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True / False Questions
1.
(p. 421)
Even in an organization that has a safety director, the supervisor is still responsible for
carrying out specific safety directives.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
2.
(p. 422)
Workers' compensation is pretty much standardized from state to state.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
3.
(p. 423)
Health insurance protects the employee during a permanent disability.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
4.
(p. 424)
Unsafe personal acts cause the bulk of workplace accidents.
5.
(p. 425)
Poor ventilation is considered to be an unsafe physical working condition.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
6.
(p. 425)
Accident-proneness is simply due to the careless attitude of the employees.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
7.
(p. 425)
Since accident-proneness is a result of inborn traits, it can be used to justify accidents.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
8.
(p. 425)
A frequency rate refers to the severity of accidents in the workplace.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
9.
(p. 426)
Disabling injuries are also known as lost-time injuries.
10.
(p. 427)
Major objectives of ergonomics are to reduce fatigue and accidents due to human error.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
11.
(p. 427)
Publicizing safety statistics and using bulletin boards can promote safety attitudes within
the organization.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
12.
(p. 428)
Supervisors should see to it that new employees know how to do their jobs properly, but
they need not be concerned with experienced employees.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
13.
(p. 428)
The way the supervisor views safety often sets the tone for the way employees view
safety.
14.
(p. 430)
Organizations should adopt a "zero tolerance" policy to deter workplace violence.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
15.
(p. 430)
When discipline is called for, its purpose should be to teach, not to punish.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
16.
(p. 431)
The Occupational Safety and Health Act is applicable to self-employed individuals.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
17.
(p. 434)
Form 301 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act was designed to make it easier to post
and calculate incident rates.
20-5
18.
(p. 434)
The Hazard Communications Standard is also known as the "right to work" rule.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
19.
(p. 435)
The responsibility for identifying hazards posed by a specific chemical rests with the
manufacturer of the product or the importer that brings it into the United States if it is
manufactured abroad.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
20.
(p. 435)
Employers using specific hazardous chemicals are not responsible for meeting hazard
communications requirements.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Multiple Choice Questions
21.
(p. 421)
In order for a safety program to be successful, it must start at the:
Difficulty: 2 Medium
22.
(p. 422)
Workers' compensation:
23.
(p. 423 Fig 20.1)
Which of the following is NOT a feature that is common to virtually all workers'
compensation programs?
Difficulty: 2 Medium
24.
(p. 423)
Which of the following covers such things as normal hospitalization and outpatient doctor
bills?
25.
(p. 423)
Normally, what is the waiting period required following a disability before an employee
becomes eligible for benefits?
Difficulty: 2 Medium
26.
(p. 424)
Experts attribute the vast majority of organizational accidents to unsafe environments
and:
27.
(p. 424)
In which of the following locations do accidents occur MOST frequently?
Difficulty: 2 Medium
28.
(p. 425)
Unsafe physical conditions include all of the following EXCEPT:
Difficulty: 2 Medium
29.
(p. 425)
The two most widely accepted measures of an organization's safety records are:
Difficulty: 2 Medium
30.
(p. 426)
Identify the correct statement about disabling injuries.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
31.
(p. 426)
For an organization's safety record to be objective, all of the following useful comparisons
can be made EXCEPT:
32.
(p. 427)
________________ is also called human engineering.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
33.
(p. 428)
Supervisors are in the best position to promote safety within the organization because:
Difficulty: 2 Medium
34.
(p. 429 Fig 20.6)
Which of the following is an unsafe act as opposed to an unsafe condition in the
workplace?
Difficulty: 1 Easy
35.
(p. 430)
Which of the following is NOT a specific warning sign of a potentially violent employee?
Difficulty: 1 Easy
36.
(p. 431)
Which of the following was an initial criticism of the Occupational Safety and Health Act?
37.
(p. 433)
Identify the correct statement about Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
Difficulty: 2 Medium
38.
(p. 434)
Which of the following statements is true about the forms of the Occupational Safety
Health Act (OSHA)?
20-14
39.
(p. 434)
The goal of the "right to know" rule is to:
Difficulty: 1 Easy
40.
(p. 435)
Identify the incorrect statement about the Hazard Communication Standards.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Short Answer Questions
41.
(p. 422)
Describe any three costs associated with work-related accidents.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
42.
(p. 423)
Define disability insurance.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
43.
(p. 424)
List potential reasons for employees committing unsafe personal acts.
44.
(p. 425)
Discuss accident-proneness.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
45.
(p. 427)
Discuss ergonomics and its major objectives.
46.
(p. 428)
List any three ways the supervisor can prevent accidents.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
47.
(p. 431)
What does OSHA stand for and what is its purpose?
48.
(p. 431)
List any three things the Occupational Safety and Health Administration do under OSHA.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
49.
(p. 434)
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, when are employers required to
record work-related injuries or illnesses?
50.
(p. 434)
What is the Hazard Communications Standard?
