SAF Workplace Safety & Incident Prevention 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During a facility emergency evacuation, an employee with a mobility impairment cannot use the stairwell. The FIRST step is to:
- Have a coworker carry them down immediately
- Move them to a designated Area of Rescue Assistance and notify emergency responders (Correct answer)
- Leave them in place until the all-clear is given
- Use the elevator for rapid evacuation
Correct answer: Move them to a designated Area of Rescue Assistance and notify emergency responders
Areas of Rescue Assistance are designated safe locations where mobility-impaired individuals wait for trained responders.
Question 2: The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Section 8 covers:
- Physical and chemical properties
- Exposure controls and personal protection (Correct answer)
- Ecological information
- First-aid measures
Correct answer: Exposure controls and personal protection
SDS Section 8 details occupational exposure limits, engineering controls, and required PPE.
Question 3: An employer receives an OSHA citation for a 'Serious' violation. This classification means:
- The violation could cause death or serious physical harm and the employer knew or should have known of it (Correct answer)
- The violation is minor and carries no penalty
- The employer deliberately violated a standard
- The violation has already caused an injury
Correct answer: The violation could cause death or serious physical harm and the employer knew or should have known of it
A Serious violation carries a maximum penalty of $16,131 per violation and indicates substantial probability of harm.
Question 4: Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures must be used when:
- Equipment is running normally
- Employees service or maintain machinery where unexpected energization could cause injury (Correct answer)
- Only electrical equipment is involved
- A supervisor is not present on the floor
Correct answer: Employees service or maintain machinery where unexpected energization could cause injury
LOTO applies to all energy sources (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, gravity, thermal) during servicing or maintenance.
Question 5: Which element is NOT part of a valid incident investigation root cause analysis?
- Identifying contributing factors
- Assigning individual blame as the primary finding (Correct answer)
- Analyzing system and process failures
- Recommending corrective actions
Correct answer: Assigning individual blame as the primary finding
Effective root cause analysis focuses on systemic failures and process deficiencies, not individual blame.
Question 6: A Safety Management System (SMS) differs from traditional compliance-based safety programs primarily because an SMS:
- Focuses solely on meeting minimum regulatory requirements
- Integrates safety proactively into all business processes and leadership decisions (Correct answer)
- Applies only to high-hazard industries
- Eliminates the need for OSHA recordkeeping
Correct answer: Integrates safety proactively into all business processes and leadership decisions
An SMS embeds safety into organizational culture, goals, and processes rather than treating it as a separate regulatory obligation.
Question 7: The 'Fatal Four' hazards in construction identified by OSHA are falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and:
- Electrocution (Correct answer)
- Chemical exposure
- Heat illness
- Repetitive motion injuries
Correct answer: Electrocution
OSHA's Fatal Four in construction are falls, struck-by, electrocution, and caught-in/between—responsible for over 60% of construction fatalities.
SAF Workplace Safety & Incident Prevention 3
During a facility emergency evacuation, an employee with a mobility impairment cannot use the stairwell.
The FIRST step is to: