Eduqas Level 1/2 Hospitality and Catering (5409) · Spec 1.3.1
Risk, risk assessments and accident forms
Read the notes, then try the questions. Each one is marked the moment you press Check, and shows the right answer and why.
Key ideas
- A hazard is something that may cause harm, such as a wet floor. A risk is the chance that the hazard will harm someone and how serious that harm could be.
- Risk levels are low, medium or high. A high risk is both likely to happen and could cause serious harm. An unlikely, minor risk is low.
- A risk assessment has five steps: identify the hazards, decide who might be harmed, evaluate the risk and decide on controls, record the findings, then review. It also thinks about customers and suppliers, not only staff.
- Employers with five or more employees must write down the significant findings. Review the assessment after an accident, a near miss or new equipment.
- The accident book records injuries at work, including minor ones. An accident form records the date, time and place, who was hurt, what happened, the injury, the action taken and any witness.
- Health and safety training includes first aid and fire safety.
Key terms
- Hazard
- Something that may cause harm.
- Risk
- The chance a hazard will harm someone, and how serious that harm could be.
- Risk assessment
- A check of the hazards, who could be harmed, the risk level and the control measures.
- Control measure
- Something done to remove or reduce a risk.
- Accident book
- Records injuries at work, including minor ones.
- Witness
- A person who saw what happened.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up hazard and risk. A wet floor is the hazard. The chance someone slips and how badly is the risk.
- Thinking a minor cut does not go in the accident book. It does.
- Describing a hazard with no cause. 'A slippery floor caused by spilled coffee' is better than 'a spill'.
- Thinking a risk assessment is only a list of hazards. It also records who is at risk, the risk level and a control.
Exam tip
When completing a risk table, give the hazard, who is at risk and a control that is specific: 'mop it up and put out a wet floor sign', not 'be careful'. Control measures need a fix, not a warning to try harder.
Free practice questions
7 questions, 15 marks. Answer, then press Check. The marking guide explains how the marks are worked out. Nothing is saved.
- Question 1 · Multiple choice[1 mark]
Which best describes a hazard in a kitchen?
- Question 2 · Fill the gaps[1 mark]
A ___ is something that may cause harm.
Word bank: hazard · control · risk · injury
- Question 3 · Fill the gaps[1 mark]
A ___ is the chance that a hazard will harm someone, and how serious that harm could be.
Word bank: review · hazard · accident · risk
- Question 4 · Fill the gaps[1 mark]
A risk that is very likely to happen and could cause serious harm is rated ___ risk.
Word bank: medium · low · high · small
- Question 5 · Matching[4 marks]
Match each term to its meaning.
- Question 6 · Sort into groups[6 marks]
Sort each item into hazard or control measure.
Water spilled on the tiles
A wet floor sign
Storing boxes on shelves
Boxes stacked in the walkway
A frayed electrical cable
Replacing the damaged cable
- Question 7 · Put in order[1 mark]
Put the HSE's five steps of a risk assessment in the correct order.
Use the arrows to put these in the right order, first at the top.
- 1Identify the hazards
- 2Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- 3Decide who might be harmed and how
- 4Review and update
- 5Record and put the findings into action