Work Based Learning: Safety on the Job

Workers within their first year of work experience account for a large percentage of all occupational accidents each year.

• True

• False

No employee under 17 may drive on public roads as part of his or her job.

• True

• False

More accidents happen in office jobs than in construction jobs.

• True

• False

Falls are the most common workplace accident in an office setting.

• True

• False

Recklessness and laziness are examples of unsafe behavior.

• True

• False

Employees pay the premiums for workers' compensation insurance.

• True

• False

Wearing required protective clothing and equipment helps to prevent worker injury.

• True

• False

Proper hand-washing techniques have not been shown to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.

• True

• False

Using the wrong type of fire extinguisher for a fire is preferable to not using one at all.

• True

• False

Workplace violence may be physical or psychological.

• True

• False