PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Accident investigation. Answer: The determination of fats of an
accident by inquiry, observation and examination
● Acute exposure. Answer: A single exposure or exposure over a short
time
● Acute Toxic Effects (accute Toxicity). Answer: Effects that take place
after a single exposure or after a short series of exposures within 24hrs
● America Conference of Government industrial Hygienist (ACGIH).
Answer: International association of occupational hygienists that
develops many guidelines of the practice of occupational hygiene. One
of the most important of theses guidelines is Threshold Limit Values and
Biological Exposure Indices. This publication serves as the basis for
occupational exposure limits in many jurisdictions around the world.
● Audit. Answer: An evaluation of a health and safety program
measuring its effectiveness and efficiency against given standards. it
helps enable the company to improve its health and safety program.
● Auditor. Answer: An individual who has the qualification and skill set
to measure health and safety performance against a given standard
,● Certification of Recognition (COR). Answer: An accreditation given
to an employer's health and safety management system that has been
evaluated by a certified auditor.
● Chronic Exposure. Answer: An exposure to a low concentration of
substance over extended period of time
● Chronic Toxic Effects ( Chronic Toxicity). Answer: The effects that
occur after chronic exposure or that occur a long time after exposure.
● CLC. Answer: Canada Labour Code
● Company Rules. Answer: Company directives that govern and control
conduct that action at the workplace. These rules are basic written
statements that dictate acceptable behaviour and leave no room for
discretion or argument. Also referred to as safe work rules.
● Company Health & Safety Policy. Answer: A current written
statement(s) of Senior Management's philosophy, principles, and goals
embodying the company/employer's commitments to workplace health
and safety
● Competent. Answer: Having the necessary ability and skills.
, ● Complex Mixture. Answer: A mixture that is a combination of many
chemicals, has a commonly known generic name and is any of the
following: naturally occurring, a fraction of naturally occuring mixture
that results from a separation process, a modification of a naturally
occurring mixture, a modification of a fraction of naturally occurring
mixture that results from a chemical modification process.
● Constructor. Answer: The contractor, employer or other person who
enters into an agreement with the owner of the work site to be the prime
contractor. The constructor has the overall responsibility for health and
safety on the worksite.
● Critical Task. Answer: A task that has the potential to produce major
loss to people, equipment, process or the environment.
● Cumulative Toxic Effects. Answer: Effects that usually occur after
long term exposure to a substance. Individual exposures occur many
times and the effects accumulate. Even very small individual exposures
may result in a toxic effect.
● Decomposition. Answer: The breakdown of a material into two or
more different materials.
● Documentation, Observations and Interviews (DOI). Answer: These
are the techniques used to verify the effectiveness of a health and safety
program (also referred to as verification techniques)