Workplace Health & Safety Key Terms

What is the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss

• Health

• Safety

• Proactive

• All the above

considered a source of danger

• Hazard

• Policy

• Overtime

• Sexual Harassment

provides information, trains workers/employers, and assists workers/employers on workplace health and safety conditions

• Fair Labor Safety Act

• Minimum Wage Authority

• OSHA

• Department of Labor

OSHA stands for:

• Occupational Security Health & Administration

• Overtime Standards Hiring Agency

• Occupational and Safety Health Administration

• Off Shore Housing Agency

laws, regulations, policies, and procedures in place to protect employees

• Employee's EAP

• Employee's Rights

• Fair Labor Act

• Minimum Wage Authority

a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected event which requires immediate attention

• Employee being Fired

• Late for Work

• Hazard

• Emergency

EAP stands for:

• Emergency Action Policy

• Employee Action Policy

• Emergency Action Plan

• Employee Action Plan

must be in writing, kept at the workplace, and available for employees to review. The purpose of an EAP is to facilitate and organize what actions should take place among employees and employers during an emergency at work

• OSHA standards poster

• Hand washing guidlines

• Employee Action Plan

• Emergency Action Plan

The law says your employer is responsible for providing you with a safe and healthy workplace.

• True

• False

If you are injured on the job, your employer must pay for your medical care.

• True

• False