IET 327 Exam 2
A health physicist evaluates the potential hazards of environmental stressors
False
According to heinrich's axioms on industrial safety, the plant manager is the key person concerning industrial accidents
False
An employee does not have to report a prescription drug from a medical doctor to his/her supervisor
False
Companies can have very little impact on preventing accidents in the workplace
False
Epidemiological theory has focused on accidents caused by overload, inappropriate response, and inappropriate activities
False
Exposure to hazards in the workplace always causes injury, illness, or other adverse health effects
False
Exposure to mixed substances will always have combined effects
False
In JSA the job, the individual is being studied in an effort to make it safer by identifying hazards and making modifications to eliminate or reduce them.
False
It may be used as a standard for health and safety inspections or observations. In particular, a JSA will assist in completing comprehensive accident investigations
False
JSA can serve as a teaching aid for initial job training and as a briefing guide for infrequent jobs
False
JSA's are suitable for jobs defined very broadly
False
Plant safety inspection rarely prevent emergencies and injuries and not illnesses
False
The domino theory of accident causation is used to predict and prevent accidents
False
The lecture discussion method of teaching may be used in any situation
False
The systems theory of accident causation views any stem in which an accident might occur as a system of one component
False
The two main categories of hazards are physical and chemical
False
Understanding the hazards associated with a job or process is provided just by training and educating employees
False
Which of the following is not a fact More than 3 million compounds are registered Sixty thousand have significant economic value Apprx. five hundred chemical compounds have published exposure standards Fifty thousand have some inherent hazard according to NIOSHA
Fifty thousand have some inherent hazard according to NIOSHA
Which of the following illness can be contracted through cockroaches?
Gastrointestinal
A condition or combination of conditions that, if left uncorrected, might lead to an accident, illness, or property damage is what
Hazard
Frequency of hazard identification depends on the potential ________
Hazard
The major routes of hazardous material into the body are:
Inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, and injection
Select the correct sequence of steps in the accident investigation
Isolate the accident site, record all evidence, photograph or videotape the scene, identify witnesses, interview witnesses
How can stretching help with working and lifting?
It relaxes tendons and joints for added mobility, prevents strain from quick movements, it increases overall health of employee
Rules and procedures
Keep guards and safety devices in place and functioning
Lifting equipment and use of motor vehicles defines:
Kinetic energy
Doing or knowing this is not requred before lifting
Know frequency of lift
Inlifting task analysis, when you divide the wight of the load being lifted by the maximum permissible limit you define
Lifting index
Understanding the hazards associated with a job or process is provided by training and education to which of the following?
Managers, supervisors, and employees
______ are simple, microscopic organisms that can grow virtually anywhere
Molds
Health and safety control measure
Monitoring of chemical and physical hazards that may affect worker's health
Which of the following is not among the factors to be considered in setting a priority for analysis of jobs?
NOt newly established jobs
NIOSHA stands for:
National Institute for occupational safety and health
Three factors that lead to human error in the human factors are...
Overload, inappropriate response, and inappropriate activities
Chemical that initiates or promotes combustion in other materials is referred to as Oxidizers Combustible Flammables Perchloric Acids
Oxidizers
Which of these can cause acute and persistent injury to the nervous system
Pesticides
The three major classifications of hazard are:
Physical, chemical, and biological
Employee evaluation and training
Pre-placement physical exam
M.S.D.S. and product labels must clearly explain
Precautionary measures, hazardous components, and emergency first aid actions
One way to reduce stress among the employees within the workplace is to do what?
Provide adjustable machines or work surfaces
Which of these techniques should not be used to eliminate the hazards?
Replace the worker
The emergency planning and community right to know act is also known as
SARA
Protective devices
Safety glasses
Emergency and accident procedures
Spill cleaning
In the components of the system theory, which of the following is the host? The Person The machine The Environment None
The Person
The employer is responsible for ________ their employees on how to avoid hazards on the jobsite.
Training
A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work.
True
A job step is defined as a segment of the operation necessary to advance the work.
True
A written work procedure based on JSA, can form the basis for regular contact between supervisors and workers
True
Adverse health effect is any change in body function or the structures of cells that can lead to disease or health problems
True
An accident program does not have to take all the axioms into account to be effective
True
Dust mites are in the class arachnidan
True
Employee alertness is independent of type of jobs
True
Environmental, internal, and situational factors are all part of overload
True
Failure mode and effects analysis is a method of detailed hazard analysis
True
Industrial hygienists are concerned with prescribing methods to eliminate stressors
True
It is very important to keep job steps in their correct sequence, as steps which is out of order may introduce hazards which do not actually exist.
True
JSA does not rely on individual memory
True
JSA is a procedure that helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation.
True
Other terms used to describe JSA procedures are job hazard analysis (JHA) and job hazard breakdown
True
Risk assessment is usually considered to be an environmental term, but it is an essential part of the industrial hygiene profession
True
Risk characterization is the final step of risk assessment process
True
Standing for an extended periods,particularly in one place, can produce unsafe levels of stress on the back, legs, and feet.
True
The 4 step teaching method involves preperation, presentation, application, and evaluation
True
The human factors theory of accident causation attributes accidents to a chain of events caused by human error
True
The modern trainer should be knowledgeable about the fundamental principles of learning
True
Theories of accident of accident causation are used to predict and prevent accidents
True
Adverse health effects do not include:
Understanding and controlling hazard
_____ ______ is defined as the lass of events which involve a low level expectedness, availability, and intentions
domino theory
Repeat of #18
hhh
The easiest route of entry into the body is:
inhalation
When lifting something heavy, always lift with your
legs, not back
The three major classifications of hazards are:
physical, chemical, and biological
Product identity, warning information and the name and address of the products manufacturer or importer of every chemical container is found on:
the label
Asbestos can harm a person by exposure of:
the respiratory tract
The accident/identification theory is an extension of the human factors theory
true
Use photographs or videotapes is a very helpful strategy when conducting a JHA
true
xxx
xxx
An MSDS is:
A material safety and data sheet
Ergonomic traps, overload, and/or a decision to error lead to human error in which of the following theories?
Accident/incident theory
Which of the following if exposed can cause cancer?
Asbestos and arsenic
Identify a non-obvious hazard in the list below Chemicals Dust Biological Vibration
Biological
A common way to classify hazards is by which of the following categories:
Biological, chemical, or psychosocial
Of all these identify one that is not a physical hazard: Explosives Oxidizers Flammables Carbon Monoxides
Carbon Monoxides
According to your note, _______ is the root cause of more than 200 million lost work days annually.
Clinical depression
You must know this item of information about any agent to determine if it is hazardous
Concentration
When conducting an accident investigation, you should:
Conduct an accident investigation as soon as possible, document as much as possible through note taking, pictures, and interviewing, and interview witnesses with open ended questions.
Incident investigation
Conducted whenever there is an injury, illness, property damage or near miss
Four basic stages in conducting a JSA exempts:
Determining measures to increase involvement
Safety inspection
Discover unsafe operating methods and work habits that could lead to an injury
_______ is not one of the three reasons why a compliance officer must interview employees.
Enforcement of communication hazard code
The difference between acute and chronic exposure is:
acute is short term, chronic is long term