Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Terminology Quiz

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What is the definition of an incident in the context of occupational safety and health (OSH)?

  • Something with the potential to cause harm to people, property, or the environment
  • An event that results in a fatal occupational injury or work-related disease/ill health
  • An event that leads to injury, occupational ill-health, property damage, or loss (correct)
  • An event that did not involve injury or ill-health on this occasion but reasonably could have under different circumstances

What is the definition of a hazard in the context of OSH?

  • An event that leads to injury, occupational ill-health, property damage, or loss
  • An event that did not involve injury or ill-health on this occasion but reasonably could have under different circumstances
  • An occurrence resulting in a fatal occupational injury or non-fatal occupational injury
  • Something with the potential to cause harm to people, property, or the environment (correct)

What does OSH-related risk encompass?

  • An occurrence resulting in a fatal occupational injury or non-fatal occupational injury
  • An event that did not involve injury or ill-health on this occasion but reasonably could have under different circumstances
  • The combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event occurring and the projected reasonable worst consequence of the event (correct)
  • An event that leads to injury, occupational ill-health, property damage, or loss

How is a near miss defined in the context of OSH?

<p>An event that did not involve injury or ill-health on this occasion but reasonably could have under different circumstances (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of an accident in the context of OSH?

<p>An occurrence arising out of or in the course of work that results in either a fatal occupational injury or non-fatal occupational injury or work-related disease/ill health (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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