Exam 15: Safety, Health, and Employee Assistance Programs

Which government agency conducts research on the causes and prevention of occupational injury and illness?

Although OSHA is a federally run program,the act allows states to develop and administer their own programs if they are approved by the:

_____ attempt to increase safe behaviors.

Employees are guaranteed access to Form 300 at their workplaces,and the records must be maintained for five years following the calendar year they cover.

Which of the following is the most common workplace injury?

Give at least two reasons why safety rules may not be obeyed.

Which of the following is NOT an OSHA record keeping requirement?

_____ inform employees of the ingredients and hazards of dangerous materials,safe handling,use and storage,and the first aid steps to take in the event of exposure.

The Right-to-Know Law requires all chemical manufacturers and importers to make available to their customers a material safety data sheet for products containing hazardous chemicals.

What is the purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act?

Federal,state,and local government workers are excluded from the Occupational Safety and Health Act because the government cannot easily proceed against itself in the event of violations.

Employers can reduce the likelihood of workplace violence and aggression by ensuring:

_____ are separate EAP service providers that are not affiliated with a company,and they may have multiple locations to make it easy for clients to access.

Because of the expenses required to make adjustments,management's willingness to correct hazards and to improve such vital environmental conditions as ventilation,noise levels,and machine safety is much lower now than it was before OSHA.

Examples of unsafe _____ are noise,radiation,dust,fumes,and stress.

The objective of _____ is to help employees build lifestyles that will enable them to achieve their full physical and mental potential.

OSHA standards require that employers furnish and employees use _____ where there is a reasonable possibility that injuries can be prevented by such use.

Write a short note on how employee assistance programs work.

Management controls attempt to eliminate unsafe work conditions.

The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is to prevent work-related injuries,illnesses and death.