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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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does APP stand for?

<p>Accident Prevention Plan (B)</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 (B)</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 (A)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (A)</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>) (D)</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>) (C)</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 (D)</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 (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an APP focused on?

<p>Minimizing the risk of accidents and ensuring workplace safety (A)</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 (B)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Ensuring workplace safety (D)</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 (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the indirect expenses that workplace accidents can cause?

<p>Equipment repairs (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>Preventative actions (B)</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>) (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 (D)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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