1 amination and must NOT be copied