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1. What are the leading causes of death in the United States?
Accidents are considered to be the fourth leading cause of death after heart disease, cancer and strokes.
2. When the overall cost of an accident is calculated, what elements make up the cost?
The elements making up the cost of an accident are lost wages, insurance administration, medical expenses, motor vehicle damage, fire-related losses, and indirect costs.
3. What are the five leading causes of accidental deaths in the United States?
Motor vehicle, poison, falls, drowning, and fire-related accidents.
4. What are the leading causes of death in the United States of people between the ages of 25 and 44?
Motor vehicle, poison, falls, drowning, fire-related accidents, heart, and cancer disease.
5. Explain how today’s rate of accidental work deaths compares with the rate in the early 1900s.
Per a population of 100,000, accidental work deaths have reduced by 81 percent from 21 to 4 between 1912 and 1989.
6. What are the five leading causes of work deaths?
Motor vehicle accidents, electric current, falls, fire-related, and drowning.
7. What are the five leading causes of work injuries by type of accident?
Overexertion, impact accidents, falls, bodily reaction, and compression.
8. When death rates are classified by industry type, what are the leading industry types?
Mining, agriculture, and construction.
9. Rank the following body parts according to frequency of injury from highest to lowest: neck, fingers, trunk, back, and eyes.
Back, fingers, trunk, eyes, and neck.
10. Name three chemicals that frequently cause chemical burns in the workplace.
Calcium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and potassium hydroxide (Grossmeier...
Identify three factors that contribute to heat burn injuries in the workplace.
employee working in a limited space, Employer fails to enforce safety practiced and procedures, and employees working with poorly maintained equipment and tools.
12. Explain the difference between repetitive strain injury and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Repetitive strain injury is a broad and generic term encompassing the injuries that result from cumulative trauma to the soft tissues of the body. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an injury to the median nerve inside the wrist typically caused by repeated and cumulative stress on the median nerve.
13. Explain the reasons for high accident rates in developing countries.
Lack of safety and health infrastructure and rapid development caused by the pressure of global competition.
14. Explain how to establish a safety-first corporate culture in an organization.
The organization needs to understand why it needs a safety-first culture, and the current culture should be assessed to determine how it relates to safety. Planning and modeling for the safety-first culture should be next. Orienting, mentoring, and training the personnel in the desired safety-related behaviors and attitudes follows. Finally, reinforcing and maintaining the desired safety-first corporate culture.
15. To what cause(s) can the improvements in workplace safety made to date be attributed?
Improvements have been due to pressure for legislation to promote health and safety, professionalization of occupation and safety, and increasing costs of accidents and injuries.
16. Explain the significance of the Code of Hammurabi in terms of the safety movement.
The code contained clauses that dealt with injuries monetary damages assessed against those who…
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