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BOSH-CHAPTER 1-CHAPTER #
Questions and Answers Grade A+
Occupational safety
✓ deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to
prevent unsafe act and unsafe conditions in any workplace.
Hazard
✓ any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on
something or
✓ someone.
Safety at work
✓ discusses concepts
✓ on good housekeeping, proper materials handling and storage,
machine safety, electrical
✓ safety, fire prevention and control, safety inspection, and accident
investigation.
Harm
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✓ physical injury or damage to health.
Resulting harm
✓ is referred to as the hazard instead of the actual source of the
✓ hazard.
Risk
✓ the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience
an adverse health
✓ effect if exposed to a hazard.
Hazard
✓ the agent responsible
Risk
✓ expressed as a probability or likelihood of developing a disease or
getting
✓ injured,
Nature of the exposure, how the person is exposed, the severity of the
exposure
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✓ Factors that influence
✓ the degree or likelihood of risk
Occupatioal Health
✓ concept which explains how the different hazards and risks at
✓ work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are
essential in controlling
✓ work-related and/or occupational diseases.
adverse health effects
✓ "any change in body function or the structures of cells that can lead to
disease or health problems".
Acute
✓ that the injury or harm can occur or be felt
✓ as soon as a person comes in contact with the hazardous agent
Industrial hygiene
✓ identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical,
✓ biological and ergonomic hazards.
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BOSH-CHAPTER 1-CHAPTER #
Questions and Answers Grade A+
Occupational safety
✓ deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to
prevent unsafe act and unsafe conditions in any workplace.
Hazard
✓ any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on
something or
✓ someone.
Safety at work
✓ discusses concepts
✓ on good housekeeping, proper materials handling and storage,
machine safety, electrical
✓ safety, fire prevention and control, safety inspection, and accident
investigation.
Harm
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✓ physical injury or damage to health.
Resulting harm
✓ is referred to as the hazard instead of the actual source of the
✓ hazard.
Risk
✓ the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience
an adverse health
✓ effect if exposed to a hazard.
Hazard
✓ the agent responsible
Risk
✓ expressed as a probability or likelihood of developing a disease or
getting
✓ injured,
Nature of the exposure, how the person is exposed, the severity of the
exposure
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✓ Factors that influence
✓ the degree or likelihood of risk
Occupatioal Health
✓ concept which explains how the different hazards and risks at
✓ work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are
essential in controlling
✓ work-related and/or occupational diseases.
adverse health effects
✓ "any change in body function or the structures of cells that can lead to
disease or health problems".
Acute
✓ that the injury or harm can occur or be felt
✓ as soon as a person comes in contact with the hazardous agent
Industrial hygiene
✓ identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical,
✓ biological and ergonomic hazards.
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