Office Health and Safety Quiz

Louise Petty

November 25, 2015

5 min read

Test Your Office Health and Safety Knowledge

At a glance, you may not think your office presents many hazards. However, if you look a little closer, you’ll begin to realise just how much an office environment can affect your health and safety. Have you ever had a bad back from a poor computer chair? Have you ever tripped on a loose cable? Have you ever fallen from a table whilst putting up a display? Health and safety matters affect everyone, everywhere – see how much you know by taking our quiz below!

Which of the following is a common cause of slips in the office?

Trailing computer cables

Stepladders

Floors wet from cleaning

A poorly lit corridor

Correct! Wrong!

Which of these activities involves working at height and so requires the appropriate safety precautions?

Tidying the bottom of a book shelf

Moving a desk from one place to another

Fixing an electrical appliance

Changing the battery in a smoke detector

Correct! Wrong!

If you notice that the printer has a loose plug with frayed wires, what should you do?

Try to repair the plug using whatever materials you have available

Turn off the plug at the wall and remove the printer from use

Inform a colleague and ask them to deal with it

Continue to use the printer as it still works fine

Correct! Wrong!

A very heavy box has arrived on a delivery van and you need to move it down the corridor. What should you do?

Push the load along the corridor

Break the load down into smaller lighter loads

Pick the load up and carry it

Pull the load and manoeuvre it down the corridor

Correct! Wrong!

To prevent health problems from an incorrect desk set-up, how should you position yourself in your chair?

With feet flat on the floor and lower back supported

With feet up on a rest and upper back supported

With feet off the floor and back and neck supported

With legs crossed and back leaning forwards

Correct! Wrong!

Office Health and Safety Quiz

Want to learn more about how to identify health and safety risks and what you can do to prevent your work tasks and behaviours causing harm? Take a look at our Office Health & Safety Training.

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Office Health and Safety Quiz

Test Your Office Health and Safety Knowledge

Which of the following is a common cause of slips in the office?

Which of these activities involves working at height and so requires the appropriate safety precautions?

If you notice that the printer has a loose plug with frayed wires, what should you do?

A very heavy box has arrived on a delivery van and you need to move it down the corridor. What should you do?

To prevent health problems from an incorrect desk set-up, how should you position yourself in your chair?

Further Resources:

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