HRM/420T: Human Resource Risk Management

According to the text, what does DART stand for?

Days Away Restricted or Transferred

What are the three types of benefits provided by most states under workers' compensation laws?

Death benefits, medical expenses, and wage replacement payments

Risk management refers to the process of assessing and measuring risk and developing strategies to protect the ________ of a company.

Financial interests

Which of the following is not one of the nine OSHA designated pictograms?

Mouth, represents mild poisons

What is the equation the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses to compile incidence rates?

N/EH * 200,000

Which of the following is not one of the five programs OSHA has established to work with companies in reducing accidents, illnesses, and injuries?

OSHA Trial

According to the text, what does SHARP stand for?

Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)

Who is not covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?

Self-employed persons

Which of the following is not one of the three major organizations that compile industrial accident statistics in the United States?

The Bureau of American Health

According to the OSHA Safety, workers have all except which of the following rights?

The right to refuse to work if travel conditions to the workplace would cause delay or danger Employees have a right to refuse to work if they reasonably believe that their working conditions pose an imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury, and there is not sufficient time or opportunity to seek effective redress from the employer or OSHA.

Which of the following is related to the decline in the death rate in the workplace from 1930 to the present?

The workforce is now much larger

Which of the following is not one of the four points in OSHA's safety program to help organizations, especially small businesses, comply with OSHA regulations?

Training for only the highest level of management

Which of the following is not one of the requirements under the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988?

Under the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, federal contractors with contracts of $100,000 or more must follow certain requirements to certify to federal contracting agencies that they maintain a drug-free work environment. These requirements include Having every employee sign a contract version of this policy to declare their awareness of the employer's policy and the consequences of violating it.

According to the text, what does VVP stand for?

Voluntary Protection Program

What is true about the HCS labeling of hazardous chemicals?

A hazard statement describing the nature of the hazard is required for all HCS labels HCS labels require all of the following elements: supplier identification, product identifier, signal word, hazard statement, precautionary statement, and pictograms.

What is the definition of incidence rates?

A recordable case of occupational injury or illness based on cases per 100 worker years

What is the definition of experience rating?

A system used to determine workers' compensation and unemployment insurance costs based upon the average number of employees from that company who are drawing the funds

Which of the following is not a condition of the Good Samaritan laws?

Act as quickly as possible

What is the definition of recordable case?

An instance in which there was an occupational injury or illness, including death, but not including first-aid cases consisting of one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, and splinters

Choosing not to implement a manufacturing process that has the potential to substantially speed up production but comes with a substantial risk of injury to employees is an example of which of the four strategies for risk management?

Avoidance

What is true about ergonomics in the workplace?

In one third of work-related musculoskeletal cases, the injuries are serious enough to require workers to take time off to recover.