Deck 1: The Safety and Health Manager

Question 1

5.Is it wise to try to eliminate all workplace hazards? Why or why not?

Answer 1

No,because such an attempt is unrealistic and leads to errors in setting priorities to concentrate on the more dangerous hazards.

Question 2

15.Explain why the Safety and Health Manager might need to communicate with the Purchasing Department.

Answer 2

The Safety and Health Manager can assist purchasing by warning against purchases of equipment that does not meet current OSHA standards,especially because such equipment may be offered at bargain prices.

Question 3

3.Identify the following standards-producing organizations:

Answer 3

ANSI--American National Standards Institute
NFPA--National Fire Protection Association
ASME--American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM--American Society for Testing and Materials

Question 4

18.Which of the following agencies of the federal government maintains an institute at Des Plains,Illinois,for training the public in voluntary compliance with standards?
a.Centers for Diseases Control
b.Department of Health and Human Services
c.NIOSH
d.OSHA

Question 5

1.Identify the following organizations of importance to the Safety and Health Manager.

Question 6

12.Free consultation on OSHA problems is usually not available.
a.true
b.false

Question 7

7.According to the text,besides OSHA,what U.S.agency acts as a principal source of technical information for questions about occupational safety and health?

Question 8

10.A person who calls OSHA to ask a question is legally required to identify himself.
a.true
b.false

Question 9

2.Which of the following organizations publishes the popular annual statistical

Question 10

16.The text points out a danger to watch out for in purchasing equipment at what may seem to be bargain prices.What is this danger?

Question 11

8.NIOSH maintains a training institute for training the general public in voluntary compliance.
a.true
b.false

Question 12

19.Explain why the consultation function is kept separate from the enforcement function in state agencies.

Question 13

13.The library of the National Safety Council is restricted to corporate members only.

Question 14

14.The principal focus of the National Safety Council is upon occupational safety,not safety in general.

Question 15

11.Questions telephoned to OSHA can be posed in a hypothetical setting and OSHA can understand the need for keeping such questions hypothetical.
a.true
b.false

Question 16

6.The Committee on Industrial Ventilation is a part of which of the following organizations?
a.AIHA
b.ACGIH
c.NSC
d.ASSE

Question 17

20.Which of the following organizations was recognized by the U.S.Congress in 1953?
a.AIHA
b.ACGIH
c.NSC
d.ASSE

Question 18

17.According to the text,which of the following is sometimes accused of presenting biased data on safety and health?
a.trade associations
b.professional societies
c.OSHA
d.NSC

Question 19

9.OSHA maintains a training institute for training the general public in voluntary compliance.
a.true
b.false

Question 20

4.Safety deals with chronic hazards,whereas health deals with acute hazards.
a.true
b.false

Question 21

30.Green engineering focuses on the reduction of what hazard?

Question 22

29.Industrial safety encompasses both industrial safety and industrial health.What do each of these areas deal with and which,in your opinion,is more important?

Question 23

28.What is an example of a hazard that is physically and economically feasible to correct?

Question 24

23.Most of OSHA's national consensus standards were derived from the voluntary standards produced by two standards-producing organizations.Name these two organizations:

Question 25

22.Name the top four national standards producing organizations that prepare voluntary standards for occupational safety and health?

Question 26

32.Why might an industry consider system safety as an essential competency?

Question 27

33.What is the objective of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC),and why might it be important in an industrial setting?

Question 28

25.What are the three types of hazards that exist in the real world?

Question 29

21.Which of the following organizations permits firms to join and qualify for special copying services and research?
a.AIHA
b.ACGIH
c.NSC
d.ASSE

Question 30

31.What are some of the associated benefits of green engineering?

Question 31

24.Explain how recent

Question 32

27.What is an example of a hazard that is physically feasible,but economically infeasible to correct?

Question 33

26.What is an example of a hazard that is physically infeasible to correct?