Exam 11: Laws Affecting Workplace Health and Safety

Which is an example of a workers' compensation claim that an employer may challenge on the grounds that the injury is the result of misconduct on the part of the employee?

Which of the following Acts covers injured federal workers?

What is a variance in relation to OSHA standards? How would an employer go about requesting one?

OSHA inspectors may issue one of __________ citations for any violation of the OSH Act.

Forms 300 and 301 are the primary recording and reporting forms established by OSHA.

Like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the OSH Act permits individual states to establish and manage their own safety and health programs for the private sector.

Once OSHA has developed a proposed standard, it must publish its recommendation in the Federal Register.

Which is not a possible citation that could be issued by OSHA?

Employers are required by law to automatically admit compliance safety and health officers onto their premises.

In this defense, the employer asserts that an employee's injuries or illness were derived from the accidental actions of another employee.

Currently, there are workers' compensation laws in:

Explain the three common law defenses afforded to employers in workers' compensation cases.What are some of the ways that an employer could establish each?

Benefits for disability income are generally payable based upon the disabled worker satisfying a waiting period, typically from __________.

Employers with fewer than _____ employees are exempt from maintaining specific records of job-related injuries and illnesses unless they are selected for the BLS survey.