Health Hazards
Health Effects
Worker Rights
Labeling Systems
Hierarchy of Controls
100

An irritant is an example of this type of common health hazard

Chemical

100
Hazardous chemical exposure can cause this disease of abnormal cell growth

Cancer

100

Under OSHA, employees have the right to have this inspected if they request it

Workplace

100

This document contains details of specific hazardous chemicals and their usage

Safety Data Sheet

100

This is considered the most effective control

Elimination

200

COVID-19 would be example of this type of common health hazard

Biological

200

This route of entry is the most common route

Inhalation

200

Workers are entitled to copies of their what

Medical records

200

Safety Data Sheet is often this acronym

SDS

200

This is considered the least effective control

PPE

300

This type of health hazard are things in the immediate area that would affect our bodies

Physical

300

This route of entry means to be drawn in through the eye or skin

Absorption

300

This law states that employees are entitled to know about hazardous chemicals and materials they will be exposed to in the workplace

Right to Know

300

All chemicals must have these on them

Labels

300

Changing worker scheduling is an example of this control

Administrative

400

Like a drink, a health hazard can be found in this form

Liquid

400

This type of entry would puncture the skin

Injection

400

True or false: All training must be documented and kept on file

True

400

According to OSHA's recommendations, there are this many steps to creating an effective HazCom program

Six

400

Isolating a worker from the hazard is an example of this control

Engineering

500

This type of health hazard affects our musculoskeletal system

Ergonomic

500

This type of health effect is immediate and from short term exposure at a high level of concentration

Acute

500

This is the name of the training program employers should be providing their workers about hazardous chemicals in the workplace

Hazard Communication Program

500

Remember those labels that stated something was an explosive, flammable gas, etc.? This is the name of that system

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)

500

If we cannot eliminate a hazard, but can put something less hazardous in its place, we are doing this

Substitution

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