Health & Safety

Question 1

Workers’ Compensation benefits must be provided:

Answer 1

Regardless of who is at fault in an accident. A system of mandatory, no-fault business insurance that provides wage replacement and medical coverage to workers who become injured or ill in the course of doing their jobs.

Question 2

According to the Bureau of Labor Standards Statistics, what causes more than 50 percent of all occupational illnesses today?

Answer 2

Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD)

Question 3

Workers’ Compensation fraud

Answer 3

a. A dockworker collecting Workers’ Compensation while working as a real estate agent
b. Reporting a shoulder injury as a Workers’ Comp injury on Monday morning after a Saturday game of recreational softball.
c. HR pays workers as independent contractors to exclude them from the payroll reported to their work comp carrier.

Question 4

Not Worker Comp Fraud

Answer 4

Pursuant to section 4601 of the Labor Code, and notwithstanding the 30 day time period specified in subdivision (c), the employee may request a one time change of physician at any time. (Employee’s Request for Change of Physician. (a) This section shall not apply to self-insured and insured employers who offer a Medical Provider Network pursuant to section 4616 of the Labor Code. )

Question 5

An employee who is a victim of domestic violence who may have to take time off to obtain a restraining order or take other legal measures to protect themselves or their children are protected at work from what adverse employment actions?

Answer 5

Termination, discrimination, or retaliation

Question 6

All of these types of work that an employee may return to after a workers’ compensation injury.

Answer 6

a. Regular Work
b. Modified Work
c. Alternative Work

Question 7

An IIPP must include a system for communicating with employees that meets what criteria?

Answer 7

Readily understandable by all affected employees.

Question 8

An incident that results in a fatality requires an employer to contact Cal/OSHA by when?

Answer 8

8 hours

Question 9

An effective IIPP includes training for which two groups?

Answer 9

Supervisors and employees

Question 10

Californias No Smoking Law is generally intended to do which of the following:

Answer 10

The California No Smoking Law, passed in 19984, was later extended to ban smoking in virtually every indoor workplace, including bars, restaurants, taverns and gaming clubs.

Question 11

Cal/OSHA requires that employers do which of the following?

Answer 11

Provide employees access to their medical records.

Question 12

From an occupational safety and health standpoint, a good accident investigation ultimately answers all of which list of questions that follow?

Answer 12

What happened? Where did it happen? When did it happen? How did it happen? Why did it happen? What should be done to prevent or minimize such an incident in the future? What action is needed?

Question 13

How soon must California employers report work-related fatalities and serious injuries or illnesses?

Answer 13

Within 8 hours.

Question 14

In a major disaster, which is likely to be the lead California state agency for emergency information?

Answer 14

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES)

Question 15

In California, when must a employer implement an ergonomic program?

Answer 15

When at least two employees performing identical tasks have been diagnosed by a physician with repetitive motion injuries (RMIs) within 12 consecutive months.

Question 16

OSHA allows states like CA to administer thier own safety law if.

Answer 16

State standards are at least as effective as the Fed/OSHA standards.

Question 17

Proposition 65 signs address which of the following?

Answer 17

Potential health risks related to cancer or reproductive harm.

Question 18

The California Corporate Criminal Liability Act of 1989 does which of the following:

Answer 18

The Corporate Criminal Liability Act of 1989, commonly referred to as “BE a Manager Go to Jail Act,” subjects individual managers as well as corporations and limited liability corporations (LLC) to criminal liability for failing to disclose concealed hazards. Provides for criminal penalties when an employer fails to disclose a serious concealed hazard.

Question 19

The Form 300A summary page should be retained by the employer for the following period:

Answer 19

At the end of the three-month posting period, the Summary should be kept on file for a period of five years.

Question 20

The primary law governing safety in California is the:

Answer 20

Cal/OSHA is the primary law governing safety.

Question 21

The summary page for Cal/OSHAs Form 300A is required to be posted for the following period:

Answer 21

Feb.1 to April 30

Question 22

The Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2006 prohibits what activity?

Answer 22

Use of wireless telephones (cell phones) without a hands-free device by a driver while operating a motor vehicle.

Question 23

This agency licenses and regulates Workers’ Compensation insurance carriers and investigates insurance fraud:

Answer 23

California Department of Insurance (CDI)

Question 24

This is the form that must be furnished if the injury or illness results in medical treatment beyond first aid or in any lost time beyond the injury date?

Answer 24

DWC1

Question 25

Under Cal/OSHA regulations, which of the following triggers the need for safety training?

Answer 25

A new or revised process

Question 26

Under Cal/OSHA safety orders, what types of covered employers are required to have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)?

Answer 26

Those that have operations in California.

Question 27

Under Cal/OSHA (Title 8 CCR 3220), a California employer must have a written:

Answer 27

Emergency Action Plan

Question 28

Under what circumstances are businesses required to provide a “clear and reasonable” warning to meet the Prop 65 requirements?

Answer 28

Before “knowingly and intentionally” exposing anyone to a listed chemical.

Question 29

Until a Workers’ Compensation injury or illness is accepted or denied, what is the employer’s liability for medical care?

Answer 29

The maximum liability for the employer for medical treatment is $10,000 until the date the claim is accepted or denied.

Question 30

What California state entity has overall responsibility for enforcing Cal/OSHA safety and health standards?

Answer 30

Cal/OSHA safety and health standards are administered under California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) through the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).

Question 31

IIPP

Answer 31

Written Plan, procedures to investigate workplace injuries or illness, the identity of the person responsible for the IIPP

Question 32

What items are always required in an ergonomic program?

Answer 32

Worksite Evaluations, controls the exposure caused by RMIs and empoyee training

Question 33

CA Workplace Violence Act

Answer 33

This law provide specific rights to empoyee victums of viiolence to obtain restrainig orders and injuctions

Question 34

Type 1 Violance

Answer 34

hreat involves threats or assaults that may result in injury or fatality that occur during the commission of a robbery or some other crime

Question 35

When does the Heat Illness Prevention standard apply?

Answer 35

In all outdoor places of employment.

Question 36

Which agency is responsible for enforcing California laws and regulations pertaining to workplace safety and health?

Answer 36

Division of Occupational Safety and Health Programs (Cal/OSHA)

Question 37

Employee Rights under CAL OSHA

Answer 37

Training in safe pratices an dhazards appicable to the jobs. To request and take part in making changes to workplace safety adn health standards. To be informed if expose to harmful asubstances above allowable amounts

Question 38

Corporate Criminal Liability Act of 1989

Answer 38

To inform Cal/OSHA in writing within 15 days after learning of an imminent risk of death or bodily harm.

Question 39

Which of the following best describes the IIPP training requirement?

Answer 39

Safety training must include training on general safe practices and the specific hazards associated with the employee’s particular job assignment.

Question 40

IIPP

Answer 40

Safety communications system with employees; system for assuring employee compliance with safe work practices; scheduled inspections/evaluation system; accident investigation; procedures for correcting unsafe/unhealthy conditions; safety and health training and instruction; recordkeeping and documentation.

Question 41

Cal/OSHA recordkeeping requirement?

Answer 41

All covered California employers with 11 or more employees in the previous year are required to post Form 300A in the Annual Summary form from Feb. 1 – April 30 each year.

Question 42

Most California employers are covered by Cal/OSHA.

Answer 42

The few exceptions include the federal government, some federal contractors, shipside longshore activity, railroad workers working on the railroad right-of-way and certain employers of domestic help.

Question 43

Which of the following requires California employers to have an IIPP?

Answer 43

In California every employer has a legal obligation to provide and maintain a safe and healthful workplace for employees, according to the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973. As of 1991, a written, effective Injury and Illness Prevention, Program (IIPP) is required for every California employer.

Question 44

MPN

Answer 44

Select one:

a. MPNs are comprised of both occupational and non-occupational physicians.
b. MPNs are reasonably located to the place of business.
d. MPNs allow the employer to control the cost and care of an employee’s workplace injury.

Question 45

With some exceptions, every covered California employer with 10 or more employees, must complete:

Answer 45

Employers who are required to maintain the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300), are also required to prepare and post a Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300A) at the end of each year in which the employer was required to maintain a Log 300.