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ASP Questions and Answers Already Passed Tools designed to measure the improvement of safety and health initiatives described as predictive, preventative and proactive ✔✔behavior, condition and standard Risk Transfer ...

ASP Questions and Answers Already Passed Tools designed to measure the improvement of safety and health initiatives described as predictive, preventative and proactive ✔✔behavior, condition and standard Risk Transfer is ✔✔hedging, insurance pools and hold harmless agreements First step of confined space entry program ✔✔survey and document all areas that are confined spaces Two types of fall protection ✔✔passive and active Manual suppression systems for fire are ✔✔fire extinguishment, ventilation and fire department notification Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) ✔✔model for coordinating process improvement projects (best accepted practice for environmental management systems program) Andragogy ✔✔the art and science of teaching adults Secure landfills for hazardous waste have ✔✔double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells and impermeable cap or cover Process Safety Management standard ✔✔OSHA standard aimed at preventing or minimizing the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemicals. Process Safety Management ✔✔involves everyone from operators to mechanics to facility managers who assist the safety professional in analyzing the risk associated with production Disease associated with remodeling and repairing of bridges and older structures ✔✔histoplasmosis Containment for biological hazards ✔✔safe work practices, safety equipment use and facility design Reaction, Learning, Behavior, Results ✔✔Kirkpatrick's four levels of training and learning evaluation Kirkpatrick's model ✔✔4 Levels of training outcomes: 1. Reaction criteria: focuses on what participants thought/felt about the program 2. Learning criteria: provides a quantifiable measure of what has been learned during the program 3. Behavior criteria: addresses the impact the program had on a participant's performance/behavior in the workplace 4. Results criteria: measures the effects of the program on broader organizational goals & objectives Kirkpatrick's taxonomy ✔✔Reaction criteria - Trainees' attitudinal reactions Learning criteria - How much is learned Behavioral criteria - On-the-job changes that take place Results criteria - Ultimate value to company Risk is ✔✔probability that a harmful consequence will occur as a result of an action For a risk to occur there must be a ✔✔source of the risk, a hazard. Risk factors ✔✔1) probability of an undesirable occurrence 2) the severity of that occurrence risk assessment ✔✔the process of measuring risk 4 steps of risk assessment ✔✔1. Hazard identification 2. Dose-response assessment 3. Exposure assessment 4. Risk characterization EPA definition of risk assessment ✔✔a process in which information is analyzed to determine if an environmental hazard might cause harm to exposed persons and ecosystems EPA components of a risk assessment ✔✔toxicity or dose-response assessment, exposure assessment Risk management ✔✔process of deciding how and to what extent to reduce or eliminate risk factors by considering the risk assessment, engineering factors, and social, economic and political concerns. The Risk Management Plan Rule (RMP Rule) requires ✔✔companies of all sizes that use certain flammable and toxic substances to develop a risk management program Components of a Risk Management Plan ✔✔• Methodology • Roles and responsibilities • Budgeting • Timing • Risk categories • Definitions of risk probabilities and impact • Probability and impact matrix • Revised stakeholders' tolerances • Reporting formats • Tracking ISO (International Organization for Standardization) was established in ✔✔1947 ISO 14000 ✔✔A set of international standards for assessing a company's environmental performance 1910.119 ✔✔Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Confined Space Entry Standard ✔✔OSHA standard that requires space-entry restrictions, rescue procedures, and a written safe-entry program to address concerns over adequate oxygen content in the air, toxic substance exposure, and physical exposures for workers in confined spaces. confined space 3 components ✔✔1. A work area large enough for a person to work, but arranged in such a way that an employee must physically enter the space to perform work. 2. A confined space has a limited or restricted means of entry and exit. 3. It is not designed for continuous work. Examples: Tanks, vessels, silos, pits, vaults, and hoppers. Permit-required confined space ✔✔1. contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere 2. contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant 3. has and internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller crosssection 4. contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazards What gases should be checked before entering a confined space? ✔✔oxygen, flammable and toxic gases Title III of Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act ✔✔requires states and local jurisdictions to develop emergency response plans Consumer Project Safety Commission ✔✔Protects your rights as consumers Federal Hazardous Substances Act ✔✔Requires labeling of hazardous materials including manufacturer, type of danger, "Keep out of reach of children", handling and storage instructions National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ✔✔establishes codes, standards, guidelines, and recommended practices for the prevention and control of fire American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ✔✔A private, non-profit organization that coordinates the development and use of a voluntary consensus standards in the United States. ANSI Conformity Assessment definition ✔✔any activity concerned with determining directly or indirectly that relevant requirements are fulfilled Safety definition ✔✔freedom from injury, damage or loss of resources or system availability. Reliability definition ✔✔the chance that an item can perform its required function for a specified time under specified conditions mishap ✔✔an unfortunate but minor accident Hazard Cause ✔✔condition that contributes to a hazard, it could be unsafe design, environmental factors, failure, human error and so on. Workers should receive training on which components regarding workplace violence? ✔✔Relevant policies, security equipment, diffusion of threatening situations, and how to summon help Minimum fleet safety management programs for light vehicle operation include: ✔✔Driver selection, motor vehicle reports, road tests, training, incident reporting and inspections. Which kind of energy must be controlled/isolated or eliminated during maintenance and service? ✔✔Stored and potential Human-machine interface design principals should incorporate: ✔✔Compatibility, coding, and arrangement. The best fire prevention practices focus on four primary sources of ignition, including: ✔✔Smoking, electrical, friction, and static. The cradle to grave oversight of the hazardous waste journey from generator to disposal is part of which system? ✔✔Manifest Periodic evaluations and surveys of work practices are which type of indicators of an organization's safety performance? ✔✔Leading