OSHA Final Exam Review With Rationales Answers

Annual Accidental Deaths - ANSWER-100,000 5th Highest Cause of Death - ANSWER-Accidental 1900 life expectancy of new born - ANSWER-49 years how many people day die at work - ANSWER-12 OSEHA act was passed in - ANSWER-1970 Injury Rate Equation - ANSWER-(total # on injuries) x (200,000)/(Number of hours) Hidden Costs - ANSWER-Work Interruption Administrative Time Property Damage Goods & Services 4th Century BC (Hippocrates) - ANSWER-Considered environmental and work factors. ____poisoning of ____documented. - ANSWER-Lead, Miners 1st Century AD (Pliny) - ANSWER-Respirator invented. Protected from zinc and sulfur. 2nd Century (Galen) - ANSWER-Tracks diseases in Mining, Tanning and Chemical industries. 15th Century (Ellenborg) - ANSWER-Identifies lead, asbestos, mercury. 16th Century (Paracelsus) - ANSWER-The dose determines the poison 18th Century AD (Ramazzini) - ANSWER-Considered "Father of Occupational Medicine. -Disease of Workers (De Morbis Artificum) -*Emphasized "Prevention" over "Cure." Passing of Safety Acts - ANSWER-1775 (Pott) identified occupational cancer in Chimney Sweeps. 1788 / 1875 England passes Chimney Sweeps Act. 1833 Factory Act. - ANSWER-Industrialization = innovations. Theory of Accident Causation - ANSWER-H.C. Heinrich (1920s).