Safety Program Management Flashcards
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According to OSHA's Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs, what are the seven core elements of an effective Safety and Health Management System?
Answer: Management Leadership; Worker Participation; Hazard Identification and Assessment; Hazard Prevention and Control; Education and Training; Program Evaluation and Improvement; Communication and Coordination for Multi-employer Worksites
OSHA's Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs identify seven core elements: Management Leadership, Worker Participation, Hazard Identification and Assessment, Hazard Prevention and Control, Education and Training, Program Evaluation and Improvement, and Communication and Coordination for multi-employer worksites.
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), and what is the correct sequence of steps for conducting one?
Answer: A systematic tool to identify hazards for each job step; the sequence is: select the job, break the job into sequential steps, identify hazards for each step, and develop controls for each hazard
A Job Hazard Analysis breaks a job into sequential steps, identifies hazards associated with each step, and determines appropriate controls to eliminate or reduce those hazards before work begins.
In a multi-employer construction worksite, OSHA's multi-employer citation policy can hold which types of employers liable?
Answer: The creating employer, the exposing employer, the correcting employer, and the controlling employer — each based on their specific role and responsibility
OSHA's multi-employer citation policy can hold creating, exposing, correcting, and controlling employers each responsible for hazards based on their specific obligations and knowledge on a shared construction site.
Under OSHA 29 CFR 1926.21, what are the employer's obligations regarding construction safety training?
Answer: Employers must instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and in the regulations applicable to their work environment
OSHA 1926.21(b)(2) requires employers to instruct each worker to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions and understand the regulations applicable to their work environment, ensuring workers can protect themselves from specific hazards they face.
What does 'safety culture' refer to in construction safety program management?
Answer: The shared values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors regarding safety in an organization — including how leadership's visible commitment influences worker behavior and incident rates
Safety culture refers to deep, shared organizational values and norms about safety — including management commitment, worker trust, and behavioral norms that collectively determine how safely people work even when no one is watching.
What is the purpose of a 'Behavior-Based Safety' (BBS) program, and what is its primary criticism from safety professionals?
Answer: BBS focuses on observing and reinforcing safe worker behaviors; the primary criticism is that it focuses on individual worker behavior while potentially deflecting attention from systemic hazards and management failures
BBS programs observe worker behavior and provide feedback to reinforce safe behaviors. Critics argue they focus disproportionately on worker behavior rather than addressing systemic and management-level root causes.