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