Exam 5: Physical Agents

What heat-related condition could you resolve by giving workers salty crackers along with some water?

What is the required noise attenuation in a commercial laundry where actual noise level is 95 dB(A) and the standard is 88 dB(a) for eight hours?

Which of the following forms of ionizing radiation does not occur naturally?

Which of the following best characterizes how are ionizing and non-ionizing radiation differ?

Which is the cause of early warning change?

Imagine a large-scale kitchen operation such as the Mandarin, Boston Pizza, or Swiss Chalet. Even though restaurant customers might experience a relatively quiet, comfortable, and relaxing atmosphere out front, in the kitchen area there are many physical agents that can impair the safety and health of kitchen workers and servers. -From which source could a chef or sous chef (preparation cook) be exposed to ionizing radiation?

A sore neck can be a symptom of segmental vibration.

Older watch faces that would "glow in the dark" are an example of

A dosimeter is designed to measure a person's exposure to noise for one shift as a percentage.

Imagine a large-scale kitchen operation such as the Mandarin, Boston Pizza, or Swiss Chalet. Even though restaurant customers might experience a relatively quiet, comfortable, and relaxing atmosphere out front, in the kitchen area there are many physical agents that can impair the safety and health of kitchen workers and servers. -The kitchen has a number of large floor-standing mixers for mixing large batches of cake and bread dough. The frequency of these mixers is 75 Hz. What part of the body would be affected by resonance at this frequency?

Which of the following decibel (dB) differences represents a doubling of "loudness"?

What obligations do employers have to ensure that the workers are safe from the dangers of heat exposure?

What factor would explain why, in a cold climate, Worker A can raise their body temperature by four degrees by jogging on the spot or skipping with a rope, whereas Worker B can only raise their body temperature by two degrees?

Imagine a large-scale kitchen operation such as the Mandarin, Boston Pizza, or Swiss Chalet. Even though restaurant customers might experience a relatively quiet, comfortable, and relaxing atmosphere out front, in the kitchen area there are many physical agents that can impair the safety and health of kitchen workers and servers. -If a kitchen worker gets locked into the walk-in freezer either by accident or by a misguided prank, when you finally find them what symptom would tell you that they are suffering from moderate hypothermia?

The heat level in a crowded room or subway car rises due to convection.

According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, when might a workplace be too noisy?

If a roofer is suffering from hyperpyrexia after installing replacement shingles for eight hours in the hot sun their skin will be dry and tight.

It is rare to see employees in a trendy club wearing any kind of hearing protection. As the new HR manager, explain why club owners and managers may not be protecting club employees from excessive noise and what you could suggest to them that might reduce the risk of hearing loss.

Imagine a large-scale kitchen operation such as the Mandarin, Boston Pizza, or Swiss Chalet. Even though restaurant customers might experience a relatively quiet, comfortable, and relaxing atmosphere out front, in the kitchen area there are many physical agents that can impair the safety and health of kitchen workers and servers. -During the dinner hour when there are a lot of boiling pots, frying pans, and hot ovens in constant operation, what is likely to be the typical humidex range captured using the WGBT index?

NIHL is typically a cumulative process.