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Triangle Fire
Data trends, food inc. &A Day's work
Black Lung Documentary &Other Info
Black Lung Disease Prevention Strategies and Challenges
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The 4 standard occupational health and safety strategies

What are anticipation, recognition, control, and evaluation? 

100

______ had the highest rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses

What is agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting?

100

Mining machines cutting more rock has led to

What is exposure to the toxic dust, Silica?
100

An example of engineering and environmental controls to prevent Black Lung

What is ventilation and water spray?

200

____ is most similar to hazard analysis

anticipation

200
Lawrence Daquan Davis was this type of worker

What is a temporary worker?

200

The type of curve that is used to describe the trend in black lung cases (decrease over many decades, recently the trend reversed)

What is a U-shaped curve?

200

A respirator is an example of ____

What is PPE?

300
Name a process control in relation to the Triangle Fire

What is no smoking policy?

What is a policy that the doors remain unlocked during business hours?

300
The name of the meatpacking company that was mentioned in the Food. Inc video that hired illegal Mexican immigrants

What is Smithfield?

300

The agency that monitors Black Lung disease

What is NIOSH?

300

List at least 3 challenges 

*doesn't have to be in the form of a question

safety vs productivity, PPE acceptance, High compensation for dangerous work, insufficient enforcement, mining 'culture', declining unionization, thinner coal seems, and deregulation

400

State at least 3 reasons as to why there were so many fatalities in the Triangle Fire

What is lack of exit door, fire escape failure, no alarm system, no sprinkler system, lack of a plan, short ladders, lack of extinguishers?

400

The typical trend in fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses in the workplace overtime 

What is a decrease/decline in cases?

400

About how long ago did the modern era of coal mine regulation begin

What is nearly 50 years ago?

400

Only cases of those still working describes the _______

What is the Healthy worker effect?

500

The name of the factory and the year of the fire

What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and 1911?

500

The data displayed what types of rates

What are incidence rates?

500

As a result of this act (and its regulations), the proportion of Black Lung cases decreased

What is the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act?
500

Chest x-ray by NIOSH every five years is an example of this occupational health and safety strategy

*hint: the answer doesn't start with an s

What is recognition?