Key terms
Health and safety Level 2: key terms
Plain-English definitions of the words used in the course. In the lessons, tap any underlined term to read its definition without leaving the page.
16 terms, United Kingdom version
- COSHH
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Damage to nerves and blood vessels in the hands from regular use of vibrating tools.
- Hazard
- Anything that could cause harm.
- Hierarchy of control
- The order of controls: eliminate, substitute, engineering, administrative, PPE.
- Improvement notice
- A notice from an inspector requiring a breach to be put right within a set time.
- Permit to work
- A formal written system that controls high-risk work.
- PPE
- Equipment worn to protect you, provided free by the employer.
- Prohibition notice
- A notice from an inspector stopping an activity that poses a serious risk.
- Reasonably practicable
- Reducing a risk as far as is reasonable, weighing the risk against the time, cost and effort of controlling it.
- RIDDOR
- The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
- Risk
- The chance that a hazard causes harm, and how serious it could be.
- Risk assessment
- A check of what could cause harm at work, who could be harmed and what controls are needed.
- Safe system of work
- A step-by-step safe method for a task, based on the risk assessment.
- TILE
- A manual handling check: task, individual, load, environment.
- Welfare facilities
- Toilets, washing facilities, drinking water and rest areas that employers must provide.
These terms come from the United Kingdom version of the course. See what the course covers.