Health and Safety in the Office

The most common type of office injury is:

• eye

• falls

• sliding

• leg

You should ______ up spills immediately.

• mess
• loosen
• divide
• clean

Carrying loads that are to big and too heavy can cause _______ and overexertion.

• strains
• problems
• flexibility
• immobility

Fitting the workplace to the workers by modifying or redesigning the job, workstation, tool, or environment is called:

• erosion
• ergonomics
• entitlement
• easy

Which of the following is not a safety hazard?

• Overloaded outlets
• Frayed cords
• Safe equipment
• working on live equipment

Which of the following is a common cause of slips in the office?

• Trailing computer cables

• Stepladders

• Floors wet from cleaning

• A poorly lit corridor

Which of these activities involves working at height and so requires the appropriate safety precautions?

• Tidying the bottom of a book shelf

• Moving a desk from one place to another

• Fixing an electrical appliance

• Changing the battery in a smoke detector

If you notice that the printer has a loose plug with frayed wires, what should you do?

• Try to repair the plug using whatever materials you have available

• Turn off the plug at the wall and remove the printer from use

• Inform a colleague and ask them to deal with it

• Continue to use the printer as it still works fine

A very heavy box has arrived on a delivery van and you need to move it down the corridor. What should you do?

• Push the load along the corridor

• Break the load down into smaller lighter loads

• Pick the load up and carry it

• Pull the load and manoeuvre it down the corridor

To prevent health problems from an incorrect desk set-up, how should you position yourself in your chair?

• With feet flat on the floor and lower back supported

• With feet up on a rest and upper back supported

• With feet off the floor and back and neck supported

• With legs crossed and back leaning forwards