Chapter 14 – Employee Health and Safety
Chapter 14 Employee Health and Safety
True/False Questions
[QUESTION]
1. OSHA’s has workplace standards for most potential hazards, with the exception of noise
levels in the work place.
2. The concept of liability without fault provides that workers who are victims of work-related
injury or illness are granted benefits regardless of who is responsible for the accident, injury,
or illness.
3. One of the highlights of the Workers’ Compensation law applying to employees is that a
petition for benefits must usually be filed within a year of the original decision.
4. The benefits paid when an employee has lost work is typically about one-third of the
regular average weekly wage.
5. Federal law provides compensation to workers for mental or nervous injury caused due to
stress.
6. In civil law, negligence must be established through litigation before any compensation is
awarded.
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[QUESTION]
7. The OSHA was created in 1990 to reduce occupational diseases and on-the-job injuries.
8. The function of the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (OSHRC) agency
is to issue standards, conduct inspections, citations, and variances.
9. The purpose of OSHA does not include providing training programs to increase the number
and competence level of occupational safety and health personnel.
10. OSHA has responsibility for approving and monitoring state plans.
11. Occupational injuries resulting in loss of consciousness must be recorded to be in
compliance with OSHA.
12. Penalties of up to $70,000 may be proposed for each willful OSHA violations, with a
minimum penalty of $5,000 for each violation.
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[QUESTION]
13. A discretionary penalty of up to $7,000 may be enforced for each serious OSHA violation.
14. Voluntary Protection Program participants are subject to routine OSHA inspections.
15. All employees, including workers who are self-employed and public employees in state
and local government are covered under OSHA.
16. One of the criticisms of OSHA is that its focus is on unsafe working conditions, and it
pays little attention to employee behavior.
17. In order to ensure a corporate culture that incorporates safety, attention needs to be on in
three areas environment, behaviors and people.
18. Selective hiring is achieved through the selective exclusion of high-risk employees.
19. Random drug testing is illegal under the Drug Free Workplace Act, companies are limited
to pre-employment testing.
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[QUESTION]
20. EAPS are a complimentary to drug testing programs, providing for voluntary treatment of
employees who test positive during random drug testing, and training for mangers on making
constructive confrontations.
Multiple Choice Questions
[QUESTION]
21. Worker’s compensation is based upon the principle that, victims of a work-related injury
or illness:
A) are granted benefits regardless of who is responsible for the accident, injury, or illness.
B) must prove that the employer directly or indirectly caused the accident, injury, or illness in
order to receive benefits.
C) must sue the company in order to receive benefits.
D) are most likely to sue OSHA for wrongful-doing.
E) should be granted compensation only at the discretion of the employer and the union.
22. Which of the following is associated with workers compensation?
A) Hazard communication
B) Right to know
C) Liability without fault
D) Comparable worth
E) Define contribution
23. OSHA does NOT have responsibility for which of the following?
A) Developing enforceable standards.
B) Record keeping and reporting.
C) Inspection of the workplace.
D) Inspection of record-keeping forms.
E) Inspection of employee payslips.
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24. Under OSHA requirements:
A) employers with 8 or more employees must maintain records of occupational injuries and
illnesses as they occur.
B) all employers irrespective of the size of their organization must maintain records of
occupational injuries and illnesses as they occur.
C) employers with 11 or more employees must maintain records of occupational injuries and
illnesses as they occur.
D) employers in only those industries listed as “most hazardous” must keep records of
occupational injuries and illnesses as they occur.
E) all unions must maintain safety records.
25. Occupational injuries must be recorded in all of the following instances EXCEPT when
the injury results in:
A) a restriction of motion.
B) first aid treatment.
C) transfer to another job.
D) one or more lost workdays.
E) loss of consciousness.
26. In Marshall v. Barlow’s Inc. (1978), the Supreme Court ruled that:
A) employers with 25 or more employees must maintain records of occupational injuries and
illnesses as they occur.
B) pre-employment screening for accident proneness is illegal.
C) the employer must develop job safety and health standards.
D) all public-sector employers must maintain safety records.
E) OSHA may not conduct warrantless inspections without an employer’s consent.
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27. Merit Voluntary Protection Programs:
A) is the most demanding and most prestigious of the OSHA voluntary protection programs.
B) are designed for worksites with Star level quality safety and health protection to test
alternatives to current Star eligibility and performance requirements.
C) motivate other companies to achieve excellent safety and health results in the same
outstanding way.
D) is by far the most effective employee approach to safety.
E) is required under Workers Compensation.
28. Employer responsibilities under OSHA include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Refrain from discriminating against employees who properly exercise their rights under
the act.
B) Employ color codes, posters, labels, or signs in several languages to warn employees of
potential hazards.
C) Request a closing discussion with the compliance officer following an inspection.
D) Examine workplace conditions to ensure they conform to applicable standards.
E) Minimize or reduce safety and health hazards.
29. Employee rights under OSHA include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Filing safety or health grievances.
B) Complaining to an employer, union, OSHA, or any other government agency about job
safety and health hazards.
C) Provide medical examinations when required by OSHA standards.
D) Participating on a workplace safety and health committee or in union activities concerning
job safety and health.
E) Participating in OSHA inspections, conferences, hearings, or other OSHA-related
activities.
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30. You are looking for a way to reduce or eliminate higher accident rates among younger
workers. What is a safety intervention you might consider?
A) Hiring only candidates between the ages of 35 and 39.
B) Provide mandatory safety training for hazardous jobs.
C) Ensure that pay for performance plans only focus on quantity of work.
D) Provide training only post-accident.
E) Initiate a team based competition to increase production.
31. The right-to-know provision of OSHA specifies employees’ right to know if:
A) Someone they work with has a communicable disease.
B) Someone they work with has a violent history.
C) They are working with unsafe substances.
D) They are working with a sex offender.
E) They are working with unsafe machinery.
32. Companies should make sure that their drug testing policy includes all of the following
EXCEPT:
A) Notice to employees (or applicants) that drug testing will be conducted and the procedures
to be used.
B) A careful chain of custody to ensure that samples are not lost, mixed up, or switched.
C) A dignified but secure method of collecting samples.
D) Confirmation of all positive drug results with more sensitive tests.
E) Opportunity for the individual to not disclose which prescription or over-the-counter drugs
he/she uses.
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[QUESTION]
33. The “Guide to Workplace Smoking Policies” recommends that employers should:
A) Ban smoking entirely from the workplace due to its negative consequences.
B) Not hire job applicants who smoke.
C) Create separate ventilated smoking areas.
D) Punish those employees who do not quit smoking within a six-month period.
E) Offer incentives to employees who try to quit smoking.
34. Which of the following is an indicator of highly injurious level of workplace violence?
A) Pushing, fistfights
B) Theft
C) Sabotage
D) Psychological trauma
E) Major violations of company policy
35. Prolonged (20 hours or more) exposure to video display terminals has been associated
with:
A) High levels of drug abuse.
B) Higher risks of miscarriage.
C) Hearing problems.
D) Speech problems.
E) Alcoholism.
36. __________ is now a very common workers’ compensation claim in jobs involving
essentially the same movements over and over again.
A) Rorschach Survey Interest
B) Research Survey Interest
C) Repetitive Stretch Injury
D) Repetitive Strain Injury
E) Research Safety Institute