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Health and Safety Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
How does a safety hazard differ from a health hazard? - ✔✔A safety
hazard is acute, causes or threatens to cause injuries and is usually more
obvious than a health hazard. A heath hazard is chronic, causes or
threatens to cause illness in the long run, and is usually more subtle than a
safety hazard.
Name 3 safety hazards and 3 health hazards. - ✔✔safety hazard
examples: unguarded belts, pulleys, gears, saws, and punch presses; fires;
explosions; pen platforms; defective ladders; welding near open
flame/combustible materials; overloaded or defective cranes, hoists, or
slings; ungrounded electrical equipment; exposed live electrical conductors.
health hazards: coal dust, cotton dust, chronic loud noise, welding fumes,
asbestos, vinyl chloride, lead fumes, mercury, manganese, cadmium.
Compare the missions of OSHA and EPA. Why might the same person
within a given industrial plant have the responsibility for dealing with both
agencies? - ✔✔OSHA is concerned with hazardous exposures to workers
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(worker safety and health). EPA is concerned with hazardous exposures to
the public, particularly as these hazards affect the earth, water, and
atmosphere. Many safety and health hazards inside the plant and outside
are the same, or are caused by the same chemical agents or physical
factors. Thus a firm's compliance with both EPA and OSHA regulations are
often the responsibility of the same individual.
1.22) Describe the 1984 tragedy that changed public awareness and public
policy for both the environment and public safety and health. - ✔✔Bhopal,
India disaster in which the release of methyl isocyanate gas killed 2500
civilians. This incident showed that dangerous working conditions do not
just impact the workers, but everyone around a facility.
Using occupational noise exposure, what would be an example of a safety
hazard versus a health hazard? - ✔✔A safety hazard would be a sudden
exposure to sound loud enough to damage hearing with one exposure. A
health hazard would be continued long-term exposure to sound above the
PEL which could lead to damage over a course of time.
Why would a safety and health manager be reluctant to call OSHA and
what have they done to address this? - ✔✔Fear of triggering an inspection.
Health and Safety Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
How does a safety hazard differ from a health hazard? - ✔✔A safety
hazard is acute, causes or threatens to cause injuries and is usually more
obvious than a health hazard. A heath hazard is chronic, causes or
threatens to cause illness in the long run, and is usually more subtle than a
safety hazard.
Name 3 safety hazards and 3 health hazards. - ✔✔safety hazard
examples: unguarded belts, pulleys, gears, saws, and punch presses; fires;
explosions; pen platforms; defective ladders; welding near open
flame/combustible materials; overloaded or defective cranes, hoists, or
slings; ungrounded electrical equipment; exposed live electrical conductors.
health hazards: coal dust, cotton dust, chronic loud noise, welding fumes,
asbestos, vinyl chloride, lead fumes, mercury, manganese, cadmium.
Compare the missions of OSHA and EPA. Why might the same person
within a given industrial plant have the responsibility for dealing with both
agencies? - ✔✔OSHA is concerned with hazardous exposures to workers
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(worker safety and health). EPA is concerned with hazardous exposures to
the public, particularly as these hazards affect the earth, water, and
atmosphere. Many safety and health hazards inside the plant and outside
are the same, or are caused by the same chemical agents or physical
factors. Thus a firm's compliance with both EPA and OSHA regulations are
often the responsibility of the same individual.
1.22) Describe the 1984 tragedy that changed public awareness and public
policy for both the environment and public safety and health. - ✔✔Bhopal,
India disaster in which the release of methyl isocyanate gas killed 2500
civilians. This incident showed that dangerous working conditions do not
just impact the workers, but everyone around a facility.
Using occupational noise exposure, what would be an example of a safety
hazard versus a health hazard? - ✔✔A safety hazard would be a sudden
exposure to sound loud enough to damage hearing with one exposure. A
health hazard would be continued long-term exposure to sound above the
PEL which could lead to damage over a course of time.
Why would a safety and health manager be reluctant to call OSHA and
what have they done to address this? - ✔✔Fear of triggering an inspection.
