Safety Health and Environment Test 1

What is the Class motto?

Safety is an Attitude, Safety is a Behavior

There is no link between safety and productivity.

true

Which OSHA actions may an employer contest?

-A citation -A proposed penalty -A notice of failure to correct a violation

the four avenue by which harmful chemicals can enter the human body.

-Absorption -Ingestion -Inhalation -Injection

four main types of hazards in a work place

-Biological -Chemical -Ergonomic -Physical

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Process Safety Management standard is required by what regulations?

-Clean Air Act Amendments -Environmental Protection Agency Risk Management Plan

Safe work practices under the Process Safety Management program must apply to what groups of individuals?

-Employees -Contractors

After Elimination and Substitution_______ , ___________, __________and are the three strategies that companies employ to reduce accident in the workplace. -must be listed in the order in which they are employed-

-Engineering Controls -Administrative Controls -Personal Protective Equipment

With regards to an OSHA inspection and finding, what are the right of the employees? Complete the statements:

-The employee may contest - the time allotted to correct the violation -and The employee request - a petition to extend time allotted to correct the violation - - a review of why a citation was not issued if complaint was initiated by an employee

When the employer receives an OSHA citation; the citation must be posted for

-Three working days -violation is fixed

The two primary factors that causes incidents in the workplace are

-Unsafe Acts -Unsafe Conditions

The most common source(s) of injuries in the workplace are the result of

-falls -slips -trips

Worldwide, ______and ____________are the two primary causes of industrial accidents.

-human error -equipment failure

A positive safety attitude is recognizable by the behavior of the employee. To have a positive safety attitude means ________ hazards before they occur and taking steps to _____ those hazards.

-recognizing -eliminate

How many key elements does the Process Safety Management standard requires employer to incorporate in their formal Process Safety Management program?

14

When was the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Created?

1970

At least every [___] years after the completion of the initial process hazard analysis, the process hazard analysis must be updated and re-validated.

5

Within how many hours are employers required to report fatalities and catastrophes to OSHA?

8

An [_____] is an unplanned, undesired event that hinders completion of a task and may cause injury, illness, or property damage or some combination of all three in varying degrees from minor to catastrophic.

Accident

OSHA can take three different types of action on standards. A standard may be: {____________], [___________] and [__________}.

Adopted, Amended, and Revoked.

The two chemical most often responsible for chemical burns are [a] and [b]s a discretionary penalty is:

Alkalies and Acids

Who can report a safety deficiency to OSHA?

Any employee

What material was once considered a "miracle" fiber?

Asbestos

A [____] hazard is a biological substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans.

Biological Hazard

A [____] is any substance that has the potential to cause cancer in living tissues.

Carcinogen

Locally provided first aid, property damage of less than $100, or the loss of fewer than eight hours of work time refers to which category of accident?

Class 3

A fire fueled by common household trash is a:[____] [__] [____]

Class A fire

A fire fueled by petroleum product is a:[____] [__] [____]

Class B fire

An electrical fire is a:[____] [__] [____]

Class C fire

A fire fuel by metals is a:[____] [__] [____]

Class D fire

A OSHA [___________] is a set of standards, rules or regulations relating to a specific area.

Code

Who can identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace and has the authorization to use corrective measures to eliminate the problem? [____] [____]

Competent person

[___________] Occurs when the hazardous material remains on the clothing, hair, skin, or part of a person

Contamination

The [____] [__] [_____] [_____] is a common law that stated if a person's own negligence contributes to causing an accident in which that person is injured, the injured party can't collect any damages (money) from another party who allegedly caused the accident.

Doctrine of Contributory Negligence

Under the Process Safety Management standard, what must be developed for handling releases of hazardous chemicals in the workplace? [____] [____] [____]

Emergency Action Plan

The [___] is responsible for making sure that all work sites are safe and healthful.

Employer

An [____] hazad is a physical factor within the environment that harms the musculoskeletal system.

Ergonomic Hazard

[___________] Occurs when a chemical, infectious material or other agent enters in direct contact with the body.

Exposure

The [____] [_____] [_____] was an Employer bias common-law rule that held; the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.

Fellow Servant Rule

What is the responsibility of the "Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission?

Handle contested Occupational Safety & Health Administration citations

[_____] hazard means a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees.

Health hazard

An investigation of industrial accidents reveal that most are caused by [a]

Human Error

A(n) [_____] [____] inspection is conducted when immediate death or serious harm is likely?

Imminent danger

[_____] [_____] involve a worker being struck by or against an object.

Impact accidents

Engineering controls are designed to ________ hazards.

Minimize

Employers are required to post the following material at locations where employee information is normally displayed: [_______________].

OSHA Poster 2203

[_____] requires employees to train employees to know the physical and health hazards of chemicals in their workplace.

Occupational Safety and Health Administation

The most common cause of work injuries is which of the following?

Overexertion

[___] is the result of employees working beyond their physical limits.

Overexertion

What system/procedure should be employed by an individual when attempting to extinguish a fire? {Acronym required}

PASS

A PEL is the acronym for which OSHA safety requirement?

Permissible Exposure Limit

A [_____] [____] [____] is the maximum amount or concentration of a chemical that a worker may be exposed to under OSHA regulations. -do not use abbreviations or acronym-

Permissible Exposure Limit

When engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective in reducing job related hazards [_____] is required. (DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS OR ACRONYMS)

Personal Protection Equipment

When engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective in reducing job related hazards [_____] is required.

Personal Protective Equipment

OSHA defines a [_____] hazard as a chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a combustible liquid, a compressed gas, explosive, flammable, an organic peroxide, an oxidizer, pyrophoric, unstable (reactive), or water-reactive.

Physical Hazard

A [____] [____] [____] is an organized and systematic effort to identify and analyze the significance of potential hazards associated with the processing or handling of highly hazardous chemicals.

Process Hazard Analysis

What is the goal of OSHA?

Protect the workers of America while on the job

A [______] [________] exist when there is a substantial probability of death or serious physical harm, and the employer knew/should have known of the hazard(s).

Serious violation

Operating procedures provide _____ instructions or details on what steps are to be taken or followed in carrying out the stated procedures.

Specific

An OSHA [_______] is an operational principle, criterion, or requirement—or a combination of these.

Standard

The creation of OSHA provided what important right to workers?

The right to a safe and healthful workplace.

In what priority must employers identify and begin evaluating processes?

Those that pose the greatest risks first

[____] is the degree to which a substance can harm humans or animals.

Toxicity

The Clean Air Acts Amendment (CAAA) requires that the Process Safety Management standard include a list of highly hazards chemicals.

True

The [____] [__] [_____] [__] [_____] was an Employer bias common-law rule based on the theory that people who accept a job assume the risks that go with it.

True

The mission of OSHA is to ensure to the extent possible that every working person in the United States has a safe and healthy working environment so that valuable human resources are preserved and protected.

True

There is a strong correlation between obesity and injuries of all OSHA inspections are result of what circumstance?

True

A(n) [_____] is an intentional or unintentional violation of an established safe work practice, procedure or method.

Unsafe act

A [_______] [________] exist when the employer intentionally and knowingly allowed a hazard to exist.

Willful violation

[____]/[____] [____] involves intentionally neglecting one's responsibility to exercise reasonable care.

Willful/Reckless Conduct

The Process Safety Management standard requires the investigation of each workplace incident that results in _________________________.

a catastrophic release of a highly hazardous chemical

An [______] is an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss.

accident

The employer must certify [___](reporting frequency) that these operating procedures are current and accurate to guard against outdated or inaccurate operating procedures.

annually

The part of the body that is most frequently injured, according to the NSC, is which of the following?

back

During an OSHA inspection, the route of the and the duration of the inspection is determined by [____] [____].

compliance officer

What are the three "E's" of Safety.

engineering, education, enforcement

All Employees must learn to recognize and prevent [_____] in the workplace.

hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's "Process Safety Management" standard emphasizes the management of hazards associated with

highly hazardous chemicals

A [____] is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage - but had the potential to do so.

near miss

[____] occur when there is little traction between the sole of the shoe and the walking surface.

slips

OSHA developed [ ] based on its perception of need at the request of other federal agencies, state and local governments, other standard-setting agencies, labor organizations, or even individual private citizens. OSHA uses the committee approach for developing standards.

standard

What does OSHA believe to be the most important detail about the tasks and procedures related to the process?

they should be well communicated