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152 Construction Safety Questions And Answers

122⟩ Explain plant safety inspection by whom?

☛ Safety officer

☛ By line management personal

☛ By senior management personnel

☛ First line supervisor

☛ By maintenance engineers

☛ By workers

☛ By safety committee

☛ By statutory authorites

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123⟩ Explain how many types of PPE?

There are two types of PPE

1. Respiratory

2. Non respiratory

Respiratory — Air supplied

— Air purified

Air supplied — Compressed air breathing apparatus set

Air purified — Cannisters gas mask

—- Chemical cartridges respirator

——– Surgical cotton mask

Dust filter mask (dust respirator)

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125⟩ Please explain control measures of radiography?

☛ Barricade the area

☛ Remove all un-necessary persons away from site

☛ Check radiation level with dosimeter

☛ Use lead shields

☛ Put a sign board

☛ Risk tissue damaged

☛ Use special filter glass

☛ Use lead coated aprons

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131⟩ Tell me what precaution are necessary for protect of fires?

☛ 1. Buildings and plants shall be so laid out and roads, passage ways etc.

☛ 2. Doors and windows shall be located in suitable positions on all external walls of the building.

☛ 3. Smoking lighting or carrying matches are to be prohibited

☛ 4. Gas cylinders should not be stored near high flammable substances

☛ 5. Flammable liquids shall be stored in suitable containers with close fitting covers.

☛ 6. In every factory has to suitable fire fighting equipment

☛ 7. All fire fighting equipment shall be subjected to routine maintenance inspection and testing by proper trained persons.

☛ 8. Sufficient number of persons shall be trained in the proper handling of fire fighting equipment.

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132⟩ Do you know what is ELCB?

It is protection of living beings under electro charging by fast isolation from the live conductor to avoid permanent disability or death.

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133⟩ Explain me about fork lift truck?

☛ 1. Check breaks, lift tilt and tires.

☛ 2. Check the stability of load before moving it

☛ 3. Never leave your fork lift truck un-attend with motor running

☛ 4. Never park fork lift truck on passage way

☛ 5. Never drive with wet or greasy hands

☛ 6. Always drive with a safe speed and slow down at turning point

☛ 7. When driving without load forks about 6 inches above the floor or ground

☛ 8. Never operate trunk in gaseous area

☛ 9. Never carry a load so high that you can not head, If necessary operate truck in reverse

☛ 10. Avoid carrying lose materials on forks

☛ 11. Never allow one to go under elevated loads

☛ 12. Warn other employees to stand clear when staking or removing materials

☛ 13. Exhaust pipe should have flame arrestor

☛ 14. Fork should be lowered to the floor when the truck is unattended

☛ 15. Stay alert t all times

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134⟩ Do you know what are the hazards in construction?

☛ 1. Fall of person from top and getting injured

☛ 2. Fall of objects from top and below person injury

☛ 3. Fall of materials from top and damaged

☛ 4. Person fall into excavated pit

☛ 5. Collapse of soil and below person get injury or may

☛ 6. Damage of UG cables and sewage pipe

☛ 7. Collapse of scaffolding and person fall from height, get injury

☛ 8. Electrical shock

☛ 9. Fire and explosion

☛ 10. Burn injury

☛ 11. Health and lung problems

☛ 12. Snakes bite

☛ 13. Poisonous gas

☛ 14. Foreign body in eye

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136⟩ What is house keeping?

House keeping means not only cleanness but also orderly arrangement of operations, tools, equipment storage facilities and suppliers.

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138⟩ What is risk?

In probability of the realization of potential for loss or damage or injury.

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139⟩ Explain safety in the use of hand trucks?

☛ 1. the truck should be inspected

☛ 2. The axles should be greased well

☛ 3. Safety shoes should be work by the operators.

☛ 4. The load should be balanced and the weight of the load should not fall on the axle

☛ 5. The hard cart should not be wider than the width of the hand truck.

☛ 6. The hard cart should be pushed and not pulled

☛ 7. The truck should not be placed on path ways.

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140⟩ Tell me how is audit conducted?

☛ 1. Preliminary visit and understanding the factory

☛ 2. Identify the audit element

☛ 3. Prepare the questionnaire

☛ 4. Get the reply from the company

☛ 5. Discussion with management, executives & workers.

☛ 6. Cross Verification at site

☛ 7. Preparation of report.

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