What are the four fundamental elements of an industrial hygiene program? - Answers -Anticipation
-Recognition
-Evaluation
-Control
What are the three different types of control measures that an industrial hygienist may adopt to
control occuptaional hazards? - Answers -Source
-Pathway
-Receiver
Give two examples on how you can control hazards at source. - Answers -Substitution
-Process Change
-Process Enclosure
-Process Isolation
-Exhaust Ventilation
-Maintenance Program
Four Examples of physical hazard. - Answers -Radiation
-Noise
-Vibration
-Illumination
-Heat
What are the four primary responsibilities of OSHA? - Answers -Setting and enforcing the standards:
To establish safety and health standards
-Conducting inspection: To conduct workplace inspections and issue citations for health and safety
violations
-Recordkeeping: To require records of safety and health to be kept by employees, and in conjuction
with the Department of Health and Human Services, keep occupational health and safety statistics
-Training: To train employers, employees, and personnel employed to enforce the act
ABC Corp has injuries and illnesses logged in Form 300 shown in figure [attached at the end]. If the
company has 150 employees worked in 2012, calculate (a) OSHA incident rate and (b) DART rate -
Answers (a) 4 Incident Rate
OSHA Incident Rt = [(Total number of incidence of work-related injury and illness)*(200,000)] / [Hours
worked by all employees during the period covered = 200,000 hours worked per 100 employees OR n
employees * 40 * 50]
Use Form 300 for Total number of incidence of work-related injury and illness. Should be # of people.
OSHA Incident Rt = [(6*200,000)]/(150*40*50) = 4
(b) OSHA DART Rt = [(Number of incidents w/ Days Away, Restricted, Transferred x 200,000)] / (Hours
worked by all employees during period covered)
OSHA DART Rt = [(5+10)*200,000] / (100*50*40)
Draw a NFPA diamond and explain how it communicates hazard. - Answers Top (red) - Fire Hazard
Right (yellow) - reactivity
Bottom (white) - specific hazards
Left (blue) - Health Hazard
Lipid peroxidation is a process in which free radicals released by carbon tetra chloride (CCl4) steal
electrons form the lipids in cell membranes resulting in cell damage. This is an example of: - Answers
Hepatotoxin: Carbon Tetrachloride, CCl4
Which one of the following toxins is considered a reproductive toxin? - Answers Teratogens
A carcinogen that encourages out-of-control cell growth but does not initiate new tumor is called -
Answers Promoter