Safety Management – Mid Term Exam C.

In addition to being dangerous, unsafe acts can also be

Part I – Multiple Choice "habit-forming".
1. Before implementing energy control procedures or performing D. A supervisor who is performing a job hazard analysis will
maintenance and/or servicing operations, you should know… seldom ask employees for their input in identifying hazards
A. The sources of hazardous energy and safe work practices.
B. The magnitude and type of hazardous energy sources at E. The reasons for workplace accidents may seem obvious,
the workplace but their real "root causes" often turn out to be more
C. The procedures that control hazardous energy complicated than first thought.
D. All of the above F. The work permit process helps ensure that no one starts a
hazardous job without a thorough understanding of its risks
and how to avoid them.
G Hazardous conditions alone cause most accidents that
occur on the job.
H. Hazard recognition helps make a workplace safer by
identifying the hazards that exist there and then
eliminating or controlling them.
I. A hazard recognition program uses detailed checklists to
ensure that pre-shift and pre-operation safety inspections
are thorough.

D 16. All containers with hazardous substances shall be properly

labelled containing the following mandatory information
except:
A. Symbol of the relevant category of hazard of the
substance contained.
B. Place and date of manufacture.
C. Trade name and the chemical name of the substance
D. Description of the principal risk or siks.

17. All of the following are good indicators of management

commitment to safety and health except:
A. Management provides competent safety and health
support to line managers and supervisors.
B. Managers personally follow safety and health rules and
lead by example.
C. Management holds the safety director and safety and
health committee totally responsible for safety and
health performance at the facility.
D. Management allocates the resources to support the
facilities safety and health system.
From the figures above identify the following:
2. F Putlogs or bearer 7. J Base plate
18. Hosting a pizza party to celebrate a unit or department’s no
3. D Suspended scaffold 8. C Sheathing
lost-time accident record is not good safety and health
4. B Wale 9. H Standard or upright
incentive. Which of the following is not the reason why?
5. G Ledger or stringer 10. A Strut
A. It is not a good motivational tool.
6. E Platform 11. I Brace
B. It can place undue peer pressure on an employee who
has an accident.
12. What is a hazard
C. This incentive could lead to under reporting of injuries in
A. Anything with the potential to cause harm
order for the group to receive short-term rewards.
B. Where an accident is likely to cause harm
D. It is better to award employee participation in safety
C. The likelihood of something going wrong
activities or for using safe work practices.
D. An Accident waiting to happen
19. Safety Data Sheets provide essential information about:
13. What does a risk assessment tells?
A. personal protective equipment
A. How to report accidents
B. hazardous substances
B. The working hours of the organization
C. substances used at work
C. Where the first aid box is and the first aiders
D. substances and equipment used at work
D. How to do the job safely
20. Noise levels are measured in:
14. Who has responsibility for health and safety at a work place?
A. decimals or dB
A. The client and main contractor only
B. decibels or dB
B. Self-employed contractors only and employees
C. millimetres per second
C. Employers, employees and sub-contractors
D. dBs per second
D. Everyone at a work place no matter who employs them
21. A fall protection equipment shall be used when working on a
15. Encircle five (5) true statements from the following:
minimum height of what?
A. The likelihood of accidents and injuries happening in a
A. 10 m
workplace increases as more hazards are identified.
B. 7 m
B. Most people who are involved in workplace accidents are
C. 5 m
simply "unlucky".
D. 2 m (14114.02 – 2.2.7)
22. Timbers used for scaffolds are not painted to having operations to insert metal pins to keep the bones in line.
A. save on cost All the 25 workers in the workplace are exposed to the same work
B. identify the type of timber used condition in performing their tasks.
C. detect defects that cannot be easily seen
D. all the above Case II
Mr. Dave, during the course of his routine inspection, reported
23. The maximum depth of excavation that does not require that the corridor and stairs leading to the cafeteria are obstructed
shoring is with materials or waste, lighting cables are strewn around on the
A. 1 m B. 1.2 m C. 1.5 m D. 1.6 m floor. Around 90% of 150 people working in the company pass
(1413.01 – (1)) through this corridor and stairs and are all vulnerable to slip or
24. At least how many ladders are needed for an excavation trip accidents. Although no fatalities had been reported, 3
320m long? incidents of slip or trip accidents had occurred last year. Of the
A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 32 three, one was hospitalized for a week.

25. Excavations over 2 m deep and not obviously visible must be, Questions:
at minimum: Using the criteria in the box labeled Scoring Guide;
A. Barricaded or marked. 1. Identify the workplace hazard in both cases.
B. Protected by guardrails. Trip or slip hazard
C. Covered with traffic plates.
D. All the above. 2. What is the probability of harm for
a. Case I
26. In general, it is an action or inaction by an operational person c = 20 (if it happened to Mark, it is likely that it may happen
that leads to deviation from organizational or the operational to any one of the other 24 employees
person’s intentions or expectations.
A. Violation B. Lapse b. Case II
C. Mistake D. Error c = 20 (unless obstructions are removed, slips and trips are
bound to occur)
Scoring Guide
(a) = Consequences (consider health, property
damage, environment, programme loss as well as 3. Using formula: Risk rating = a(b+c), what is the risk rating and
injury) risk category of:
a. Case I:
Score: 3 - First aid treatment a = 6 (2 weeks hospitalization)
6 - Lost-time injury b = 8 (25 workers)
9 - Major injury/permanent disablement c = 20
12 - Fatality Risk = 6 (8 + 20) = 168
15 - Multiple fatality
b. Case II:
(b) Number of workers exposed to hazard
a = 6 (1 of 3 casualties was hospitalized for a week)
Score: 2 - 1
b = 10 (90% of 150 = 135)
4 - 2-5
c = 20
6 - 6 - 20
Risk = 6 (10 + 20) = 180
8 - 21 – 100
10 - 101 or more
4. Which of the two cases has the higher risk priority?
(c) Probability of harm Case II
Score:
4 - Happens once or twice annually throughout 5. What control or corrective measure can you recommend for:
the country or region a. Case I
8 - Happens regularly throughout region Provide a sloping ramp where a (push)cart can pass
12 - Happens once or twice locally on site Make it a standard procedure to use (push)cart when heavy
16 - Happens regularly locally on job-sites or bulky items are to be moved
20 - Certain or very likely to happen on this site
b. Case II
The risk rating can be calculated from the formula: Remove all obstructions.
risk rating = a (b+c)

Determine the risk category from the following scale of

risk ratings:

Case I
Mark tripped up ten months ago. He had to move some cans of
paint from a pallet into a site cabin, only two or three meters
away. The ground he was working on wasn’t level. As he turned,
his foot caught on the large stones and he fell down. He tried to
get back up again but the pain was just incredible. He’d badly
fractured two bones in his leg and was hospitalized for weeks,