Safety Questions
Safety Questions
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OSHA related safety questions are in Carl Potter's: 52 Weeks of Safety Workbook, Hardcover or E-book CLICK HERE TO GET YOU COPY
Safety questions are asked with regard to industrial safety, home safety, vacation safety, driving safety, flying safety and other areas where personal safety is a risk. OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration provides many of the answers to safety questions. When asked a safety question it is important to note the context in which the safety question is asked. If asked by a manager the question may be one of legal compliance. In the case of a worker asking safety questions it may be clarification of the procedure that will ultimately result in preventing an injury. Clients who ask me safety questions expect an answer because someone has been injured and the safety question may be asked to find fault. In my professional opinion, safety questions should not be asked to find fault, but to clarify the need for safety interventions that can prevent further injury.
As a Certified Safety Professional I am asked many safety questions and have collected them over the years. In addition, I have written questions for organizations to use in their safety training material and for use in safety meetings. This website is a depository of safety questions from my collect. I have attempted to provide safety questions in a multiple choice format for you to review, use or purchase in many formats. You may want to browse this website and explore the possible safety questions that will help you develop your safety training, presentation or just test your safety knowledge.
The following is an example of my collection of safety questions:
If an employee is called upon to perform work that he or she considers hazardous and the employee is not properly protected, what options does the employee have?
a) The best way for the employee to handle the situation is to discuss it with other crewmembers to develop a solution and then bring the situation up at the next safety meeting.
b) The employee should point out the situation to the foreman so that it can be written up on the next safety report.
c) The matter shall be brought to the attention of the supervisor before beginning work.
d) The employee must get the work done without delay, even if a supervisor or foreman cannot be consulted. Our customers come first and must not be impacted.
One of the ways I have used the questions is in a workbook available for developing employee's understanding of safety. In my workbook 52 Weeks of Safety, Vol.1 the user will find two safety questions each week that reflect the safety rules and regulations developed by OSHA. Each week the user of this book can read an anecdotal safety application followed by an OSHA regulation that relates directly. This is followed by the two safety questions to test the user's ability to understand and make application to prevent workplace injuries.