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A building next to your work area is being demolished, and there is an exclusion zone around it. The quickest route to the welfare cabin goes through the zone.

What should you do?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. Go through quickly when the machines stop
  2. B. Go through, as long as you stay close to the scaffold
  3. C. Go through if you are wearing a safety helmet
  4. D. Go the long way round and stay out of the zone
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Answer: D

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. A structure can collapse even when the machines are not working.
  • B. Wrong: Wrong. HSE says a scaffold does not reduce the size of an exclusion zone. It may not stop falling debris.
  • C. Wrong: Wrong. A helmet won't protect you from a falling wall. Stay out of the zone.
  • D. Right: Right. The exclusion zone is set so that debris from a planned or accidental collapse stays inside it. Only authorised people may enter.

Explanation

Never enter a demolition exclusion zone unless you are authorised. The zone is there to keep you clear of falling debris and collapse.

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