Module 00101 - Basic Safety

The benefits of safety, the cost of workplace incidents, and ways to reduce related hazards include which of the following?

• Improved well-being, reduced financial loss, and hazard prevention strategies

• Increased workplace incidents and higher costs

• Ignoring hazards to save time and money

• Focusing only on physical impacts and ignoring monetary costs

Which of the following best summarizes the benefits of safety, the cost of workplace incidents, and ways to reduce related hazards, as well as the causes and consequences of common incidents?

• Safety reduces workplace incidents, lowers costs, and can be improved by identifying hazards and understanding causes and consequences.

• Workplace incidents are unavoidable and have no significant costs or consequences.

• The only way to reduce workplace hazards is to eliminate all equipment from the workplace.

• Safety has no impact on workplace costs or incident consequences.

The benefits of safety, the cost of workplace incidents, and ways to reduce related hazards include which of the following?

• Improved well-being, reduced costs, and hazard control

• Increased absenteeism and higher costs

• Ignoring hazards to save time

• Focusing only on productivity without safety measures

Fill in the blank: ________ is the culture created when the whole company sees the value of a safe work environment.

• Safety culture

• Profit culture

• Competitive culture

• Innovation culture

Fill in the blank: Per the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that does not result in personal injury but may result in property damage or is worthy of recording is called an ________.

• Incident

• Accident

• Hazard

• Injury

Fill in the blank: According to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that results in personal injury and/or property damage is called an ________.

• Accident

• Inspection

• Hazard

• Procedure

Fill in the blank: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the US Department of Labor. It also refers to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, a law that applies to more than ___ million workers and ___ million job sites in the United States.

• 130; 7

• 100; 5

• 80; 3

• 200; 10

Fill in the blank: A trench is a narrow excavation made below the surface of the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, with a maximum width of ___ feet (___ m).

• 15; 4.6

• 10; 3.0

• 20; 6.1

• 5; 1.5

What is the definition of 'Confined spaces'? Fill in the blank:

• Work areas large enough for a person to work, but arranged in such a way that an employee must physically enter the space to perform work. Confined spaces have a limited or restricted means of entry and exit. They are not designed for continuous work. Tanks, vessels, silos, pits, vaults, and hoppers are examples of confined spaces.

• Open areas designed for continuous work with multiple entry and exit points, such as offices and warehouses.

• Outdoor locations where employees can freely move and exit at any time, like parking lots and playgrounds.

• Spaces specifically designed for permanent occupancy, such as residential rooms and commercial offices.

What is a 'Ground fault'? Fill in the blank: A ground fault is the incidental _______ of a conducting electrical wire.

• grounding

• insulation

• heating

• cooling