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When you're ready, select <strong>Continue</strong> to make a start. Good luck!","paragraph4":"At the end of the test you’ll be given an overall score. If this indicates that there are gaps in your understanding, you’ll able to re-study the areas of the course you had difficulty with and then re-take the test to try and improve your score. When you're ready, select <strong>Continue</strong> to make a start. 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However, you didn’t answer all the questions correctly, so you may want to re-visit the parts of the course we’ve highlighted on the course menu to address any gaps in your understanding.","paragraph3":"Not bad, but your score falls a little short of a pass mark. The areas you had difficulty with are highlighted on the course menu. We’d recommend that you re-visit these areas and then re-take the test to try and improve your score. Remember, you need to pass the test in order to complete this course.","paragraph4":"Your score falls quite a way short of a pass mark. The areas you had difficulty with are highlighted on the course menu. We’d strongly recommend that you re-visit these areas and then re-take the test to try and improve your score. Remember, you need to pass the test in order to complete this course.","paragraph5":"Well done, your score indicates that you have a good understanding of the contents of this course. However, you didn’t answer all the questions correctly, so you may want to re-visit the parts of the course we’ve highlighted on the course menu to address any gaps in your understanding.","paragraph6":"You’ve now completed the test. Your score indicates that there are some gaps in your understanding of what we covered in the course. We’ve highlighted the relevant areas on the course menu. We’d recommend that you re-visit these areas and then re-take the test to try and improve your score.","paragraph7":"You’ve now completed the test. Your score indicates that there are several gaps in your understanding of what we covered in the course. We’ve highlighted the relevant areas on the course menu. We’d strongly recommend that you re-visit these areas and then re-take the test to try and improve your score.","paragraph8":"Select <strong>Home</strong> to return to the course menu, from where you’ll be able to download a personalised course completion certificate.","paragraph9":"Select <strong>Home</strong> to return to the course menu."},"recommended-label":{"text":"Recommended for re-study"}},"course-configuration":{"title":"Course Configuration","text1":{"paragraph1":"Before getting started, why not take a moment to configure the course to best meet your needs. Don’t worry, you can always change your selections later."},"settings-footer":{"text":"Select <b>Confirm</b> when you’ve finished."},"setting-description":{"audio-enabled":"The course makes extensive use of audio voiceover. 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When it comes to staying safe at work, do you think it’s better to be “proactive” or “reactive”? In other words, stopping accidents before they happen, or responding to accidents when they occur?"},"question-footer":{"text":"Choose your answer, then select <strong>Confirm</strong> to see how you did."},"option1-label":{"text":"Proactive"},"option2-label":{"text":"Reactive"},"option3-label":{"text":"Both"},"feedback-text":{"p1":"That’s right. An effective safety strategy relies on both approaches.","p2":"Actually, an effective safety strategy relies on both approaches."},"final-text":{"p1":"Proactive approaches to safety involve continually monitoring our working practices, and making improvements where necessary. The idea is to try and anticipate what could go wrong, and to fix things before they do.","p2":"Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, it’s still possible for accidents to happen. When they do, it’s essential to learn from them and make sure they don’t happen again.","p3":"That’s why it’s important to combine both approaches: monitoring our working practices, and also responding quickly if things go wrong."}},"rhsi-01-010-020":{"title":"Types of incident","text":{"p1":"The worst health and safety incidents are those that cause injuries, but what if no-one is hurt? For example, a tall pile of bricks might fall over when nobody is standing next to them. Can we afford to ignore these so-called “near misses”?","p2":"In order to answer that question, we need to take a closer look at the kinds of incidents that can occur. 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The more unsafe acts that occur, the more near misses, injuries and fatalities will occur too.","p3":"Most people would accept the importance of reporting the more serious incidents, but many are less inclined to report incidents in which no one is seriously hurt.","p4":"But that’s missing a big opportunity, because if we can reduce the number of less serious incidents at the bottom of the triangle, we’ll also reduce the number of more serious incidents higher up the triangle."}},"rhsi-01-010-050":{"title":"Improving safety","text":{"p1":"Reporting health and safety incidents is the best way to bring about improvements, because it gets the whole organisation working to make things safer. Let’s look at an example to make this clear.","p2":"Here, Bob has accidentally knocked over a bucket of water just as Jean is walking past, piled up with files. She can’t see where she’s going, and slips and falls.","p3":"If this incident goes unreported, it’s unlikely that much will happen. Bob might resolve to be more careful about spillages, and Jean might decide to use a different route.","p4":"But, if the incident is reported, a number of other things could be done to improve safety.","p5":"Bob could be given safer equipment, and training, so that he knows how to use it. The floor surface and the lighting could be improved. And Jean’s working practices could be adjusted, so that she doesn’t need to fetch large numbers of files."}},"rhsi-01-010-060":{"title":"Summary","text":{"p1":"In this section you learned why it’s so important to report health and safety incidents, even when no-one is actually injured.","p2":"If potential health and safety issues aren’t flagged up, then nothing will be done to address them. And if that happens, today’s near miss could become tomorrow’s accident. This makes reporting incidents a key aspect of protecting yourself and others.","p3":"In the next section, we’ll go on to look at the procedure for reporting incidents. 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Select <strong>Continue</strong> when you’ve finished."},"option1-label":{"text":"Deaths"},"option1-text":{"p1":"All deaths caused by a work-related accident must be reported, including any arising from acts of physical violence against workers."},"option2-label":{"text":"Specified injuries to workers"},"option2-text":{"p1":"RIDDOR defines a list of <a data-id='specified-injuries' class='glossary'>specified injuries</a> to workers, which must be reported. These encompass a range of injuries, including fractures to anything other than fingers or toes, amputations, serious burns, and any incident causing unconsciousness through head injury or asphyxia."},"option3-label":{"text":"Over seven day incapacitation of workers"},"option3-text":{"p1":"Any accident that results in a worker being away from work, or unable to perform their normal work duties, for more than seven consecutive days, must be reported. 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You can’t learn from previous mistakes.","option3":"It’s important both to monitor our working practices, and also to respond quickly if things do go wrong.","option4":"Reactive approaches to health and safety recognise that, despite our best efforts, it’s still possible for accidents to happen.","choiceLabels":"${manifest.player.question.option.choice-label-true},${manifest.player.question.option.choice-label-false}"}},"rhsi-quiz-01-010-030":{"question":{"question":"The power socket next to Jane’s desk is faulty, so she’s trailed an extension cable across the floor in order to use her computer. But when Keith walks past carrying a tray of hot drinks, he trips over a loop of cable and falls, spraining his wrist. 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A few nearby workers are caught up in the incident and one loses consciousness for a short while, but is this serious enough to report to the authorities under the RIDDOR regulations?","instruction":"Choose your answer, then select <strong>Confirm</strong>.","option1":"Yes – this should be reported to the appropriate authorities.","option2":"It would depend on whether any of those affected suffer from asthma or any other respiratory condition.","option3":"No – someone would have to have been physically injured or taken to hospital to justify reporting this to the authorities."}},"rhsi-quiz-02-010-060":{"question":{"question":"Chen hurt her back at work on Wednesday, carrying some heavy boxes. She was laid up for a few days, eventually returning to work the following Monday. The incident is being investigated at work, but does it need to be reported to the authorities under the RIDDOR regulations? ","instruction":"Choose your answer, then select <strong>Confirm</strong>.","option1":"Yes – this must be reported as Chen was away from work for three days or more.","option2":"No – as Chen was not incapacitated for more than seven days, there’s no need to report this accident under RIDDOR.","option3":"It would depend if Chen dropped the boxes she was carrying. If so, this would be considered a dangerous occurrence."}},"rhsi-quiz-02-010-070":{"question":{"question":"Which of these occurrences must be reported to the appropriate authorities under RIDDOR?","instruction":"Choose your answers, then select <strong>Confirm</strong>.","option1":"A death caused by a work-related accident.","option2":"A fractured toe caused by kicking a kerb or wall at work.","option3":"An injury to a non-worker, such as a visitor, who is taken directly to hospital.","option4":"A bad case of flu caught from a co-worker."}},"rhsi-quiz-02-010-080":{"question":{"question":"Which of these occurrences must be reported to the appropriate authorities under RIDDOR?","instruction":"Choose your answers, then select <strong>Confirm</strong>.","option1":"Plant or equipment coming into contact with overhead power lines.","option2":"Cases of occupational asthma.","option3":"Hand-arm vibration syndrome caused (or made worse) by activities at work.","option4":"A minor burn from a kitchen toaster used at work."}}}