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What is the main objective of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

  • To create an unsafe work environment
  • To increase workplace hazards
  • To identify, assess, and prevent hazards in the organization’s workplace (correct)
  • To ignore workplace accidents

    • What is a key element of an effective Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

  • Creating potential hazards in the workplace
  • Ignoring workplace safety
  • Minimizing the risk of accidents and ensuring workplace safety (correct)
  • Maximizing the risk of accidents

    • What is the proactive approach of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) focused on?

  • Implementing unsafe measures across all levels of an organization
  • Ignoring risks and hazards
  • Identifying and eliminating potential hazards in the workplace (correct)
  • Increasing potential hazards in the workplace

    • What are the general industry objectives of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>To recognize the costs of workplace accidents and the benefits of implementing an effective APP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does APP stand for?

    <p>Accident Prevention Plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does an APP involve according to the provided text?

    <p>Assessing risks, implementing preventive measures, and establishing safety protocols</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the long-term commitment of the Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Regular inspections, updates for safety protocols, and preventative actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a benefit of implementing an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Decrease in organizational accidents and saving massive expenses each year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How much does OSHA estimate employers can save for every dollar spent towards active APP?

    <p>$4 to $6</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What caused more than 15,000 education employees to take days away from work in 2018?

    <p>Workplace accidents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the indirect expenses that workplace accidents can cause, according to the text?

    <p>Lost work time, equipment repairs, and replacement employee training</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of information does the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produce?

    <p>Information about workplace injuries and illnesses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can a company calculate its incidence rate, according to the text?

    <p>(<a href="https://data.bls.gov/iirc/">https://data.bls.gov/iirc/</a>)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the most recently published industry data on nonfatal workplace injury and illness be found?

    <p>(<a href="https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables.htm#summary">https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables.htm#summary</a>)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of developing an accident prevention plan (APP), according to the text?

    <p>To protect workers, lower direct and indirect costs of workplace injuries, and boost morale and productivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens every year due to exposure to hazards, according to the text?

    <p>Thousands of workers die</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>To identify, assess, and prevent hazards in the organization's workplace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an APP focused on?

    <p>Minimizing the risk of accidents and ensuring workplace safety</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the elements of an effective Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Identifying potential hazards in the workplace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a proactive approach of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Identifying potential hazards in the workplace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a benefit of implementing an effective Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Ensuring workplace safety</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a general industry objective of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Minimizing the risk of accidents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) according to the provided text?

    <p>To reduce the organization accidents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the indirect expenses that workplace accidents can cause?

    <p>Equipment repairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does OSHA estimate employers can save for every dollar spent towards active APP?

    <p>$4 to $6</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the components involved in a long-term commitment to Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Regular Inspection, Updates for Safety Protocols, and Preventative actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proven strategy to protect workers and lower the direct and indirect costs of workplace injuries?

    <p>Implementing an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produce?

    <p>Workplace injury statistics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proactive approach of an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) focused on?

    <p>Preventative actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the most recently published industry data on nonfatal workplace injury and illness be found?

    <p>(<a href="https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables.htm#summary">https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables.htm#summary</a>)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of developing an accident prevention plan (APP), according to the text?

    <p>Save the organization time and money</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the lasting benefits of implementing an Accident Prevention Plan (APP)?

    <p>Protecting employees and saving massive expenses each year</p> Signup and view all the answers

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