Exam 4: Hazard Recognition, Risk Assessment, and Control

Nico fell asleep for a minute while driving his company vehicle and narrowly missed hitting a car in the next lane.This would be classified as an OH&S incident.

At the winery,part of Alain's job involves being lowered through a narrow opening into a giant tank to clean it out in between batches.The first step in the plan should be to vent the container and test the air quality to ensure all vapours have been removed.

Which of the following is NOT a general lifting guideline?

Careless stacking of boxes such that the boxes later fall on a coworker would be classified as what type of hazard?

A hazard is any activity that may occur on a day-to-day basis as a direct or indirect result of some human or human-related undertaking.

Jarrett has just taken a transfer from being a retail store manager to a development opportunity as the manager of the retail chain's local distribution centre (warehouse); the new position will help to prepare him for a long-term career in the company.Discuss the pros and cons of three different ways that he can quickly familiarize himself with the hazards facing workers in his new work environment in order to meet his legal responsibilities.

Which of the following is an engineering control?

The Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)uses which of the following indicators ofseverity of consequences?

Scenario 4-1The performing arts (theatre, dance, music) do not always come to mind when hazardous workplaces are being discussed. However, performers at Canada's famed Shaw and Stratford festivals encounter many hazards and OH&S incidents can occur. Imagine a theatre with suspended overhead lights, trapdoors in the stage, on-stage sets that look real but are built of flimsy materials, narrow hallways and stairs, and actors engaged in fight scenes using realistic weapons. The same process of hazard recognition, risk assessment, and control must take place. -Under what legislation could the theatre be liable for failing to maintain the stage in a better condition?

Which of the following is an example of a process modification that would be supported by the Hawthorne studies?

CIUB injuries would fall within what larger category of injuries?

In the context of occupational health and safety,what groups of individuals are most likely to receive kickbacks?

Many of the colloquial (everyday)names for repetitive strain injuries listed in the textbook refer to what part of the body?

Which of the following is an example of a lockout?

List the four levels of probability and the three levels of consequences provided by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).Apply the following hazards facing chefs working in a restaurant kitchen,identifying the injury,likelihood,and typical severity: hot oven,sharp knives,pots with boiling contents,and hard floors.

The consequences of a hazard are assessed through what measure?

Give two different examples of overexertion injuries that an exterior window cleaner working on a multi-story office building might experience.Explain the basic causes of overexertion injuries and discuss the impact of pre-existing conditions on overexertion injuries.

Who is most likely to carry out safety sampling?

Differentiate between engineering controls and administrative controls,giving an example of how each could be applied in a situation where workers have to work outside in the summer (e.g.road crew or roofing crew).

Shutting off power to protect emergency responders is an action taken as part of what stage of hazard control?