Chapter 1 Plant Safety Test

30,000

As the Pittsburgh Survey expanded outside the Pittsburgh area, the investigation revealed that there had been more than ___________fatalities from industrial accidents across the United States during 1906.

include lead, manganese, and sulfuric acid.

Chronic hazards have all of the following characteristics except:

water hazards.

Common industrial hazards are classified as all of the following except:

snow, ice, and flooding.

Common industrial hazards include all of the following except:

-repetitive motions, monotony, and console operations. -work pressure and equipment and systems operation. - inability to match the standard of performance. ALL OF ABOVE

Ergonomic hazards are activities that require chemical technicians to work in unusual or awkward positions for extended periods of time. This may include:

600 miles

The Valdez oil release was found over ________ southwest of the spill.

identifying the point of failure and preventing recurrence.

The basic principles of accident prevention include all of the following except:

-a safe working environment. -safe work practices. -effective management. ALL THE ABOVE

The basic principles of accident prevention include:

prevent acid rain and contaminated water.

The primary purpose of process safety is to do all of the following except

prevent injuries, fatalities, fires, explosions, or unexpected releases of hazardous materials.

The primary purpose of process safety is to:

English Industrial Revolution that occurred earlier than the U.S. version.

The safety movement in the United States has some links to the:

-nitrogen dioxide -hydrocarbons -sunlight ALL THE ABOVE

What chemicals form smog

1976

When was the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) passed?

The Pittsburgh Survey of 1906

_______________________provided the first statistical data on how many people were being killed or injured in the United States.

black lung

___________was a disease that coal miners contracted from long exposure to coal dust in the mines.

Noise is described as:

valueless or unwanted sound that is measured in decibels.

Life expectancy among coal miners was:

very short as workers were exposed to a variety of industrial hazards.

combustible liquids, a compressed gas, flammable gas, flammable liquid, and pyrophoric.

Chemical hazards are often referred to as health hazards by process technicians and can be categorized as all of the following except:

carcinogens, irritants, and corrosives.

Physical hazards associated with chemicals are categorized as all of the following except:

In the early 1990s, process safety management (PSM) provided the fangs that HAZCOM had needed.

TRUE

RCRA- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

"Cradle-to-grave" is a term associated with which government act

Penalties for civil and criminal abuses of the Clean Air Act range from:

-$25,000 a day to $250,000 - 2 to 15 years in jail

Biological hazards are described as:

-Any living organism capable of causing disease in humans -insects, bacteria, fungi, and molds.

An unsafe act is described as:

-any act that increases a person's chance of having an accident. -using faulty electrical equipment. -walking under suspended loads ALL THE ABOVE

If you are caught with a firearm or camera, you:

-can be terminated. -are asked to read the policy and you are written-up.

Please select the person(s) considered to be the backbone of the safety program.

-first line supervisor -process technicians -plant manager ALL OF THE ABOVE

When entering a plant for the first time, you should know the signal for:

-vapor release. -fire or explosion. -evacuation. ALL OF THE ABOVE

training procedures for the operating plant.

A process safety analysis is used to establish:

HAZMAT.

General plant safety rules include all of the following except:

102

How many elements are presently listed on the periodic table?

50

How many elements on the periodic table are known to be radioactive?

1913

In _______, the National Council of Industrial Safety was formed to promote safety in the workplace.

sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.

Modern factories, office buildings, and homes produce smoke that contains:

140

Noise over _____ decibels can cause permanent hearing loss.

statistical process control and quality tools

Occupational safety and health deals with all the following items except:

process technology

Process operators fall into an educational category referred to as:

interpreting CFRs.

Process technicians are responsible for all of the following except:

-it is his or her unit. -they have specific duties or responsibilities at that scene. -they are on the fire team. ALL OF ABOVE

Process technicians do not go to a fire, explosion scene, accident, or area exposed to a vapor release unless:

invaluable assets that cannot be replaced.

Safety-conscious people are:

Once hearing loss occurs, it:

can never be recovered.

Plant managers are typically responsible for all of the following except:

day-to-day maintenance of the safety program.

Potable water means:

drinking water

Please select the person(s) who has the greatest impact on a plant's safety program.

first line supervisor

When entering an operating area for the first time, you should:

get permission from the operator.

Acute hazards have all of the following characteristics except :

have a delayed effect on workers

Accident investigation is designed to:

identify the point of failure and prevent recurrence.

False

njection is the most common way a hazardous substance will enter the human body.

Solid waste is technically defined as

non-liquid, non-soluble material ranging from municipal garbage to industrial waste that contains complex and sometimes hazardous substances.

Dose is defined as

the amount of chemical entering or being administered to a subject.

The foundation of any safety program is:

the people who work in the plant.

Process technology is defined as:

the study and application of the scientific principles associated with the operation and maintenance of the chemical processing industry.

Response is defined as:

the toxic effect the dose has upon the subject

the fumes of white or yellow phosphorus. :

Phossy jaw was a disease workers contracted from breathing:

a painful swelling of the jaw that produced severe scaring and disfigurement

Phossy jaw was characterized by:

chemicals

Physical hazards are classified as all of the following except:

11 million

The Exxon-Valdez incident was the largest tanker oil release in U.S. history. Approximately __________ gallons of North Slope crude oil gushed out.

1976

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a federal law enacted in:

$40,000,000

The Toxic Substances Control Act has severe penalties for those who break the law. Yearly penalties for current violations are estimated at more than

increase community awareness of the chemicals manufactured or used by local chemical plants and businesses.

The community right-to-know principle is designed to do all except

1898

The federal clean water act was passed in: