Deck 28: Promoting Safety

Question 1

Safety training is a sign of management commitment to safety.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A company's safety policy should convey a message of company-wide commitment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Asking employees to sign on the dotted line as a way to promote safety is a strategy for which of the following?

A)Creating documentation in case it become necessary to fire an employee
B)Protecting the company from charges of negligence
C)Putting the company in a better legal position
D)Gaining personal commitment

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Safety training should be a fundamental part of an organization's overall safety program.

Question 5

What are two approaches to persuasive communication that safety professionals can use to gain a commitment to safety and health in the workplace?

A)Open-ended communication and brainstorming
B)Projective and receptive communication
C)Nominal group technique and brainstorming
D)Effective listening and non-verbal communication

Question 6

Establishing a participative organizational culture is an effective way to promote safety.

Question 7

If not properly handled, incentives can actually do more harm to the safety of the work environment than good.

Question 8

Off-the-job safety is of no concern to safety professionals.

Question 9

Which of the following are not strategies for making competition more effective in promoting safety?

A)Compete between teams rather than individuals
B)Involve employees in planning competitions
C)Neither A nor B
D)Both A and B

Question 10

Which of the following is a receptive communication strategy for persuading others to make a commitment to safety?

A)Ask the listener to take notes
B)Listen non-judgmentally and do not interrupt
C)Stress the points you are making firmly
D)None of the above

Question 11

Which of the following should be included in an off-the-job safety training program?

A)Electric shock
B)Motor vehicle safety
C)Drowning prevention
D)All of the above

Question 12

In the long run, the most effective and long-lasting way to promote safety in the workplace is to do what?

A)Punish employees who violate safe work practices
B)Comply with OSHA's safety standards
C)Establish a culture of safety
D)None of the above

Question 13

Higher management is responsible so it should formulate safety rules without input from other personnel.

Question 14

As long as management is committed to safety, employee-management agreement on the subject is not important.

Question 15

Competition can promote safety, but it can also get out of control and do more harm than good.

Question 16

Which of the following are strategies that can be used to enhance incentives as a way to promote safety?

A)Reward teams instead of individuals
B)Arrange OSHA training
C)Complete the NIOSH incentive planning course
D)All of the above

Question 17

A company's commitment to safety should go beyond just its own personnel and include customers and the community.

Question 18

The importance of safety committees is over rated.

Question 19

An employer's legal obligations regarding safety rules are satisfied once the rules are written down.