Health and Safety Programs Flashcards
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When calculating the OSHA incidence rate, the denominator of 200,000 represents:
Answer: 100 full-time employees working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks
200,000 represents the base of 100 full-time equivalent employees (100 × 40 hrs × 50 weeks), allowing injury rates to be compared across organizations of different sizes.
Which element distinguishes a comprehensive health and safety program from a simple safety training initiative?
Answer: It integrates hazard identification, controls, training, monitoring, and continuous improvement
A comprehensive program is a systematic, ongoing framework encompassing hazard analysis, controls, training, medical surveillance, and evaluation—not a one-time event.
An occupational health nurse wants to evaluate whether a new ergonomics intervention reduced injury risk. The MOST objective measure would be:
Answer: Pre- and post-intervention musculoskeletal disorder incidence rates
Comparing MSD incidence rates before and after the intervention provides objective, outcome-based evidence of the ergonomics program's impact.
Which type of workplace health promotion program component addresses tobacco cessation, weight management, and stress reduction?
Answer: Individual health behavior change programs
Individual health behavior change programs target personal lifestyle risk factors such as tobacco use, obesity, and stress that affect long-term worker health.
A lockout/tagout (LOTO) program falls under which OSHA standard?
Answer: 29 CFR 1910.147
29 CFR 1910.147 (Control of Hazardous Energy) governs lockout/tagout procedures to protect workers from unexpected energization of equipment.
Health and safety program goals should be written using the SMART criteria. 'M' in SMART stands for:
Answer: Measurable
SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound; 'Measurable' ensures progress can be quantified and tracked.
Under OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy, which employer is responsible for creating and controlling the overall safety program on a construction site?
Answer: The controlling/general contractor
The controlling employer (typically the general contractor) bears responsibility for establishing and enforcing site-wide safety conditions under OSHA's multi-employer citation policy.