NEBOSH GC1 Questions Answered 100% Correct
Codes of conduct or rules of behaviour imposed by society regarding what is right and what
is wrong
It is wrong for someone to be killed or seriously injured or suffer mental or physical illness
as a result of their or others work activities - ANS Moral
Accidents involving large scale loss of life or major property damage as a result of a fire or
an explosion are often determined by official enquries - ANS What are highly visible
accidents?
Basic costs incurred to return a situation to what it was before an accident happened - ANS
Financial costs
Costs incurred through people being stood idle or being unproductive as a result of dealing
with consequences of an accident and energy costs from plant running idle and buildings
being lit and heated - ANS Opportunity costs
Injury
I'll health
Damage - ANS Insured costs
Lost time
Sick pay
Production delays
Fines
Loss of contracts
Legal costs
,Clearing the site
Investigation time
Excess on insurance claims
Loss of business reputation
Extra wages/overtime payments
Damage to production, plant, buildings, tools & equipment - ANS Uninsured costs
Sick pay and/or statutory sick pay paid to employees when absent from work - ANS Sick pay
Cost of employers liability insurance and cost of corporate private health insurance
premiums attributable to workplace accidents and work related ill health - ANS Insurance
premiums
Costs associated with work reorganisation, recruitment and induction of temporary or
permanent replacement staff, to maintain output - ANS Production delays
Costs associated with administering sickness, insurance, compensation claims & conduction
health surveillance - ANS Administrative costs
Internal & legal costs arising from investigations and prosecutions by HSE or local
authorities - ANS Investigations & prosecutions
Allows an injured person to sue for compensation for their injury or loss if the injury was
caused through someone else's neglect - ANS Civil law
Careless conduct injuring another - ANS Negligence
The claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities:
, 1. That the defendant owed them a duty of care
2. That the duty of care was breached
3. That the breached caused the injury - ANS To succeed in a negligence claim what must
the claimant prove?
1. Foreseeability of the damage
2. A sufficiently 'proximate' relationship between both parties (neighbouring relationship)
3. It must be deemed fair, just and reasonable to impose such a duty - ANS What are the
requirements that must be satisfied before a duty of care is held to exist?
1. Employer to employees
2. Employer to contractors employees
3. Occupier to authorised visitors - ANS What relationships are sufficiently proximate to be
deemed a neighbouring relationship?
Duty of care is breached if the defendant has failed to exercise the reasonable care
expected of a reasonable person in the circumstances - ANS When if the duty of care
breached?
Claimant must prove, that the defendants breach of duty caused the harm and the harm
would have otherwise not have happened - ANS How would you prove the breach caused
the injury?
Alternative to suing for neglect. Claimant may be able to show that their injury was caused
as a consequence of the defendant breaching a relevant statute - ANS What is Tort of
Breach of Statutory Duty (TBSD)?
1. Statute must apply to the claimant
2. Statute must be designed to prevent the type of injury or loss experienced by the
claimant
Codes of conduct or rules of behaviour imposed by society regarding what is right and what
is wrong
It is wrong for someone to be killed or seriously injured or suffer mental or physical illness
as a result of their or others work activities - ANS Moral
Accidents involving large scale loss of life or major property damage as a result of a fire or
an explosion are often determined by official enquries - ANS What are highly visible
accidents?
Basic costs incurred to return a situation to what it was before an accident happened - ANS
Financial costs
Costs incurred through people being stood idle or being unproductive as a result of dealing
with consequences of an accident and energy costs from plant running idle and buildings
being lit and heated - ANS Opportunity costs
Injury
I'll health
Damage - ANS Insured costs
Lost time
Sick pay
Production delays
Fines
Loss of contracts
Legal costs
,Clearing the site
Investigation time
Excess on insurance claims
Loss of business reputation
Extra wages/overtime payments
Damage to production, plant, buildings, tools & equipment - ANS Uninsured costs
Sick pay and/or statutory sick pay paid to employees when absent from work - ANS Sick pay
Cost of employers liability insurance and cost of corporate private health insurance
premiums attributable to workplace accidents and work related ill health - ANS Insurance
premiums
Costs associated with work reorganisation, recruitment and induction of temporary or
permanent replacement staff, to maintain output - ANS Production delays
Costs associated with administering sickness, insurance, compensation claims & conduction
health surveillance - ANS Administrative costs
Internal & legal costs arising from investigations and prosecutions by HSE or local
authorities - ANS Investigations & prosecutions
Allows an injured person to sue for compensation for their injury or loss if the injury was
caused through someone else's neglect - ANS Civil law
Careless conduct injuring another - ANS Negligence
The claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities:
, 1. That the defendant owed them a duty of care
2. That the duty of care was breached
3. That the breached caused the injury - ANS To succeed in a negligence claim what must
the claimant prove?
1. Foreseeability of the damage
2. A sufficiently 'proximate' relationship between both parties (neighbouring relationship)
3. It must be deemed fair, just and reasonable to impose such a duty - ANS What are the
requirements that must be satisfied before a duty of care is held to exist?
1. Employer to employees
2. Employer to contractors employees
3. Occupier to authorised visitors - ANS What relationships are sufficiently proximate to be
deemed a neighbouring relationship?
Duty of care is breached if the defendant has failed to exercise the reasonable care
expected of a reasonable person in the circumstances - ANS When if the duty of care
breached?
Claimant must prove, that the defendants breach of duty caused the harm and the harm
would have otherwise not have happened - ANS How would you prove the breach caused
the injury?
Alternative to suing for neglect. Claimant may be able to show that their injury was caused
as a consequence of the defendant breaching a relevant statute - ANS What is Tort of
Breach of Statutory Duty (TBSD)?
1. Statute must apply to the claimant
2. Statute must be designed to prevent the type of injury or loss experienced by the
claimant
