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What is the primary benefit of inspecting hoisting and rigging equipment before each job?

  • It ensures all equipment is certified.
  • It reduces the maintenance costs of the equipment.
  • It provides the greatest protection against defective equipment. (correct)
  • It increases the speed of the job.

    • Which type of fail-safe design maintains an energized state until corrective action occurs?

  • Fail-operational
  • Fail-active (correct)
  • Fail-secure
  • Fail-passive

    • Which of the following are considered indirect costs related to an incident?

  • Direct compensation paid to injured workers.
  • Repair costs for damaged equipment.
  • Medical expenses for the injured employee.
  • Cost of time lost by supervisors. (correct)

    • What does a quantified fault tree provide regarding the top event?

    <p>A projection of its occurrence rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fail-safe design allows functions to continue safely until corrective actions can be taken?

    <p>Fail-operational</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Energy Theory propose regarding incidents and injuries?

    <p>They involve a transfer of energy between objects and/or people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a Gantt Chart?

    <p>A bar chart that manages and controls projects with specific timelines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)?

    <p>To standardize hazard communication globally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement correctly represents a GHS label element?

    <p>Signal words must indicate the severity of the hazard.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are Safety Data Sheets (SDS) primarily used for?

    <p>To provide essential hazard communication information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which precautionary statement class focuses on response actions in case of chemical exposure?

    <p>Response</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What symbol is commonly used for harmful chemicals and irritants under the GHS?

    <p>Exclamation mark</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does workers' compensation aim to provide for employees injured on the job?

    <p>Lost wages, medical expenses, and compensation for loss of limb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes Manual Rates in the context of workers' compensation insurance?

    <p>Premiums are uniformly derived from the state’s rate book</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are Premium Discounts in workers' compensation insurance primarily based on?

    <p>The administrative costs for managing larger companies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Experience Ratings in insurance are used to determine what aspect of employment classifications?

    <p>The average losses associated with each classification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Department of Transportation (DOT) primarily governs what aspect of the industry?

    <p>Economic concerns in transportation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Process Safety Management focus on preventing?

    <p>Chemical spills and hazardous releases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

    <p>To coordinate pollution reduction programs and protect the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of BAC in safety management contexts?

    <p>Blood Alcohol Concentration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organization is responsible for establishing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)?

    <p>National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of an Energy Analysis?

    <p>Analyzing the transfer of energy in a system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?

    <p>To identify and mitigate potential design process failures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) evaluate?

    <p>The effects of various faults within a system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Change Analysis primarily seek to do?

    <p>Document the effects of changes on a system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element of a SWOT analysis?

    <p>Assessing opportunities and threats in relation to business strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a Database Management System (DBMS) help track in a safety context?

    <p>Safety data like hazardous materials and inspections</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main aim of modeling in safety engineering?

    <p>To observe behaviors related to physical phenomena</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Defensive Driving promote?

    <p>An alert driving behavior to prevent accidents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Hazard Communication Standard ensure?

    <p>Notification of workers about chemical hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an outcome of the concepts tree in Fire Safety?

    <p>To outline fire safety objectives and necessary actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two parts of accepted risk?

    <p>Risk that is known and accepted versus risk that is unknown and accepted by default.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does residual risk represent?

    <p>Risk that remains after safety measures have been applied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of mitigation in safety management?

    <p>To reduce the probability and/or severity of a mishap.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement correctly defines ALARP?

    <p>A level of risk as low as reasonably possible while remaining acceptable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What constitutes a mishap?

    <p>An unplanned event leading to death, injury, or damage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic is NOT part of the SMART goal criteria?

    <p>Management-oriented</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does ANSI/ASSP Z10 provide?

    <p>Management system requirements for improving occupational health and safety.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is considered part of risk mitigation?

    <p>Implementing training and procedures to improve safety.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'as low as reasonably practical' imply in risk management?

    <p>Risks must be managed to acceptable levels within practical limits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT a goal of risk management?

    <p>To completely eliminate all risks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Topic: Safety Management Systems

    • Safety is important for humanitarian reasons, legal compliance, and cost considerations.
    • An accident is an unexpected event that results in injury, loss, or damage.
    • A hazard is a condition or circumstance that has the potential to cause an incident, injury, illness, or other loss.
    • Direct costs are expenses such as medical costs and time off work for the injured employee.
    • Indirect costs are hidden costs such as time wasted, lost production, and costs for supporting an injured employee.
    • ANSI Z10 is a voluntary consensus standard on occupational health and safety management systems.
    • Heinrich's Incident Theories proposes a 4:1 ratio between direct and indirect costs.
    • ANSI is the American National Standards Institute.
    • AIHA is the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
    • The PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle is used for developing a safety system.

    Topic: Single-Point Failure

    • A single-point failure is a component or subsystem failure that causes the entire system or process to fail.

    Topic: Domino Theory

    • The domino theory in accident analysis proposes that an accident is a chain of events, like falling dominoes.

    Topic: Energy Theory

    • The theory proposes most incidents involve an energy transfer between objects or people.

    Topic: Project Management

    • The cycle for defining, initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals.

    Topic: Gantt Charts

    • A time and activity bar chart for planning, managing and controlling major projects with distinct beginnings and ends..

    Topic: Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

    • An international approach to communication, classification, and labeling of chemical hazards and safety data sheets.

    Topic: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

    • A document required by OSHA to convey hazard communication about the material.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Symbols

    • Hazard information is conveyed by pictograms framed in red diamonds.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Hazard Statements

    • Standard phrases used to avoid potential hazards.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Precautionary Statements

    • Standardized statements to prevent or avoid adverse effects or potential hazards.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Product Identifier

    • An ingredient disclosure describing names, identifying numbers, and chemical identities.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Supplier Identification

    • The names, addresses, and telephone numbers for the product's supplier.

    Topic: GHS Label Elements-Supplemental Information

    • Information that further clarifies standardized hazard information.

    Topic: Carcinogenicity

    • The ability of a substance to cause cancer.

    Topic: LC50

    • Concentration at which 50% of a population is killed by exposure.

    Topic: LD50

    • Dose at which 50% of a population is killed by exposure.

    Topic: Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)

    • Standards for employee exposure set by OSHA.
    • OSHA standards for employee exposure set by NIOSH.

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

    • A limit set by the ACGIH, representing the maximum acceptable exposure of workers to a hazard over a specific period of time.

    Topic: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

    • Safety equipment to protect a user from exposure to a hazard.

    Topic: Chemical Protective Clothing (CPC)

    • Protective equipment to protect a user from chemical exposure.

    Topic: Implied Warranty

    • A product does not perform according to the manufacturer's claims.

    Topic: Express Warranty

    • A guarantee of what a product can do, often used in advertising.

    Topic: Negligence

    • Failure caused by a person or corporation, a lack of due diligence or inappropriate actions.

    Topic: Strict Liability

    • When characteristics of a product are unreasonably dangerous.

    Topic: Workers' Compensation Insurance

    • A system for protecting workers from unforeseen job incidents.

    Topic: Workers' Compensation

    • Acts to proactively protect workers from financial losses from workplace accidents.

    Topic: Manual Rates

    • Premiums are applied directly, equally for all companies in the state's ratebook.

    Topic: Schedule Rates

    • Employers can seek discounts by utilizing hazard reduction techniques.

    Topic: Experience Rating Prospective

    • Average losses are determined for employment classifications.

    Topic: Experience Rating Retrospectively

    • Claims affect rates in a policy year.

    Topic: Fixed Rate Premiums

    • Manual rates in effect when the policy is issued.

    Topic: Premium Discounts

    • Premium discounts are possible due to lower administrative costs of insuring large companies.

    Topic: Competitive Premium Rates

    • Insurance rates are based on the same manual rate book for all companies.

    Topic: Department of Transportation (DOT)

    • The federal government agency governing economic concerns in the transport industry.

    Topic: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

    • The federal government agency administering highway traffic safety.

    Topic: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

    • The professional society for automotive engineers.

    Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)

    • Federal safety standards for motor vehicles.

    Topic: Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

    • The federal agency administering highway construction and maintenance.

    Topic: Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)

    • The concentration level of alcohol in the blood.

    Topic: Process Safety Management

    • A standard developed by OSHA.

    Topic: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    • An independent federal agency coordinating programs aimed at regulating pollution.

    Topic: Permit-Required Confined Space

    • A space containing hazardous atmospheres, materials that engulf, traps, or asphyxiates the entrant, or other serious safety/health hazards.

    Topic: Entry Attendant

    • The person stationed outside the confined space to monitor conditions, prevent unauthorized entry, and summon emergency services if necessary.

    Topic: Authorized Entrant

    • The specific person authorized to enter a permit-required confined space.

    Topic: Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)

    • First duty: evaluating all U.S. imports/productions of chemicals for physical and health hazards. Second duty: transmitting this information to exposed employees.

    Topic: Acute Exposure

    • Short duration, high concentration exposure to hazardous chemicals. It usually causes symptoms within 24 hours.

    Topic: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health

    • The assistant or designated rep for occupational Safety and Health administration

    Topic: Article

    • A manufactured item with a specific form, function and design, typically dependent on its form for functionality.

    Topic: Chemical (Materials)

    • An element, compound, or mixture of elements or compounds.

    Topic: Chemical Manufacturers

    • Employers, in workplaces where chemicals are produced or distributed.

    Topic: Chemical Name

    • Scientific designation according to the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) and CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) systems.

    Topic: Chronic Exposure

    • Repeated exposure to low-level concentrations of hazardous chemicals.

    Topic: Common Name

    • A designation for a chemical other than the chemical name. Any code number or general designation including brand or trade name.

    Topic: Compressed Gas

    • Gasses, with a container, exceeding 40 psi at 70 degrees F (or 104 psi at 130 degrees F) or exceeding vapor pressure exceeding 40 psi at 100 degrees F.

    Topic: Container

    • For the purpose of HCS, a bag, barrel, or other vessel for holding hazardous chemicals that is not a part of a piping or operating system.

    Topic: Designated representative

    • A person or entity given a written authorization to exercise employee rights under safety codes.

    Topic: Director (of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

    • Responsible for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

    Topic: Distributor

    • A business that supplies hazardous chemicals to other, non-manufacturing, distributors or to employees.

    Topic: Employee

    • A worker who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals in any work condition or foreseeable emergency.

    Topic: Employer

    • A person engaged in a business where chemicals are used, distributed, or produced, or a contractor or subcontractor in such a business.

    Topic: Explosive

    • A chemical that produces a sudden release of gas, pressure or heat when exposed to sudden shock, pressure or high temperature.

    Topic: Exposure or exposure posed

    • The instance of being exposed to or the potential to be exposed to hazardous chemical(s) while at work.

    Topic: Flammable

    • A chemical that forms a flammable mixture with air, is highly flammable, or in liquid/solid form.

    Topic: Flammable Liquid

    • A liquid with a flash point temperature below 100 degrees F.

    Topic: Flashpoint

    • Minimum temperature for a liquid to give off any vapor in an enough concentration to be ignitable.

    Topic: Hazardous Chemical

    • Any chemical that poses a health hazard or physical hazard in the workplace.

    Topic: Hazard Warning

    • A warning of hazards in the form of words, symbols, pictures or combination thereof on labels or other forms of warnings to convey information on the container.

    Topic: Health Hazard

    Topic: Identity

    Topic: Immediate Use

    • The hazardous chemical will be used, controlled, or transferred by only one person over the same work shift.

    Topic: Inherently Dangerous to Life & Health (IDL&H)

    • The maximum level possible of hazardous materials that a worker can be exposed to for 30 minutes without suffering harm.

    Topic: Importer

    • The first business entity in the US that receives hazardous chemicals produced outside of the US for distribution within the US.

    Topic: Label (of Hazard Information)

    • Any written, printed, or graphic material displayed on or affixed to a container for hazardous chemicals.

    Topic: Mixture

    • Any combination of 2 or more substances not chemically combined.

    Topic: Organic Peroxide

    Topic: Oxidizer

    Topic: Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)

    • Allowable exposure limit to certain substances in a workplace . 8-hour working day or 40 hours per week. Set by NIOSH and enforced by OSHA.

    Topic: Physical Hazard

    • A chemical having a particular physical form, which includes combustible liquid, compressed gas, explosive, flammable, organic peroxide, oxidizer, pyrophoric, unstable (reactive), or water-reactive.

    Topic: Produce

    Topic: Pyrophoric

    • A chemical that will ignite spontaneously in air at a temperature of 130 degrees F or below.

    Topic: Responsible Party

    • The person who can provide information about the specific hazards and applicable emergency response procedures.

    Topic: Specific Chemical Identity

    • The precise chemical designation described for identification of a substance.

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Ceiling (TLV-C)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Short-Term Exposure Limit (TLV-STEL)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Time-Weighted Average (TLV-TWA)

    Topic: Trade Secret

    • Confidential information or data used by an employer that gives them an advantage over competitors.

    Topic: Unstable (Reactive)

    Topic: Usage

    Topic: Water-Reactive

    Topic: Work Area

    Topic: Workplace

    Topic: Hazard Control

    Topic: Prevention Safety Engineering

    Topic: Safety Practices

    Topic: Gross Negligence

    Topic: Contributory Negligence

    Topic: Comparative Negligence

    Topic: Willful/Reckless Conduct

    Topic: Liability

    Topic: Care

    Topic: Reasonable Care

    Topic: Great Care

    Topic: Slight Care

    Topic: Selecting Preventative Actions

    Topic: Heinrich's Axioms of Industrial Safety

    Topic: Petersen's Accident/Incident Theory

    Topic: Ergonomic Traps

    Topic: Systems Failure

    Topic: Common Causes of Accidents

    Topic: Reactive Approach to Accident Prevention

    Topic: Proactive Approach to Accident Prevention

    Topic: Frequency Strategy

    Topic: Severity Strategy

    Topic: Cost Strategy

    Topic: Multiple-Factor Theory

    Topic: Factors Affecting Incidents

    Topic: Energy Theory

    Topic: Domino Theory

    Topic: Financial Justification

    Topic: Hierarchy of Controls

    Topic: Physical Controls

    Topic: Work Practice Controls

    Topic: Workers' Compensation Insurance

    Topic: Experience Modification Factor (X-Mod)

    Topic: Comprehensive Case Management

    Topic: Workers' Compensation Laws

    Topic: Business Continuity Plan

    Topic: System Failures

    Topic: Emergency Response Plan

    Topic: Disaster Recovery Plan

    Topic: Sheltering in Place

    Topic: Investigations

    Topic: Immediate Accident Investigation

    Topic: Incident Reporting System

    Topic: Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

    Topic: Audit

    Topic: Inspections

    Topic: Effective Audit Program

    Topic: Internal Audit

    Topic: External Audit

    Topic: ISO Registrar

    Topic: Combined Audit

    Topic: Joint Audit

    Topic: Basic steps of BBS Process

    Topic: Nonconformance Areas

    Topic: Areas of Concern

    Topic: Opportunities for Improvement

    Topic: Estimating the Cost of Accidents

    Topic: Product Liability

    Topic: Reason Action Able Injury or Damage

    Topic: Losses

    Topic: Direct Costs

    Topic: Task Analysis

    Topic: Common Metrics Used to Assess Performance

    Topic: Risk Analysis

    Topic: Risk Determination

    Topic: Risk Acceptance

    Topic: Risk Characterization

    Topic: Job Safety Analysis

    Topic: Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

    Topic: Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)

    Topic: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

    Topic: Change Analysis

    Topic: SWOT Analysis

    Topic: Database Management System (DBMS)

    Topic: Modeling

    Topic: Energy Analysis

    Topic: Fire Safety Concepts Tree

    Topic: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

    Topic: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

    Topic: Change Analysis

    Topic: SWOT Analysis

    Topic: Database Management Systems (DBMS)

    Topic: Modeling

    Topic: Hazard Communication Standard

    Topic: Global Harmonization System (GHS)

    Topic: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

    Topic: Sections of the SDS

    Topic: Carcinogenicity

    Topic: ISO 14001

    Topic: Management Review System

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Ceiling (TLV-C)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Short-term Exposure Limit (TLV-STEL)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Time-Weighted Average (TLV-TWA)

    Topic: Trade Secret

    Topic: Unstable (Reactive)

    Topic: Usage

    Topic: Water-reactive

    Topic: Work Area

    Topic: Workplace

    Topic: Hazard Control

    Topic: Prevention Safety Engineering

    Topic: Safety Practices

    Topic: Gross Negligence

    Topic: Contributory Negligence

    Topic: Comparative Negligence

    Topic: Willful/Reckless Conduct

    Topic: Liability

    Topic: Care

    Topic: Reasonable Care

    Topic: Great Care

    Topic: Slight Care

    Topic: Selecting Preventative Actions

    Topic: Heinrich's Axioms of Industrial Safety

    Topic: Petersen's Accident/Incident Theory

    Topic: Ergonomic Traps

    Topic: Systems Failure

    Topic: Common Causes of Accidents

    Topic: Reactive Approach to Accident Prevention

    Topic: Proactive Approach to Accident Prevention

    Topic: Frequency Strategy

    Topic: Severity Strategy

    Topic: Cost Strategy

    Topic: Multiple-Factor Theory

    Topic: Factors Affecting Incidents

    Topic: Energy Theory

    Topic: Domino Theory

    Topic: Financial Justification

    Topic: Hierarchy of Controls

    Topic: Physical Controls

    Topic: Work Practice Controls

    Topic: Workers' Compensation Insurance

    Topic: Experience Modification Factor (X-Mod)

    Topic: Comprehensive Case Management

    Topic: Workers' Compensation Laws

    Topic: Business Continuity Plan

    Topic: System Failures

    Topic: Emergency Response Plan

    Topic: Disaster Recovery Plan

    Topic: Sheltering in Place

    Topic: Investigations

    Topic: Immediate Accident Investigation

    Topic: Incident Reporting System

    Topic: Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

    Topic: Audit

    Topic: Inspections

    Topic: Effective Audit Program

    Topic: Internal Audit

    Topic: External Audit

    Topic: ISO Registrar

    Topic: Combined Audit

    Topic: Joint Audit

    Topic: Basic steps of BBS Process

    Topic: Nonconformance Areas

    Topic: Areas of Concern

    Topic: Opportunities for Improvement

    Topic: Estimating the Cost of Accidents

    Topic: Product Liability

    Topic: Reason Action Able Injury or Damage

    Topic: Losses

    Topic: Direct Costs

    Topic: Task Analysis

    Topic: Common Metrics Used to Assess Performance

    Topic: Risk Analysis

    Topic: Risk Determination

    Topic: Risk Acceptance

    Topic: Risk Characterization

    Topic: Job Safety Analysis

    Topic: Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

    Topic: Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)

    Topic: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

    Topic: Change Analysis

    Topic: SWOT Analysis

    Topic: Database Management Systems (DBMS)

    Topic: Modeling

    Topic: Energy Analysis

    Topic: Fire Safety Concepts Tree

    Topic: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

    Topic: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

    Topic: Change Analysis

    Topic: SWOT Analysis

    Topic: Database Management Systems (DBMS)

    Topic: Modeling

    Topic: Hazard Communication Standard

    Topic: Global Harmonization System (GHS)

    Topic: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

    Topic: Sections of the SDS

    Topic: Carcinogenicity

    Topic: ISO 14001

    Topic: Management Review System

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Ceiling (TLV-C)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Short-term Exposure Limit (TLV-STEL)

    Topic: Threshold Limit Value Time-Weighted Average (TLV-TWA)

    Topic: Trade Secret

    Topic: Unstable (Reactive)

    Topic: Usage

    Topic: Water-reactive

    Topic: Work Area

    Topic: Workplace

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