Deck 1: Safety and Health Movement, Then and Now

Question 1

Return on Investment (ROI) of safety programs is not a concern for safety managers.

Answer 1

F

Question 2

Complex materials have introduced a whole new set of precautions into the realm of workplace safety.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Organized labor did not play a crucial role in the development of the safety movement.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The National Safety Council is a broad-based safety organization that has members only from industry.

Question 5

Which of the following is one of the three most significant events in the history of the safety and health movement?

A) Asbestos menace
B) Hawk's nest tragedy
C) Bhopal tragedies
D) All of the above

Question 6

Failure maximization is one of the widely used accident prevention techniques.

Question 7

There is evidence of occupational safety and health efforts as far back as the time of the Egyptian pharaohs.

Question 8

The integrated approach involves practitioners working together to predict, control, identify, and correct safety and health problems.

Question 9

Which of the following is a milestone in the development of the safety movement in the United States?

A) Passage of OSHA
B) First recorded safety program
C) Creation of the Bureau of Mines
D) All of the above are milestones

Question 10

Which of the following health problems associated with the workplace contributed to the development of the safety and health movement?

A) Lung disease
B) Mercury poisoning
C) Both a and b

Question 11

Today's largest organization, devoted to safety and health practices, is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Question 12

The Foster Wheeler study established the link between:

A) Bloodborne pathogens and workplace safety
B) Safety and productivity
C) Slip and fall accidents and workers' compensation costs
D) None of the above

Question 13

The safety and health team of a large company may include:

A) Dietitian
B) Radiation specialist
C) Psychologist
D) All of the above

Question 14

Tragedies have changed the face of the safety movement at different times in the United States.

Question 15

Early safety programs that were based on the "Three E's of Safety" are which of the following?

A) Education, Energy, and Engineering
B) Education, Enforcement, and Engineering
C) Engineering, Effort, and Efficiency
D) Efficiency, Engineering, and Employees

Question 16

Total Safety Management (TSM) encourages organizations to take a holistic approach to safety management.

Question 17

The concern for safety and health began during the Industrial Revolution.

Question 18

The safety and health movement today is characterized by professionalization and integration.

Question 19

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a nongovernmental public service organization.

Question 20

U.S. companies are responsible for the safety and health of their employees.