Deck 6: Process Safety and Disaster Preparedness

Question 1

Information known about process hazards must be communicated to

Answer 1

contractors.

Question 2

2.Before any analysis of the process is to begin,OSHA's Process Safety Standard requires the employer to

A)label all containers for hazardous chemicals
B)compile information
C)employ an intelligent frontend
D)immediately report any releases on Toxic Form R

Answer 2

B

Question 3

5.Describe the particulars of the Phillips disaster of October,1989.

Answer 3

A Phillips Petrochemical plant explosion and fire near Houston,Texas,killed 24 and injured another 128 workers.

Question 4

10.In what way does the text recommend that a Registered Professional Engineer be utilized in the documentation of the equipment used in the process?

Answer 4

To make a "good engineering practices" evaluation of equipment purchased prior to the process safety standard.

Question 5

6.OSHA expressly requires all of the following to be documented for highly hazardous chemicals used in the process,except:

A)maximum intended inventory
B)minimum intended inventory
C)maximum safe temperature limit
D)minimum safe temperature limit

Question 6

14.It is recognized that it is sometimes necessary to bypass automatic protection systems during temporary or initial startup operations.

Question 7

Provisions of the prime's emergency action plan must be communicated

Question 8

1.What OSHA standard was prompted by the Bhopal and other national and world disasters?

Question 9

Periodic evaluations by the prime must be performed to assure that

Question 10

7.Name example characteristics of process equipment that must be documented in a process safety analysis.

Question 11

17.In the Process Safety Standard OSHA placed new requirements on the prime/subcontractor relationship.Describe at least three elements of these new rules.

Question 12

13.A computerized detection and early warning system for impending catastrophes is an example of

A)an engineering control system
B)a breakdown of Murphy's Law
C)an application of the General Fail-Safe Principle
D)an administrative or "work practices control"

Question 13

15.In developing safe operating procedures good safety and health practice recognizes the "phase" of operation.What is meant by this term "phase" with respect to the development of sound operating procedures?

Question 14

9.What caution does the text suggest with regard to process equipment purchased prior to the process safety standard?

Question 15

4.Describe particulars of the Bhopal disaster.

Question 16

3.Before any analysis of the process is to begin,OSHA's Process Safety Standard requires the employer to:

Question 17

16.The OSHA Process Safety Standard requires the prime contractor to maintain an injury and illness log for contractor employees.

Question 18

8.The text lists several categories of safety features and systems for process equipment of interest to the process safety analysis.Name at least four of these example features and systems:

Question 19

12.Records of process safety analyses must be kept

A)for five years
B)until the next OSHA inspection
C)until requested by NIOSH
D)for the life of the process

Question 20

11.Process safety analyses are required to be updated

A)annually
B)every five years
C)upon recommendation of a Registered Professional Engineer
D)immediately upon request of an OSHA inspector

Question 21

32.It is wise to keep process disaster computers isolated from day-to-day operation so that they will stand ready for startup and use during a real emergency.

Question 22

22.In a prime contractor/subcontractor relationship,who is responsible for safety and health training of the employees of the subcontractor?

Question 23

31.The aftermath of September 11,2001,has shown the need for checking the credentials of volunteers.

Question 24

21.The responsibility for training of contract employees has been transferred by the Process Safety Standard from the contract employer to the prime contractor.

Question 25

29.Which of the following does not belong in the list of principal actions immediately taken by OSHA to respond to the September 11 catastrophe?

A)Limit building access
B)Assess hazards to clean-up workers
C)Issue hardhats
D)Conduct fit testing for respirators

Question 26

Documentation
What fourth ingredient is missing from the list above?

Question 27

18.In what way does the OSHA Process Safety Standard prevent employers from avoiding responsibility for compliance with OSHA standards?

Question 28

Prime employers must maintain an injury and illness log for contractor

Question 29

28.OSHA's Process Safety Standard was written in response to the tragedy of September 11,2001.

Question 30

20.After promulgation of OSHA's Process Safety Standard,which of the following is responsible for training of contract employees?

A)the contract employees' own employer
B)the prime contractor
C)OSHA
D)NIOSH

Question 31

26.The Process Safety standard was written in response to certain key disasters in the decade of the 1980's.One of the worst of this decade was an accidental release of methyl isocyanate,killing approximately 2500 people.In what city did this disaster occur?

Question 32

34.What two very different approaches can be applied toward the hazards of intentional acts of terrorism?

Question 33

23.Under what circumstances can OSHA cite a company for failure to maintain an injury/illness log on persons other than their own employees?

Question 34

33.Discuss ways in which the American workplace is in transition due to the September 11 tragedies and other factors that even preceded the terrorist attacks.

Question 35

19.After promulgation of OSHA's Process Safety Standard,the responsibility for providing a safe and healthful workplace for subcontractor employees has been transferred from the subcontractor to the prime.

Question 36

35.The most dramatic shooting tragedies have occurred in

A)industrial plants
B)colleges and schools
C)bus stations
D)airplanes

Question 37

36.Which of the following was the worst shooting tragedy on a U.S.school or college campus in history?

A)University of Texas at Austin
B)Columbine High School in suburban Denver,Colorado
C)Jonesboro High School,Jonesboro,Arkansas
D)Virginia Polytech,Blacksburg,Virginia

Question 38

30.Despite the credit given to rank and file f

Question 39

27.The Process Safety standard was written in response to certain key disasters in the decade of the 1980's.One of the worst of these disasters was an explosion in a