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What is the primary purpose of emergency preparedness and response in an EMS framework?

  • To manage environmental aspects and impacts
  • To monitor legal compliance and improve procedures
  • To identify potential emergencies and develop response procedures (correct)
  • To ensure a safe workplace for all employees
  • During which process is the EMS periodically reviewed and its operation verified?

  • Emergency Response Planning
  • Internal Audit (correct)
  • Management Review
  • Documentation Control
  • What document would most likely contain records of corrective actions taken in response to nonconformities?

  • Corrective Action Form (correct)
  • Operational Control SOP
  • Retention Time Matrix
  • Environmental Policy
  • Which of the following is NOT an element listed in the ISO 14001:2004 Standard regarding EMS supporting documents?

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    What is the ultimate goal of conducting management reviews within an EMS?

    <p>To achieve continual improvement of the EMS (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following methods is NOT used to monitor performance in a safety program?

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    What is a primary responsibility of host employers regarding contract employees?

    <p>Ensuring safety for contract and temporary employees (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements about the safety committee is true?

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    Which document would NOT typically provide guidance for safety and health programs?

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    What are leading and lagging indicators primarily used for in safety programs?

    <p>To assess safety performance and outcomes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a function of an injury investigation in a safety program?

    <p>To identify unsafe work practices and prevent future incidents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT an element of a management system for safety programs?

    <p>Monitoring financial performance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'S' in SMART goals stand for?

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    Which of the following is NOT a benefit of an Environmental Management System (EMS)?

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    Which of these steps does NOT belong in the basic process of an EMS?

    <p>Reviewing the organization's marketing strategy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What model is associated with continual improvement in environmental management?

    <p>Plan-Do-Check-Act (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ISO 14001 is classified under which category?

    <p>Environmental Management System Standards (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does an EMS help organizations primarily achieve?

    <p>Reduce exposure to liability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect is crucial for ensuring employees' effectiveness in an EMS?

    <p>Environmental awareness and competence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these environmental aspects is NOT directly related to an EMS?

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    Which of the following is a component of setting SMART goals?

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

    Which of the following is true about Environmental Management Systems?

    <p>They can enhance a company's public image. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is defined as 'an element of an organization's activities or products or services that interacts or can interact with the environment'?

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

    Which of the following is a requirement under ISO 14001 regarding product design?

    <p>Address environmental requirements in the design process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle of product stewardship emphasizes minimizing negative impacts throughout a product's lifecycle?

    <p>Value maximization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of supply chain accountability?

    <p>Environmental pollution (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these is NOT a component of establishing environmental goals in an organization?

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    In terms of employee roles in environmental management, what is essential?

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    What should organizations consider when communicating environmental management issues?

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    Which of the following best describes environmental impact?

    <p>It includes both adverse and beneficial changes to the environment. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of product stewardship in practice?

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    What essential role must employees fulfill in the context of environmental responsibility?

    <p>Be trained for their environmental responsibilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following elements is NOT part of the six common elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)?

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    What is the primary focus of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System?

    <p>To support an occupational health and safety policy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a standard format for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems commonly used in the US?

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    What is an important aspect of management leadership within an OHSMS?

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    Which step of an OHSMS focuses on assessing and prioritizing risks?

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    Which of the following is a requirement for continual improvement in an OHSMS?

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    Which element in an OHSMS is responsible for communicating compliance status?

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    What does the ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 standard include as a section?

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    Which of the following is an expected outcome of an effective OHSMS?

    <p>Reduced incidents of injuries and illnesses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Flashcards

    Program Evaluation

    Checking if your safety program is working and making improvements.

    Leading Indicators

    Actions or behaviors that predict future safety performance. They show how well your safety systems are working.

    Lagging Indicators

    Measures of safety performance that have already happened. They are like results.

    Host Employer Responsibility

    Host employers must ensure the safety of contract or temporary workers on their site. This includes providing training and access to safety information.

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    Contract/Temporary Employees

    Workers hired for a specific time period or project, often through an agency.

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    OSHA Comprehensive Safety Program

    A detailed set of guidelines and policies to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.

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    Management Systems

    A structured approach to setting safety goals and achieving them.

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    OHSMS

    A system an organization uses to manage health and safety, including setting policies, planning, implementing, assessing, improving, and reviewing.

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    ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019

    A voluntary standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) popular in the U.S.; it sets guidelines for creating, implementing, and managing a safe work environment.

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    ISO 45001

    Another common international standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) that provides a framework for managing occupational health and safety risks.

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    Management Leadership and Worker Participation

    A key principle in OHSMS, emphasizing that management must lead by example and involve workers in safety decisions and practices.

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    Hazard Identification and Evaluation

    A process for identifying potential dangers in the workplace and assessing their severity.

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    Risk Assessment and Prioritization

    Evaluating the likelihood of a hazard causing harm and determining the order of importance for addressing risks.

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    Risk Elimination, Reduction, or Control

    Taking steps to remove, minimize, or manage the risks identified in the assessment process.

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    Performance Assessment

    Regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the OHSMS to see if it's achieving its goals and identify areas for improvement.

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    Management Review

    A high-level process for evaluating the OHSMS, ensuring it remains effective and aligned with organizational goals and objectives.

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    SMART Goals

    Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic/Relevant, Timebound goals are clear, trackable, attainable, focused, and have a deadline.

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    Continual Improvement

    A process of ongoing evaluation and enhancement to achieve better outcomes and address deficiencies.

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    Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)

    A cyclical process for continuous improvement involving planning, implementation, monitoring, and corrective action.

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    Environmental Management System (EMS)

    A comprehensive framework for controlling environmental impacts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting sustainability.

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    EMS Purpose

    To establish environmental compliance and protection programs, identify applicable regulations, demonstrate commitment, and assign responsibilities.

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    Benefits of EMS

    Competitive advantage, positive public image, minimized legal liabilities.

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    Reviewing Environmental Goals

    Assessing the organization's environmental objectives and aligning them with its overall strategy.

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    Analyzing Environmental Impacts

    Identifying the environmental consequences of the organization's activities and ensuring compliance with regulations.

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    Setting Environmental Objectives

    Defining specific environmental goals to reduce impacts and ensure compliance, along with measurable targets.

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    Environmental Aspect

    An element of a company's activities, products, or services that can interact with the environment.

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    Environmental Impact

    A change to the environment, positive or negative, caused by a company's environmental aspects.

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    Life Cycle Perspective

    Considering the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire lifespan, from raw materials to disposal.

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    Product Stewardship

    Managing the health, safety, and environmental aspects of a product throughout its entire life cycle.

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    Supply Chain Accountability

    Ensuring that all companies involved in a product's journey, from raw materials to final sale, meet environmental standards.

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    Environmental Objectives

    Goals that a company sets to improve its environmental performance.

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    Environmental Targets

    Specific, measurable steps that help a company reach its environmental objectives.

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    Environmental Programs

    Action plans that a company implements to reach its environmental objectives and targets.

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    Employee Training

    Educating employees on environmental responsibilities and how to carry them out.

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    Internal & External Communication

    Sharing environmental information with employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

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    Operational Control

    The process of managing and directing your EMS activities according to your policies, goals, and targets.

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    Emergency Preparedness

    Planning for and responding to potential emergencies by identifying risks, developing procedures, and training your team.

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    Evaluation of Compliance

    Regularly checking to see if your EMS is meeting all legal and other requirements, and keeping records of the results.

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    Nonconformity, Corrective & Preventive Action

    Identifying problems that occur in your EMS, fixing them, and taking steps to prevent them from happening again.

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    Internal Audit

    A periodic review of your EMS to ensure it's working as intended, reporting the findings to senior management.

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    Study Notes

    General Duty Clause

    • A specific OSHA standard may not address every hazard.
    • The General Duty Clause applies in these cases.
    • Four conditions must be met for the General Duty Clause to apply:
      • A hazard exists in the workplace.
      • The hazard is recognized.
      • The hazard is likely to cause serious physical harm to employees.
      • A feasible means exists to reduce the hazard.
    • Examples of hazards covered under the General Duty Clause include:
      • Ergonomics
      • Heat/cold stress
      • Combustible dust
      • Lasers
      • Workplace violence

    Workplace Injuries

    • Ergonomics-related injuries account for 21-33% of workplace injuries.
    • Heat/cold stress resulted in 789 hospitalizations and 54 deaths between 2018 and 2021.
    • Combustible dust incidents in 2021 included 163 fires, 53 explosions, 215 injuries, and 69 deaths. incidents.
    • Laser-related incidents have been limited to 26 since 1999.
    • Workplace violence resulted in 705 deaths and 27,000 lost-time injuries in 2020.

    Two Approaches

    • Comprehensive Safety and Health Program
    • Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
    • Effective programs go beyond specific requirements.
    • They address all hazards.
    • Complying with OSHA standards is important, but comprehensive programs also aim to prevent injuries and illnesses.
    • These programs can reduce injuries, lost workdays, and worker's compensation costs.

    OSHA's Model

    • Management leadership and employee involvement are essential.
    • Comprehensive hazard identification and assessment are crucial.
    • Hazard prevention and control prioritize effective risk reduction.
    • Proper training and education are integral components.
    • Comprehensive program evaluation and improvement are necessary.
    • Effective communication is required with all parties involved including host employees, contractors, and employee staffing agencies.

    Element 1 - Management Leadership

    • Safety and health are integral to company mission and policy.
    • Management should establish a good example (wearing PPE, following rules).
    • Management must enforce safety rules promptly.

    Element 2 - Employee Involvement

    • Employees should know potential hazards.
    • Effective protection is a worker's interest.
    • Group input provides different perspectives.
    • Employee participation promotes program support and use.

    Element 3 - Hazard Analysis

    • Managers and employees analyze worksite conditions.
    • They identify and eliminate existing or potential hazards.

    Hazard Analysis (Details)

    • Reviews all departments.
    • Examines current tasks and proposed changes.
    • Evaluates equipment condition.
    • Reviews work practices and personal protective equipment (PPE).
    • Examines injury and illness reports.

    Element 4 - Hazard Prevention and Control

    • Controls should be selected based on priority.
    • Elimination is ideal, followed by substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and lastly, personal protective equipment (PPE).

    Examples of Eliminating the Hazard

    • Non-needle IV systems
    • Placing valves and controls at ground level
    • Design-based prevention
    • Mechanical systems rather than manual ones

    Examples of Engineering Controls

    • Retracting and self-shielding needles
    • Ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) near water
    • Machine guards, local exhaust ventilation, and chemical fume hoods

    Examples of Administrative Controls

    • Lock-out/tag-out energy sources during maintenance.
    • Banning the recapping of used needles.
    • Job rotation, and good housekeeping

    Examples of PPE

    • Gloves and aprons
    • Goggles and respirators
    • Safety glasses

    Element 5 - Education and Training

    • Proper training is essential for employees.
    • Ensuring employees learn required safety procedures is critical.
    • Identifying and addressing potentially unsafe work practices is vital.

    Element 6 - Program Evaluation & Review

    • Safety committees and employee feedback are important.
    • A self-inspection program should be created for safety.
    • Injury investigations, leading and lagging indicators are important data points.

    Element 7 - Host Employer/Contract Employees

    • Host employers have safety responsibility for contract/temporary workers.
    • Relevant resources and policies are available for reference.

    OSHA Safety and Health Programs

    • Recommended practices promote safety and health.
    • Resources on construction safety are available.

    OUHSC Comprehensive Safety and Health Policy and Program

    • A comprehensive safety and health policy and program is in place.
    • Relevant resources are available for reference.

    Management Systems

    • Systems are for policy and objectives.
    • Six essential elements include: Planning, Policy, Implementation and Operation, Performance Assessment, Management Review, and improvement.

    Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS)

    • OHSMS are systems for organizations to establish safety policy.
    • ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 and ISO 45001 are common examples in the US.

    OHSMS (Details)

    • Management is expected to provide direction and leadership.
    • Extensive worker involvement is expected.
    • Sufficient resources are essential.
    • Hazard identification and evaluation are important.
    • Risk assessment is critical.
    • Risk elimination/reduction/control is important.
    • Injuries and illnesses should be reduced.
    • Improvement opportunities should be identified.
    • Ongoing communication about compliance is crucial.
    • Management must continually review effectiveness.

    ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

    • A voluntary consensus standard.
    • Relevant video and resources are available.

    What's Different

    • SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound).
    • Continual improvement is important.
    • The Plan-Do-Check-Act model is a useful tool.

    Environmental Management Systems

    • Purpose of EMS includes achieving compliance/protection program, and identifying regulations.
    • EMS establishes commitment and responsibility.
    • EMS is not required by law.
    • Benefits include global competitiveness, positive public image, and minimal legal liabilities.

    Basic Process in an EMS

    • Reviewing environmental goals
    • Analyzing environmental impacts and obligations
    • Setting environmental objectives
    • Establishing programs
    • Monitoring progress.
    • Assessing environmental awareness and knowledge.
    • Monitoring progress in the EMS and implementing improvements

    ISO 14001

    • The World's EMS Standard.
    • Relevant resources are available for reference.

    ISO 14000/14001

    • Global series of environmental management systems (EMS).
    • Provides a framework for demonstrating environmental responsibility.
    • Improves compliance, reduces risks, prevents pollution, and wastes, leading to positive public perception.
    • Improving management is important in environmental systems.

    ISO 14001 (Details)

    • Environmental Management System (EMS).
    • Consistent with a life cycle perspective.
    • Controls are established to ensure that environmental requirements are considered throughout the design and development of a product or service.
    • Organizations communicate requirements to external providers (like contractors).
    • Considerations are given to transporting, using/treating products, and disposing of them.

    Product Stewardship

    • Managing the health, safety, and environmental aspects of products throughout their life cycle and across the value chain.
    • Aims to prevent/minimize negative impacts and maximize value.

    Product Stewardship (Sustainability)

    • Principles include product life-cycle analysis.
    • Sustainable product development should consider potential hazards in all stages.
    • Practices focus on waste minimization, reuse, and recycling.

    Procurement

    • Supply chain accountability.
    • Environmental polluters and issues like child labor in the supply chain are considered.
    • Real-world examples (e.g., Nike, Apple, IKEA) are relevant.
    • Ensure access to relevant laws and regulations..

    Objectives, Targets, and Programs

    • Establishing environmental goals, aligns with policy and factors.
    • Action plans are needed to achieve goals and targets.

    Resources, Roles, and Responsibility and Authority

    • Establish roles/responsibilities and provide resources clearly designating authority.

    Competence, Training, and Awareness

    • Ensure employee training and capacity for environmental responsibilities is strong.

    Communication

    • Implement internal and external communication procedures for environmental management issues.

    Operational Control

    • Operations and activities should be managed to align with policy, objectives, and targets.

    Emergency Preparedness and Response

    • Identify potential emergencies and develop procedures for preventing and responding to them.

    Evaluation of Compliance

    • Regularly assess legal requirements and keep records of findings.

    Nonconformity, Corrective Action, and Preventive Action

    • Identify, correct, and prevent recurrence of problems or issues.

    Documentation

    • Maintain adequate records of EMS performance.

    Internal Audit

    • Regular review of commitments, and verification that the EMS is working as planned.
    • Reporting of audit results to senior management.

    Management Review

    • Constantly reviewing the EMS to identify ongoing improvement areas.

    EMS Supporting Documents

    • Details of supporting documents for the EMS, including procedures for creating policies and records.

    Return on Investment

    • The various ways to present Return on Investment for safety and health initiatives.

    The Tip of the Iceberg

    • Direct costs (medical care, compensation of workers etc.).
    • Indirect costs (overtime, decreased morale, retraining etc.).

    OUHSC Example

    • A specific example of a safety training program implementation in higher education.

    Training Lost Billable Costs

    • Lost time for employee training could be offset.

    Injury Lost Billable Costs

    • Injury lost time offset by training which brought in money.

    Total Financial Impact

    • The financial benefits of implementing a safety program was shown by a financial analysis.

    Ways to Show Return on Investment

    • Several resources, useful tools, and examples for demonstrating the ROI of safety programs are available.

    Other Resources

    • Additional resources for learning about the ROI of safety programs are available online.

    Bottom Line

    • Effective safety programs pay off in many ways (reduce injuries/illnesses, lower worker compensation costs, increase productivity/morals). Significant improvements in regulatory fines/costs.

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