1.1. Identify the following organizations of importance to the Safety and Health

1.1. Identify the following organizations of importance to the Safety and Health

Manager.

ASSE--American Society of Safety Engineers AIHA--American Industrial Hygiene Association ACGIH--American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists NSC--National Safety Council ref. p. 7-8

1.2. Which of the following organizations publishes the popular annual statistical

reference “Accident Facts�

• ASSE
• AIHA
• ACGIH
• NSC

ref. p. 9

1.3. Identify the following standards-producing organizations:

ANSI--American National Standards Institute NFPA--National Fire Protection Association ASME--American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM--American Society for Testing and Materials ref. p. 9

1.4. Safety deals with chronic hazards, whereas health deals with acute hazards.

• true
• false

ref. p. 4

1.5. Is it wise to try to eliminate all workplace hazards? Why or why not?

ANS: No, because such an attempt is unrealistic and leads to errors in setting

priorities to concentrate on the more dangerous hazards.ref. p. 2-3

1.6. The Committee on Industrial Ventilation is a part of which of the following

organizations?

• AIHA
• ACGIH
• NSC
• ASSE

ref. p. 8

1.7. According to the text, besides OSHA, what U.S. agency acts as a principal

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source of technical information for questions about occupational safety and health?

ANS: NIOSH

ref. p. 10-11

1.8. NIOSH maintains a training institute for training the general public in voluntary

compliance.

• true
• false

ref. p. 11

1.9. OSHA maintains a training institute for training the general public in voluntary

compliance.

• true
• false

ref. p. 11

1.10. A person who calls OSHA to ask a question is legally required to identify himself.

• true
• false

ref. p. 11

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1.11. Questions telephoned to OSHA can be posed in a hypothetical setting and

OSHA can understand the need for keeping such questions hypothetical.

• true
• false

ref. p. 11

1.12. Free consultation on OSHA problems is usually not available.

• true
• false

ref. p. 11

1.13. The library of the National Safety Council is restricted to corporate members

only.

• true
• false

ref. p. 9

1.14. The principal focus of the National Safety Council is upon occupational safety,

not safety in general.

• true
• false

ref. p. 9

1.15. Explain why the Safety and Health Manager might need to communicate with the

Purchasing Department.

ANS: The Safety and Health Manager can assist purchasing by warning against

purchases of equipment that does not meet current OSHA standards, especially because such equipment may be offered at bargain prices.ref. p. 5

1.16. The text points out a danger to watch out for in purchasing equipment at what

may seem to be bargain prices. What is this danger?

ANS: The equipment may not be in compliance with current OSHA standards.

ref. p. 5

1.17. According to the text, which of the following is sometimes accused of presenting

biased data on safety and health?

• trade associations
• professional societies
• OSHA
• NSC

ref. p. 10

1.18. Which of the following agencies of the federal government maintains an institute 3 / 4

at Des Plains, Illinois, for training the public in voluntary compliance with standards?

• Centers for Diseases Control
• Department of Health and Human Services
• NIOSH
• OSHA

ref. p. 11

1.19. Explain why the consultation function is kept separate from the enforcement

function in state agencies.

ANS: There is an understandable reluctance to call a state agency for help with

a safety standards problem for fear that such an inquiry will trigger an enforcement inspection. For this reason, in most states the consultation function is performed by a completely separate agency from the enforcement agency.ref. p. 10

1.20. Which of the following organizations was recognized by the U.S. Congress in

1953?

• AIHA
• ACGIH
• NSC
• ASSE

ref. p. 9

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