SAFE 412 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why is EHS viewed as a "Sunk Cost"? - Answers - EHS takes money from the profit
and it cases can get in way of greed.
What were Deming's 14 key principles responsible for? - Answers - Framework
ISO 9001 - Answers - QMS (Quality Management System)
ISO 14001 - Answers - EMS (Environmental Management System)
ISO 45001 - Answers - SMS (International Standard for Occupational, Safety, and
Health Management System)
Safety - Answers - An ever-changing condition in which one attempts to minimize the
risk of injury, illness, or property damage from the hazards to which one may be
exposed.
Hazard - Answers - Source with a potential to cause injury.
Risk - Answers - Combination of the likelihood/probability of occurrence of a work-
related hazardous event or exposure and the severity/impact of injury and illness health
that can be caused by the event or exposure.
Simpler form of Risk - Answers - Risk = P (Probability) x I (Impact)
Unsafe Act - Answers - A behavioral departure from an accepted normal, or correct
procedure or practice.
What is important to understand about an unsafe act? - Answers - Acts as a linking
event between hazard and injury/illness.
Unsafe Conditions - Answers - Any physical state which deviates from that which is
acceptable, normal, or correct. ACTS AS A LINKING EVENT BETWEEN HAZARD AND
INJURY/ILLNESS
Incident (near miss) - Answers - An undesired even that, under slightly different
circumstances, could have resulted in personal harm or property damage.
Accident - Answers - An unplanned and injurious or damaging event which interrupts
the normal process of an activity and is invariably proceeded by an unsafe action or
unsafe condions or some combination.
Why is EHS viewed as a "Sunk Cost"? - Answers - EHS takes money from the profit
and it cases can get in way of greed.
What were Deming's 14 key principles responsible for? - Answers - Framework
ISO 9001 - Answers - QMS (Quality Management System)
ISO 14001 - Answers - EMS (Environmental Management System)
ISO 45001 - Answers - SMS (International Standard for Occupational, Safety, and
Health Management System)
Safety - Answers - An ever-changing condition in which one attempts to minimize the
risk of injury, illness, or property damage from the hazards to which one may be
exposed.
Hazard - Answers - Source with a potential to cause injury.
Risk - Answers - Combination of the likelihood/probability of occurrence of a work-
related hazardous event or exposure and the severity/impact of injury and illness health
that can be caused by the event or exposure.
Simpler form of Risk - Answers - Risk = P (Probability) x I (Impact)
Unsafe Act - Answers - A behavioral departure from an accepted normal, or correct
procedure or practice.
What is important to understand about an unsafe act? - Answers - Acts as a linking
event between hazard and injury/illness.
Unsafe Conditions - Answers - Any physical state which deviates from that which is
acceptable, normal, or correct. ACTS AS A LINKING EVENT BETWEEN HAZARD AND
INJURY/ILLNESS
Incident (near miss) - Answers - An undesired even that, under slightly different
circumstances, could have resulted in personal harm or property damage.
Accident - Answers - An unplanned and injurious or damaging event which interrupts
the normal process of an activity and is invariably proceeded by an unsafe action or
unsafe condions or some combination.
