Workplace Health and Safety Flashcards
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Which element is NOT typically included in a formal workplace safety inspection checklist?
Answer: Employee personal financial disclosures
Safety inspections focus on physical and procedural hazards; employee personal financial disclosures are irrelevant to workplace safety.
Under OSHA's Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) standard, an 'authorized employee' is defined as one who:
Answer: Locks or implements a tagout system to perform servicing
An authorized employee under LOTO is someone who locks out or tags out a machine or equipment to perform servicing or maintenance.
A company implements mandatory anonymous safety reporting hotlines. This practice primarily supports which safety culture element?
Answer: Psychological safety and near-miss reporting
Anonymous reporting hotlines encourage psychological safety, enabling employees to report near-misses and hazards without fear of retaliation.
The term 'incident rate' in safety metrics is calculated using 200,000 as the base because it represents:
Answer: 100 employees working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks
200,000 hours represents 100 full-time employees working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks, providing a standardized comparison base across industries.
Which approach reflects a proactive, leading indicator in workplace safety performance measurement?
Answer: Percentage of safety training completed on schedule
Leading indicators like training completion rates measure preventive activities, whereas lagging indicators measure incidents that have already occurred.
Under the ADA, an employer's obligation regarding an employee with a work-related injury includes:
Answer: Providing reasonable accommodation if the injury results in a disability
If a work-related injury results in a disability under ADA, the employer must engage in the interactive process and provide reasonable accommodation.
A 'near-miss' incident in workplace safety is best described as:
Answer: An unplanned event that did not result in injury but had the potential to do so
A near-miss is an unplanned event with the potential for harm that did not result in injury, illness, or damage — but could have under slightly different circumstances.