CHRP Workplace Health and Safety 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which element is NOT typically included in a formal workplace safety inspection checklist?
- Emergency exit accessibility
- Condition of fire extinguishers
- Employee personal financial disclosures (Correct answer)
- Proper storage of hazardous materials
Correct answer: Employee personal financial disclosures
Safety inspections focus on physical and procedural hazards; employee personal financial disclosures are irrelevant to workplace safety.
Question 2: Under OSHA's Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) standard, an 'authorized employee' is defined as one who:
- Has been employed for at least one year
- Locks or implements a tagout system to perform servicing (Correct answer)
- Has OSHA 10 certification
- Is a member of the safety committee
Correct 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.
Question 3: A company implements mandatory anonymous safety reporting hotlines. This practice primarily supports which safety culture element?
- Compliance-based enforcement
- Psychological safety and near-miss reporting (Correct answer)
- Disciplinary action systems
- Regulatory audit preparation
Correct 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.
Question 4: The term 'incident rate' in safety metrics is calculated using 200,000 as the base because it represents:
- The average number of employees in a mid-size company
- 100 employees working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks (Correct answer)
- The OSHA-recommended staffing threshold for mandatory programs
- The number of work hours in a calendar year per shift
Correct 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.
Question 5: Which approach reflects a proactive, leading indicator in workplace safety performance measurement?
- Lost-time injury frequency rate
- Number of workers' compensation claims filed
- Percentage of safety training completed on schedule (Correct answer)
- Total recordable incident rate (TRIR)
Correct 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.
Question 6: Under the ADA, an employer's obligation regarding an employee with a work-related injury includes:
- Terminating the employee if they cannot return to the same role within 90 days
- Providing reasonable accommodation if the injury results in a disability (Correct answer)
- Automatically enrolling the employee in workers' compensation only
- Reassigning the employee to a lower-paying position without discussion
Correct 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.
Question 7: A 'near-miss' incident in workplace safety is best described as:
- An incident that results in minor first-aid only treatment
- An unplanned event that did not result in injury but had the potential to do so (Correct answer)
- A safety violation discovered during a regulatory inspection
- An injury that occurred off-site during work-related travel
Correct 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.
CHRP Workplace Health and Safety 3
Which element is NOT typically included in a formal workplace safety inspection checklist?