HRM 420T Week 1 Apply Assignment

OSHA requires that each employer must furnish a place of employment free from hazards that are likely to cause death or physical harm. What is this statement called?
OSHA’s mission
OSHA’s general standard
OSHA’s public policy
OSHAct intent
The major statistic used by OSHA to measure accidents is called the ________.
Accident occurrence
Incidence rate
Severity rate
Frequency rate
According to statistics, in which location do the fewest accidents occur?
In the home
In public activities
On the highways
At work
When must the OSHA Form 300A, the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, be posted for employees to see?
At the end of each week
The first week of every month
For one day after a recordable incident
From February 1 to April 30 each year
Employers can ask OSHA for a variance from a standard if they can prove ________.
That the standard does not apply to them
That meeting the standard would cause undue hardship on the company
That they have had no recordable incidents in the past five years
That their methods of operation provide employees protection at least as effective as those required by OSHA
John is an employee at a large company. If John is ordered to do a job that he thinks is unsafe, he should ________.
Contact OSHA so they can fine the employer
Tell the safety officer it is unsafe and then continue to do the job
Refuse to do it until it is safe
Tell his supervisor it is unsafe but continue to do the job
What is the first step in OSHA’s three-step standard for creating a safe environment?
Use personal protective equipment to reduce the risk of exposure to the hazard
Have trained emergency medical response personnel available at all times
Follow safe work practices and training to avoid accidents
Use engineering standards or processes to eliminate the hazard
Who must report to OSHA any accident that results in the death of any employee or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees?
All employers except those in the agricultural industry
Government contractors
Federal contractors with contracts of $100,000 or more
All employers
For each hazardous chemical that it uses or stores, a company is required to maintain ________.
A record of the safety training related to that chemical
A list of employees who are authorized to use these chemicals
A separate treatment station for employees who may become infected
A safety data sheet
According to OSHA, how should the responsibility for safety be assigned?
Safety is a management function, and it belongs to all managers, including supervisors
Everyone should feel some responsibility, but one person should be expressly assigned
Safety is top management’s sole responsibility
Everyone should be equally and totally responsible for safety
What are the effects of financial incentives and other extrinsic rewards on safety?
More accidents occur, but fewer accidents are reported.
As a general rule, incentives and rewards neither increase nor decrease safety statistics.
Incentives and rewards improve safety, but only if the rewards are extremely large.
Modest incentives and feedback tend to improve safety.
Employees who provide first aid to injured coworkers are protected from prosecution for unintentional injury or wrongful death by ________.
OSHA’s general standard
The court system’s injunctive relief
OSHA’s first responder standard
The Good Samaritan laws
Accident statistics indicate that the employees most likely to be involved in accidents are ________.
New employees
Employees in the chemical industry
Older employees
Clerical and blue-collar employees
Which of the following is not one of the elements of a good safety program?
Assignment of responsibility to a key executive
Identification and control of hazards
Keeping information about accidents and injuries confidential
Employee awareness and acceptance
What is a program OSHA has established to work with companies in reducing accidents, illnesses, and injuries, that are voluntary, written, long-term agreements which form cooperative relationships between OSHA and groups of employers, employees, union representatives, and other stakeholders?
Voluntary Protection Programs (VPPs)
Safety and Health Recognition Program (SHARP)
Alliances
OSHA Strategic Partnership Programs (OSPP)
Studies examining the effectiveness of OSHA indicate that ________.
OSHA regulations have reduced the costs of production
OSHA has substantially reduced the need for safety training
Accidental deaths at work have decreased since OSHA, but they had also been decreasing before OSHA
Accidents have actually increased in those industries where OSHA has concentrated its efforts
Purchasing insurance is an example of which of the four strategies for risk management?
Transfer
Avoidance
Mitigation
Acceptance
What is one way a company can mitigate a risk?
Reduce the probability the risk will occur
Collaborate with another company for a solution
Avoid making the risk in the first place
Research the risk Unemployment insurance
Payroll protection
Emergency preparedness
Health and wellness
Choosing not to assess a risk falls under which of the four risk management strategies?
Acceptance
Mitigation
Transfer
Avoidance