Exam 14: Risk Management and Worker Protection

The recommended action for supervisors when first confronting an employee who is suspected of being a substance abuser is

It is illegal to bar fertile women from jobs that might harm their fetuses if they became pregnant.

All of the following workers must be tested for drugs under the U.S.Department of Transportation rules EXCEPT

Morse and Cremona,Inc.,has hired a private investigator to follow an employee who has filed a workers' compensation claim for a disabling back injury.What legitimate reason would Morse and Cremona have to consider the expense of the private investigator cost-beneficial?

A nurse on the night shift is being subjected to threatening phone calls at work by a former boyfriend,.She has gone to HR to express her fear that he is going to wait for her in the hospital parking lot one night,even though this man has never specifically said this.It is NOT the employer's responsibility to take action.

Carpal tunnel syndrome would be LEAST likely to affect

Ingram Import-Export,Inc.offers annual health screenings that take blood pressure,screen for vision defects,calculate body mass indexes and such.Ingram is operating at the "lifestyle wellness" level of health promotion.

What are the three components of disaster planning? What responsibilities does HR have for each of the three components?

As the new HR director for a company with a history of OSHA violations and haphazard records of workplace hazards and accident records,your best option to reducing the company's exposure to lawsuits is to purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance for the company.

Self-employed persons have a lower accident rate than employees because self-employed persons work at their own speed and can rest if they become fatigued.

One in five homicides of women at work

The CEO of a medium-sized insurance company in a medium-sized city in Tennessee is reluctant to authorize the expenditure for a security audit.The CEO maintains that since Tennessee is not subject to hurricanes or earthquakes and there are no obvious terrorist targets nearby,a security audit would be a waste time and money.As the director of HR,you should

Eric,a security guard at an apartment complex,and the apartment complex manager were making a routine call when they were attacked by two vicious dogs owned by a renter.The manager was badly mauled,and Eric had dog bites and lacerations.A maintenance worker at the apartment complex gave first aid to Eric and the apartment manager before EMS arrived.This is a circumstance where OSHA regulations on ____ would come into force.