Safety Management (15) Flashcards
Which of the following parties is primarily responsible for maintaining a safe site, under most standard form contracts?
Prime Contractor
The experience modification rate (EMR) is based on insurance company averages over how many years?
3 Years
Which of the following factors contributes most to reducing the exposure of a CM’s liability related to injured workers?
The CM’s proactive stance toward managing risk-causing activities
The CM observes a safety violation while conducting a site visit. The CM should:
advise the workers to voluntarily remove themselves from the danger area, report the event to the workers’ supervisor, and notify the owner of the event
The Construction Industry Institute (CII) Best Practices recommends which of the following programs to reduce the Total Recordable Incidence Rate (TRIR) on a project?
Zero Accident techniques
A party’s right to compel reimbursement when it discharges an obligation for which another party would be liable is defined as:
Indemnity
The agency CM is managing a contract that installs interior finish work for an underground pedestrian tunnel. The concrete tunnel shell was constructed under another contract over a year ago. The shell contract specified embeds in the cast-in-place ceiling for hanging all-thread to support chilled water pipes. The finishes contractor has discovered that only expansion anchors were installed, which will not support the pipe weight. He proposes a costly change to retrofit embeds using epoxy. The CM learns that the tunnel shell designer approved the shell contractor’s submittal for the expansion anchors. Which of the following is the CM’s best course of action?
Issue a change order to the finishes contractor for the epoxy embeds. Seek to recover from the designer or shell contractor
Prior to the performance of any critical or high hazard construction activity, the contractor should perform a:
Job hazard analysis (JHA)
Construction projects are dangerous places. What safety best practices can be taken to avoid personal injury and property damage?
Require the contractor to submit both a site specific safety plan and their corporate safety program, policies, and procedures
You are the project manager for the at-risk CM for a project. In reviewing the project specifications, you note that several specification sections contain performance criteria. You can mitigate the risk using which financial instruments:
In addition to normal project insurance requirements, require the trade contractors to provide professional liability insurance
Which of the following types of accidents account for the highest percentage of fatal injuries on construction projects?
Falls
Whose responsibility is it to provide general liability?
General contractor
Who has the responsibility to differentiate whether the state in which a project is located has more stringent safety guidelines than those imposed by OSHA?
CM
Which of the following is a safety related task during equipment installation?
Lockout/Tagout
Which of the following is a source of CM liability for construction site safety?
The CM’s actions and control of a project
