Construction site safety quiz: 14 practice questions (NZ)
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Site safety for New Zealand construction workers in 14 questions: heights, notifiable work, excavations, the hierarchy of controls, PPE, the right to stop unsafe work and notifiable events. Free quiz with instant feedback and a short explanation citing the rule for every answer. Based on New Zealand law (Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its regulations). Practice material written by Quizhat: these are not the questions of any official test or assessment, and Quizhat is not affiliated with WorkSafe New Zealand, Site Safe or any training provider. Sources: Health and Safety at Work Act 2015; Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016, regs 6, 13, 15 and 43; Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, regs 2, 21 and 26.
Under the 1995 Regulations still in force, when must means be provided to prevent a fall?
When someone may fall more than 10 metres
When someone may fall more than 3 metres
When someone is working on a scaffold
When an apprentice works above 1 metre
Question 2 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Construction work where someone may fall 5 metres or more is generally "notifiable work". What does that mean?
WorkSafe must get at least 24 hours' notice
It needs a council building consent first
It must be supervised by a WorkSafe inspector
It must be done by a registered engineer
Question 3 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which excavation is notifiable work?
A trench up to 1.2 m deep that is wider at the top than it is deep
A trench 1 m deep and twice as wide as it is deep
An excavation in rock, whatever its depth or width
A trench over 1.5 m deep and deeper than it is wide at the top
Question 4 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Under the Act, what must a duty holder try first when managing a risk?
Issue PPE to every worker exposed to it
Put up warning signs and a barrier around it
Eliminate it where reasonably practicable
Accept it if harm is unlikely and minor
Question 5 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
In the hierarchy of control measures, where does personal protective equipment come?
First, because it is quick to set up
Last, for the risk that remains after other controls
Before engineering controls
Outside the hierarchy altogether
Question 6 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Who normally provides the PPE a worker needs on site?
The PCBU, at no cost to the worker
The worker, out of their wages
WorkSafe, through the ACC levy
The client who commissioned the job
Question 7 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which is a worker's duty under the Act?
Write and sign the site safety plan
Report each hazard they see directly to WorkSafe
Pay for their own safety training
Take reasonable care for themselves and others
Question 8 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
When may a worker cease or refuse work?
When the work is unpleasant or boring
With a doctor's note saying they need rest
When they believe it risks serious, imminent harm
When the supervisor has left the site for the day
Question 9 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Can a 14-year-old do construction work on a building site?
Yes, with parental permission
No, not under the age of 15
Yes, at weekends and in school holidays
Yes, if supervised by a parent
Question 10 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which of these is a "notifiable event"?
A death or notifiable injury, illness or incident
An injury treated with a plaster on site
Damage to plant costing over $5,000, with no one hurt
A worker missing a shift through a cold
Question 11 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
A trench collapses but nobody is hurt. Is it notifiable?
No, because nobody is injured
No, unless it happens twice
Yes: an excavation collapse is a notifiable incident
No, unless the trench is over 5 m
Question 12 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
After a notifiable event, what must the PCBU do with the site?
Clean it up straight away to prevent slips
Restart work as soon as everyone is accounted for
Take photos, then carry on with the work
Leave it undisturbed until an inspector allows
Question 13 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Several contractors work on the same site. What must each PCBU do?
Look after its own workers and nobody else's
Consult, co-operate and co-ordinate with them
Leave all site safety to the main contractor
Send WorkSafe the minutes of each site meeting
Question 14 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
What first aid must a PCBU provide?
Adequate equipment, facilities and trained first aiders
Nothing: that is the ambulance's job
A list of emergency phone numbers on the wall
A first aid kit in each vehicle, paid for by the workers
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