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HAZARD definition - Answer: Any condition or changing set of circumstances that has
the potential to cause an injury
Event definition - Answer: Any activity that may occur on a day-to-day basis as a direct
or indirect result of some human-related undertaking
Incident definition - Answer: Any observable human activity that is an unwanted event
or occurrence that might have had a negative impact on the people, property or process
involved
ACCIDENT definition - Answer: Any unwanted event that causes harm to people,
property or processes
Injury definition - Answer: Any trauma, physical or mental, direct or indirect, acute or
chronic, experienced by a human being
what's an unsafe act? - Answer: Generally refers to a deviation from standard job
procedures or practices that increase a worker's exposure to a hazard.
what is a positive tree - Answer: Shows graphically how a job should be done.
what is a fault tree? - Answer: An illustration of things that can/do go wrong
what's RAC? - Answer: Recognition, assessment & control - process of determining
factors likely to cause incidents or accidents
4 areas of hazard analysis - Answer: 1. Ergonomic Factors
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, 2. Human Factors
3. Situational Factors
4. Environmental Factors
what is materials handling? - Answer: describes the Process & Procedure for:
1. Lifting
2. Carrying
3. Lowering
what's an RSI? - Answer: Repetitive-strain injury - An injury whose origin can be traced
to continuous & repetitive actions that produce muscle &/or skeletal strain.
4 conditions of RSI - Answer: 1. Unnatural Joint Position or Posture
2. Force(d) Application to Hinge(d) Joints
3. Activity Repetition, and
4. Pre-Existing Conditions
know errors of omission & commission - Answer: - Commission: When an Accident
happens by Doing an Action it's called an Error of Commission or Poor Judgment
- Omission: When an Accident happens by Not Doing an Action or by failing to do
something it's called an Error of Omission or a Human Factor.
categories of unsafe acts - Answer: 1. Predictable: The act/action was predicted &/or
was predictable perpetrator did the act/action knowingly
2. Random: An act/action that happens without it being able to be predicted or be
predictable
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ANSWERS INSIDE.
HAZARD definition - Answer: Any condition or changing set of circumstances that has
the potential to cause an injury
Event definition - Answer: Any activity that may occur on a day-to-day basis as a direct
or indirect result of some human-related undertaking
Incident definition - Answer: Any observable human activity that is an unwanted event
or occurrence that might have had a negative impact on the people, property or process
involved
ACCIDENT definition - Answer: Any unwanted event that causes harm to people,
property or processes
Injury definition - Answer: Any trauma, physical or mental, direct or indirect, acute or
chronic, experienced by a human being
what's an unsafe act? - Answer: Generally refers to a deviation from standard job
procedures or practices that increase a worker's exposure to a hazard.
what is a positive tree - Answer: Shows graphically how a job should be done.
what is a fault tree? - Answer: An illustration of things that can/do go wrong
what's RAC? - Answer: Recognition, assessment & control - process of determining
factors likely to cause incidents or accidents
4 areas of hazard analysis - Answer: 1. Ergonomic Factors
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, 2. Human Factors
3. Situational Factors
4. Environmental Factors
what is materials handling? - Answer: describes the Process & Procedure for:
1. Lifting
2. Carrying
3. Lowering
what's an RSI? - Answer: Repetitive-strain injury - An injury whose origin can be traced
to continuous & repetitive actions that produce muscle &/or skeletal strain.
4 conditions of RSI - Answer: 1. Unnatural Joint Position or Posture
2. Force(d) Application to Hinge(d) Joints
3. Activity Repetition, and
4. Pre-Existing Conditions
know errors of omission & commission - Answer: - Commission: When an Accident
happens by Doing an Action it's called an Error of Commission or Poor Judgment
- Omission: When an Accident happens by Not Doing an Action or by failing to do
something it's called an Error of Omission or a Human Factor.
categories of unsafe acts - Answer: 1. Predictable: The act/action was predicted &/or
was predictable perpetrator did the act/action knowingly
2. Random: An act/action that happens without it being able to be predicted or be
predictable
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