Chapter Two – ACCIDENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS
TRUE OR FALSE: Place T or F in the space provided.
_____1. The contemporary view is that accidents are too costly and that
accident prevention is less costly.
_____2. The cost of accidents in the workplace involves only medical
expenses.
_____3. For people thirty-seven years of age and younger, accidents are the
number one cause of death.
_____4. The leading cause of accidental deaths in the US is motor vehicle
accidents.
_____5. Work accidents have increased with less attention to safety and
health standards in today’s workplace.
_____6. Deaths on the job have increased considerably over the years.
_____7. Lost time is not important when assessing the effect of accidents on
industry.
_____8. Overexertion is the result of employees working beyond their physical
limits.
_____9. Companies can have very little impact on preventing accidents in the
workplace.
_____10. Accident rates are especially high in developing countries because
they do not have safety and health infrastructure in place.
_____11. The rate of fatalities across all occupations in the workplace remains
steady from year to year and rarely changes.
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the letter before the correct answer.
1. The leading cause of deaths in the US is which of the following?
A. Stroke
B. Cancer
C. Heart disease
D. AIDS
2. The most common cause of work injuries is which of the following?
A. Abrasions
B. Overexertion
C. Falls
D. Exposure to radiation/caustics
3. Determining the insured costs of accidents is a simple matter of
A. Examining accounting records
B. Calculating the uninsured costs
C. Estimating cost of accidents
D. None of the above
4. The part of the body that is most frequently injured, according to the NSC,
is which of the following?
A. Legs and <ngers
B. Eyes, head, and feet
C. Back
D. Hands
5. To calculate uninsured costs, accidents are divided into four classes; class
1 accidents consist of
A. Permanent partial disabilities
B. Lost workdays
C. Temporary total disabilities
D. All of the above
6. Which of the following occupations has the highest rate of fatalities on the
job each year?
A. Fishing
B. Attorneys
C. High school teacher
D. O?ce personnel
1. What are the leading causes of death in the United States?
2. When the overall cost of an accident is calculated, what elements make up
the cost?
3. What are the <ve leading causes of accidental deaths in the United
States?
4. What are the leading causes of death in the United States of people
between the ages of 25 and 44?
5. Explain how todays’s rate of accidental work deaths now compares with
the rate of the early 1900s.
6. What are the <ve leading causes of work deaths?
7. What are the <ve leading causes of work injuries by type of accident?
Overexertion, impact accidents, falls, bodily reaction, and compression.
8. When death rates are classi<ed by industry type, what are the three
leading industry types?
9. Rank the following body parts according to frequency of injury from
highest to lowest: neck, <ngers, trunk, back, and eyes.
10. Name three chemicals that frequently cause chemical burns in the
workplace.
11. Identify three factors that contribute to heat burn injuries in the
workplace.
12. Explain the difference between RSI and carpal tunnel syndrome.
13. Explain the reasons for high accident rates in developing countries.