Chapter Twenty-Eight – PROMOTING SAFETY
TRUE OR FALSE: Place T or F in the space provided.
_____1. The purpose of safety promotion is to keep employees focused on
doing their work the safe way, every day.
_____2. Ongoing safety training will promote safety in the workplace.
_____3. Another way to promote safety through employee involvement is the
safety committee.
_____4. Visual awareness is important in promoting safety within the
workplace.
_____5. Suggestion programs promote safety by involving employees in a
way that allows them to feel ownership in the safety program.
_____6. When handled properly, incentive programs can be an e’ective way
to promote safety in the workplace.
_____7. Asking employees to sign a declaration of safety does not improve a
company’s safety policy.
_____8. Employers are not required to have rules that ensure a safe and
healthy workplace.
_____9. Workplace safety is one of the least likely issues to create
disagreement between union/management.
_____10. The two approaches to persuasive communication are projective
and receptive communication.
_____11. O’-the-job safety is important because it can a’ect on-the-job
productivity.
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the letter before the correct answer.
1. When developing safety rules and regulations:
A. Minimize the number of rules to the extent possible
B. Reduce cost as much as possible
C. The more rules, the better the safety policy
D. Make rules complex enough that the employees will not understand
2. One of the best ways to promote safety in the workplace is:
A. After-the-fact reports
B. Ongoing safety training programs
C. Increase production rates
D. Reduce production rates
3. Which of the following statements is true of o’-the-job safety injuries?
A. O’-the-job injuries cost organizations more than $800 per employee
each year
B. O’-the-job injuries cause the loss of more than 225 million days of
lost production time each year
C. Future lost production time resulting from o’-the-job injuries is
estimated to exceed 500 million days.
D. All of the above.
4. Which of the following might be included in an o’-the-job safety training
program?
A. List of applicable OSHA standards
B. Drowning prevention
C. Forklift operation
D. None of the above
5. A company’s safety policy should convey the following message:
A . A companywide commitment
B. Expectation that employees will work safety
C. The company’s commitment includes customers and the community
D. All of the above
Answers
10. T
5. D
1. What messages should a company’s safety policy convey?
2. Explain why promoting safety by example is so important.
3. What are the employer’s obligations regarding rules and regulations?
4. Explain the concept of negligence as it relates to a company’s safety.
5. What is the signiAcance of objectivity and consistency when enforcing
safety rules?
6. Why is employee participation/involvement so critical in the promotion of
safety?
7. If your task was to establish a safety committee, whom would you ask to
serve on it?
8. List three beneAts companies gain from asking employees to sign a
declaration of safety.
9. What are the steps for ensuring that incentives actually promote safety?
10. What problems can be caused by poorly designed incentives?
11. What are the characteristics of e’ective teams?
12. Explain the concept of persuasive communication.