NEBOSH IGC 1 Exam Study questions
and verified answers
EMPLOYERS' RESPONSIBILITIES - ANS (a) to provide and maintain workplaces, machinery
and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe and without risk to health as is
reasonably practicable;
(b) to give necessary instruction and training that takes into account the functions
and capabilities of different categories of workers;
(c) to provide adequate supervision of work practices, ensuring that proper use is made
of relevant occupational health and safety measures;
(d) to institute suitable occupational health and safety management arrangements
appropriate to the working environment, the size of the undertaking and the nature of
its activities; and
(e) to provide, without any cost to the worker, adequate personal protective clothing and
equipment which are reasonably necessary when workplace hazards cannot be
otherwise prevented or controlled.
WORKERS RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS - ANS Workers' rights are embodied in the
ILO lsquo;Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work':
1 Freedom of association — the right of workers and employers to form and
join organisations of their choice.
2 Freedom from forced labour.
3 Freedom from discrimination.
, 4 Opposition to child labour.
The ILO Code of Practice — 'Ambient factors in the workplacersquo; — specifies
that workers and their representatives should have the right to:
(a) be consulted regarding any hazards or risks to health and safety from hazardous factors
at the workplace;
(b) inquire into and receive information from the employer regarding any hazards or risks
to health and safety from hazardous factors in the workplace;
(c) take adequate precautions, in co-operation with their employer, to protect themselves
and other workers against hazards or risks to their health and safety;
(d) request and be involved in the assessment of hazards and risks to health and safety by
the employer and/or the competent authority, and in any subsequent control measures and
investigations;
(e) be involved in the inception and development of workers' health surveillance,
and participate in its implementation; and
(f) be informed in a timely, objective and comprehensible manner:
(i) of the reasons for any examinations and investigations relating to the health
hazards involved in their workplace;
(ii) individually of the results of medical examinations, including pre-assignment
medical examinations, and of the subsequent assessment of health.
In accordance with national laws and regulations, workers should have the right:
(a) to bring to the attention of their representatives, employer or competent authority
any hazards or risks to health and safety at work;
(c) to remove themselves from a hazardous situation when they have good reason
to believe that there i
WORKERS' RESPONSIBILITIES - ANS (a) take reasonable care for their own safety and that
of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work;
(b) comply with instructions given for their own health and safety and those of others and
with health and safety procedures;
and verified answers
EMPLOYERS' RESPONSIBILITIES - ANS (a) to provide and maintain workplaces, machinery
and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe and without risk to health as is
reasonably practicable;
(b) to give necessary instruction and training that takes into account the functions
and capabilities of different categories of workers;
(c) to provide adequate supervision of work practices, ensuring that proper use is made
of relevant occupational health and safety measures;
(d) to institute suitable occupational health and safety management arrangements
appropriate to the working environment, the size of the undertaking and the nature of
its activities; and
(e) to provide, without any cost to the worker, adequate personal protective clothing and
equipment which are reasonably necessary when workplace hazards cannot be
otherwise prevented or controlled.
WORKERS RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS - ANS Workers' rights are embodied in the
ILO lsquo;Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work':
1 Freedom of association — the right of workers and employers to form and
join organisations of their choice.
2 Freedom from forced labour.
3 Freedom from discrimination.
, 4 Opposition to child labour.
The ILO Code of Practice — 'Ambient factors in the workplacersquo; — specifies
that workers and their representatives should have the right to:
(a) be consulted regarding any hazards or risks to health and safety from hazardous factors
at the workplace;
(b) inquire into and receive information from the employer regarding any hazards or risks
to health and safety from hazardous factors in the workplace;
(c) take adequate precautions, in co-operation with their employer, to protect themselves
and other workers against hazards or risks to their health and safety;
(d) request and be involved in the assessment of hazards and risks to health and safety by
the employer and/or the competent authority, and in any subsequent control measures and
investigations;
(e) be involved in the inception and development of workers' health surveillance,
and participate in its implementation; and
(f) be informed in a timely, objective and comprehensible manner:
(i) of the reasons for any examinations and investigations relating to the health
hazards involved in their workplace;
(ii) individually of the results of medical examinations, including pre-assignment
medical examinations, and of the subsequent assessment of health.
In accordance with national laws and regulations, workers should have the right:
(a) to bring to the attention of their representatives, employer or competent authority
any hazards or risks to health and safety at work;
(c) to remove themselves from a hazardous situation when they have good reason
to believe that there i
WORKERS' RESPONSIBILITIES - ANS (a) take reasonable care for their own safety and that
of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work;
(b) comply with instructions given for their own health and safety and those of others and
with health and safety procedures;
