Exam 14: Occupational Health and Safety

The function of joint health and safety committees is to provide a ________ atmosphere where management and labour can work together to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

An employer may be sued directly by the victim of an employee's violent act on the basis of

The appropriate time to begin "controlling"worker's compensation claims is before the accident happens, not after.

Personal characteristics, such as personality and motivation, serve as the basis for certain unsafe "behaviour tendencies,"such as

Ergonomics will become more and more important as the workforce ages and requires accommodation of physical changes in all of the following except

The leading cause of work-related deaths around the world is

An employee whose perceptual skill is at a lower level than his or her motor skill is a relatively safe worker.

Occupational health and safety inspectors have all of the following powers except

Supervisors are the company's first line of defense in combating substance abuse in the workplace and they must act as company detectives.

A supervisor at a mine site sent employees reporting to him into the mine even though he had read a report stating that underground tremors were likely to occur during the time that the employees were in the mine.Three hours into the employees' work shift, a significant tremor occurred causing part of the mine to collapse.One employee was killed and three others were seriously injured.Under what law could the supervisor be charged with a criminal offense?

Perhaps the most important and effective thing that an employer can do to reduce workers' compensation costs is to develop an aggressive

Safety programs based on positive reinforcement have improved safety at work.

Senior management commitment to safety can be demonstrated in all of the following ways except by

Most safety experts agree that safety commitment must begin with hourly employees.

Workers' compensation premiums for employers are proportional to

The responsibilities of occupational health and safety committees include all of the following except

You are the new human resources professional at a plastics manufacturing company.In improving the workplace health and safety program, which basic activities should you focus on?

Employees who smoke have a significantly lower risk of occupational accidents than non-smokers.

Employers can be found liable for the violent acts of their employees.

General recommendations regarding the use of video display operators include all of the following except