Safety Exam #1 Questions And Answers All Correct.

Chapter 1 Case Study - correct answers A construction worker fell off a scaffold and was paralyzed as a result. Past Tragedies like Exxon Valdez Oil spill and the Triangle Shirt waste Factory. - correct answers What brought about these Historical Safety Milestones? 1892 (Steel Plant) - correct answers 1st recorded safety program in what year? 1910 (investigate accidents, examine health hazards, make recommendations for improvement) - correct answers When was the creation of the Bureau of Mines? 1911 (Wisconsin) - correct answers Passage of the 1st effective workers' compensation law in the U.S. was when? 1970 - correct answers What year was the passage of OSHA created? Accidents - correct answers are unplanned events, often resulting in injuries or damage that interrupt routine operations. They are nearly always preceded by unsafe acts of employees, hazardous (unsafe) conditions in the workplace or both. •Incidents •Mishaps •Near miss Close call - correct answers What are some other words for Accidents? hazard - correct answers a workplace condition or worker action that can or has the potential to result in injury, illness, property damage, or interruption of a process or activity. Risk - correct answers the measure of probability and severity of a loss event taking place. Hazard Recognition - correct answers Identifying conditions or actions that may cause injury, illness, or property damage. Inspections/Audits - correct answers Evaluating/assessing safety & health risks associated with equipment, materials, processes, or activities. Fire Protection - correct answers Eliminating or minimizing fire hazards by inspection, layout of facilities, & design of fire suppression systems. Regulatory Compliance - correct answers Ensuring that all mandatory safety & health standards are satisfied Health Hazard Control - correct answers Recognizing, evaluating, & controlling hazards that can create undesirable health effects, including noise, chemical exposures, radiation, or biological hazards. Ergonomics - correct answers Designing or modifying the workplace based upon an understanding of human physiological/psychological characteristics, abilities, & limitations. Hazardous Materials Management - correct answers Ensuring that dangerous chemicals & other products are stored & used in such a manner as to prevent accidents, fires, & the exposure of people to the substances. Environmental Protection - correct answers Recognizing, evaluating, & controlling hazards that can lead to undesirable releases of harmful substances into air, water, or the soil. Training - correct answers Providing employees with the knowledge & skills necessary to recognize hazards & perform their jobs safely & effectively. Accident Investigation - correct answers Determining the facts & causes related to an accident based upon witness interviews & site inspections. Recordkeeping - correct answers Maintaining safety & health information to meet government requirements, as well as to provide data for problem solving & decision-making. Emergency Response Teams - correct answers Organizing, training, & coordinating skilled employees to react to emergencies such as fires, accidents, or other disasters. Security Services - correct answers Provide for security of persons & property including organizational patterns, individual behavioral patterns, personnel competencies expected, surveillance & monitoring methods, & occupational problems among security personnel. Safety Management - correct answers Development, integration, evaluation, management & cost containment strategies of the Safety Function. HOLD paramount the safety and health of people, the protection of the environment and protection of property in the performance of professional duties and exercise their obligation to advise employers, clients, employees, the public, and appropriate authorities of danger and unacceptable risks to people, the environment, or property. - correct answers What are the proper ethics a saftey professional should uphold? •National Safety Council (NSC) •American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) •American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) - correct answers What organizations were formed to support safety? Loss Prevention - correct answers describes a program designed to identify and correct potential accident problems before they result in financial loss or injury. Loss Control - correct answers is a program designed to minimize incident-based, financial losses. Safety - correct answers Operating within acceptable or low probability of risk associated with conditions or activities having the potential to cause harm to people, equipment, facilities, or the enterprise. "as low as reasonably practicable" (referring to risk) - correct answers What does ALARP stand for? "as low as reasonably achievable" (refers to risk) - correct answers What does ALARA stand for? Business and Professional - correct answers What are the two types of ethics? Also called Williams-Steiger Act - correct answers What is the OSHA act also called? December 29, 1970 - correct answers When was OSHA signed into law? April 29, 1971 - correct answers When was OSHA put into effect? Occupation Safety and Health Administration - correct answers What does OSHA stand for? Assistant Secretary of Labor - correct answers Who leads OSHA? -Encourage employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards. -Implement new safety and health programs. -Improve existing safety and health programs. -Encourage research that will lead to innovative ways of dealing with workplace safety and health problems