Workplace Safety and Risk Flashcards
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An effective workplace emergency action plan should primarily include what?
Answer: Evacuation procedures and routes
An emergency action plan must include evacuation procedures, routes, and exits.
Which type of workplace violence involves a perpetrator who has no legitimate relationship to the business, such as during a robbery?
Answer: Type I (criminal intent)
Type I workplace violence involves a perpetrator with criminal intent and no business relationship.
What is the primary goal of an ergonomics program in the workplace?
Answer: To reduce musculoskeletal disorders by fitting tasks to workers
Ergonomics fits the job to the worker to reduce musculoskeletal disorders.
Under a drug-free workplace policy, when is reasonable suspicion testing typically justified?
Answer: When observable signs suggest impairment
Reasonable suspicion testing is justified by observable signs or behaviors indicating impairment.
Which control is an example of an engineering control?
Answer: Installing machine guards
Machine guards physically isolate the hazard, making them an engineering control.
A business continuity plan is primarily designed to do what?
Answer: Maintain or quickly resume critical operations after a disruption
A business continuity plan ensures critical functions continue or resume quickly after a disruption.
Which standard governs employer-provided respirators and requires fit testing?
Answer: Respiratory Protection Standard
The Respiratory Protection Standard requires medical evaluation, fit testing, and training for respirator use.