Act of 1970 that established the first national policy for safety and health
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
100
Employees have the right to "a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm?
What is the General Duty Clause
100
Program offering injured employees less-strenuous jobs, usually on a temporary basis and under medical supervisor
What are Return-to-Work programs or Modified-Duty programs
(pg. 6-72)
100
Established corporate ethical standards and financial accountability for all publicly traded organizations doing business in the United States
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
100
When an employee shows obvious signs of not being fit for duty or has a documented pattern of unsafe work behavior, the employee may be asked to take a drug test
What is reasonable suspicion and for cause (pg. 6-95)
200
Gives federal officials greater authority to take measures to combat terrorism
What is the USA Patriot Act (page 6-47)
200
Requires employers to provide for effective engineering or administrative controls to reduce noise levels in the workplace when they equal or exceed 85 decibels on an eight hour time weighted average
What is the Occupational Noise Exposure standard
(pg. 6-24)
200
Need this support for a successful safety program
What is top management (pg. 6-57)
200
The first step in conducting a security risk analysis
What are security risk factors or vulnerabilities
(pg. 6-110)
200
HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and TB are examples of this
What is infectious diseases (pg. 6-80)
300
Encourage employers and employees to reduce safety and health hazards
What is one of the objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (pg. 6-18)
300
Willful, Serious, Other-than-Serious, Repeat, and De Minimis are examples of
What are OSHA violations (pg. 6-41)
300
Workers from different levels and departments involved in safety planning
What is a safety committee (pg. 6-59)
300
Involves the physical and procedural measures used to protect people, property, and information
What is workplace security (pg. 6-104)
300
Products that affect a fetus but not the pregnant mother
What is Teratogens
400
Prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their genetic information in both employment and health insurance
What is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), 2008
(pg. 6-45)
400
Control of Hazardous Energy is also known as this program
What is Lockout-Tagout (pg. 6-25)
400
Safety committees like other worker involvement committees, could be considered employer-dominated and a violation of this
What is the National Labor Relations Act (pg. 6-59) (Module 5)
400
Inventory counts, fraud hotlines, sound auditing procedures, video surveillance, and dollar-limit authority are examples
What are fraud control practices (pg. 6-107)
400
A disease that is new to the population, infects humans causing serious illness, and spreads easily creates this
What is a pandemic (6-83)
500
Federal contractors with contracts of $100,000 or more as well as recipients of grants from the federal government must follow requirements to certify that they maintain this
What is the Drug-Free Workplace Act (pg. 6-43)
500
Standard requires employers who store, manufacture, or use highly hazardous chemicals, toxins, or reactive materials to have emergency response plans and provide training to their workers
What is Process Safety Management Standard (pg. 6-28)
500
Proper design of the work environment to address the physical demands experienced by employees
What is ergonomics (pg. 6-68)
500
Plan describing the actions to be taken by all personnel to respond to situations at the facility that pose a threat to human health and the environment
What is an Emergency Response Plan (pg. 6-111)
500
Focuses on job performance and documents clear instances of unsatisfactory employee performance