Ch 2,3 Review Questions

Strokes, cancer, heart disease, and accidents.

Lost wages, medical expenses, insurance administration, fire related losses, property damage, and indirect costs.

Motor vehicle, falls, poisoning, drowning, and fire related.

Accidents, motor vehicle, poison (solid, liquid), drowning, falls, firerelated, cancer, and heart disease

Between 1912 and 1989, accidental work deaths per 100,000population were reduced 81 percent, from 21 to 4.

otor vehicle related, falls, electric current, drowning, and fire-related

Overexertion, impact accidents, falls, bodily reaction, and compression.

Agriculture, mining, and construction.

Back, fingers, trunk, eyes, neck.

Rapid development and the pressure of global competitionMissing safety and health infrastructure

Unsafe acts committed by fellow workers

Injuries result from a completed series of factors, one of which is the accident itself. Most accidents are the results of unsafe behavior by people. An unsafe act by a person or an unsafe condition does not always immediately result in an accident/injury. The reasons why people commit unsafe acts can serve as helpful guides in selecting corrective actions. The supervisor is the key person in the prevention of industrial accidents.

Overload, inappropriate response, and inappropriate activities

Ergonomic traps, overload, and/or a decision to err lead to human error in the [____] Theory of Accident Causation.

It promoted workplace safety even more due to the fact that companies could not meet their labor needs.

Job requirements, the workers abilities and limitations, the gain if the task is successfully accomplished, the loss if the task is attempted but fails, the loss if the task is not attempted.

developing safety and health program for company

Safety and health professionals should be aware of the workplace problems that can be caused by alcohol and drug abuse. Should also be a member of the cross-functional team of representatives who develop a drug-free workplace program.

-change in appetite-change in sleep patterns-loss of energy; always tired-hopeless, boredom, guilt, worthlessness

Management must establish expectations, provide training,evaluate employee performance with safety in mind, and reinforce safe and healthy behavior.

between obesity and injuries The most common causes of injuries to obese people were the result of overexertion and falls. Efforts to promoteoptimal body weight may reduce not only the risk of chronic diseases, but also the riskof unintentional injuries.

causation- where holes indicate failed or active defenses.