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23-Ind-B10 Workplace Health and Safety

Worked solutions to 11 past sittings (2013–2018), 77 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2018

  1. Question 1: Occupational Health and Safety Programs, Policy Statements and Responsibilities, and the Need for Safety Standards
  2. Question 2: Hazard Control Programs, Selecting a Control Method for Chemical Agents, and the Main Ways to Control a Hazard
  3. Question 3: Purposes and Types of Ventilation Systems, and Their Limitations
  4. Question 4: The Risk Management Framework, Contents of a Risk Management Policy, and Risk Assessment Techniques
  5. Question 5: Job Safety Analysis and Effective Training Plans
  6. Question 6: Methods and Placement of Hazard Controls, and Choosing the Best Method
  7. Question 7: Process Flow Chart Design, Hazard/Control Identification at Each Step, and an Alternate Hazard-Reduced Flow Chart

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Policy Statements, Policy Responsibilities, and the Need for Safety Standards
  2. Question 2: Hazard Control Programs, Selecting a Control Method for Chemical Agents, and the Main Ways to Control a Hazard
  3. Question 3: Designer Responsibilities for Environment Control, the Effects of Noise and Heat, and Steps for Safeguarding Worker Health
  4. Question 4: The Risk Management Framework, Contents of a Risk Management Policy, and Risk Assessment Techniques
  5. Question 5: Job Safety Analysis and Effective Training Plans
  6. Question 6: Methods and Placement of Hazard Controls, and Choosing the Best Method
  7. Question 7: Process Flow Chart Design, Hazard/Control Identification at Each Step, and an Alternate Hazard-Reduced Flow Chart

December 2017

  1. Question 1: OHSA Compliance Costs, System Safety, and Non-Traditional-Sector Hazards
  2. Question 2: FMEA in Reliability Engineering, Preliminary Hazard Analysis, and Design Deficiencies Causing Safety Hazards
  3. Question 3: Engineering Deficiencies in Accident Causation, Industrial Accident Prevention, and Hand-Drill Safety Features
  4. Question 4: Industrial Ecology in Manufacturing, Micrometeorology and Human Health, and Designer Responsibilities for Toxic Hazards
  5. Question 5: Effective Machine Guards, Precautionary Measures for Mechanical Equipment, and Mechanical Injury Types
  6. Question 6: Design Deficiencies Revisited, Back-Out and Recovery, and the Hierarchy of Hazard Control
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Millwright's Fall from a Ladder While Adjusting a Flywheel Chain

May 2017

  1. Question 1: OHSA in Non-Traditional Sectors, IT-Enabled Safety Access, and Cooperative Inspection Agreements
  2. Question 2: Standards, Codes, and Regulations; Their Use in Product Design; and Process Safety Management
  3. Question 3: Chemical Agents — Target Organs, Skin Damage, and Effects on the Operator
  4. Question 4: Designer Responsibilities for Toxic Materials, Detection and PPE-Required Operations, and Respiratory Protection Types
  5. Question 5: Process Safety Information, Training for Procedure Compliance, and Hazardous Chemical Information
  6. Question 6: Effective Machine Guards, Mechanical Hazard Types and Causes, and Minimizing Mechanical Hazards
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Die-Rigging Crane Accident Resulting in Fatal-Risk Head Injury

December 2016

  1. Question 1: OHSA Objectives, System Safety, and Back-Out/Recovery in Accident Prevention
  2. Question 2: FMEA in Reliability Engineering, Preliminary Hazard Analysis, and Design Deficiencies Causing Safety Hazards
  3. Question 3: Fault Tree Analysis — Purpose, Application to Accident Investigation, and Limitations
  4. Question 4: Industrial Ecology in Manufacturing, Micrometeorology and Human Health, and Designer Responsibilities for Toxic Hazards
  5. Question 5: Effective Machine Guards, Precautionary Measures for Mechanical Equipment, and Mechanical Injury Types
  6. Question 6: Minimizing Hazard Damage, the Hierarchy of Hazard Controls, and Mechanical Equipment Precautions
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Spray-Gun Clogging Incident Resulting in Amputation

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Accident Causation Beyond Operator Error, OHSA Compliance Costs, and Uncovering Unsafe Conditions
  2. Question 2: Fault Tree Analysis, Job Safety Analysis, and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  3. Question 3: Chemical Agents — Target Organs, Skin Damage, and Effects on the Operator
  4. Question 4: Air Contaminants and Exposure Measurement, Hypoxic Hypoxia, and Canister Air-Purifier Properties
  5. Question 5: Rules for Proper Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment, Major Types, and Operations Requiring Protection
  6. Question 6: Physical Hazards, Confined Spaces, and the Permit-Required Confined Space Criterion
  7. Question 7: Foundry Overhead-Crane Casting Drop — Causes, Corrective Actions, and Follow-Up

December 2014

  1. Question 1: OHSA Compliance Costs, System Safety, and Non-Traditional-Sector Hazards
  2. Question 2: Standards, Codes, and Regulations; Their Use in Product Design; and Process Safety Management
  3. Question 3: Engineering Deficiencies in Accident Causation, Industrial Accident Prevention, and Hand-Drill Safety Features
  4. Question 4: Designer Responsibilities for Toxic Materials, Detection and PPE-Required Operations, and Respiratory Protection Types
  5. Question 5: Process Safety Information, Training for Procedure Compliance, and Hazardous Chemical Information
  6. Question 6: Hazard Elimination Examples, Limiting Hazard Levels, and the Hazards of a Pressurized Steel Tank
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Drill-Press Operator's Glove Caught in Revolving Drill During Tool Change

May 2014

  1. Question 1: OHSA in Non-Traditional Sectors, IT-Enabled Safety Access, and Cooperative Inspection Agreements
  2. Question 2: FMEA in Reliability Engineering, Preliminary Hazard Analysis, and Design Deficiencies Causing Safety Hazards
  3. Question 3: Chemical Agents — Target Organs, Skin Damage, and Effects on the Operator
  4. Question 4: Industrial Ecology in Manufacturing, Micrometeorology and Human Health, and Designer Responsibilities for Toxic Hazards
  5. Question 5: Skin Absorption Terminology, Canister Air-Purifying Chemistry, and Respiratory Protection Equipment
  6. Question 6: Design Deficiencies Revisited, Back-Out and Recovery, and the Hierarchy of Hazard Control
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Millwright's Fall from a Ladder While Adjusting a Flywheel Chain

December 2013

  1. Question 1: OHSA Objectives, System Safety, and Back-Out/Recovery in Accident Prevention
  2. Question 2: Standards, Codes, and Regulations; Their Use in Product Design; and Process Safety Management
  3. Question 3: Fault Tree Analysis — Purpose, Application to Accident Investigation, and Limitations
  4. Question 4: Toxic Substances and Their Effects, Detection and Respiratory Protection, and Hypoxia
  5. Question 5: Effective Machine Guards, Precautionary Measures for Mechanical Equipment, and Mechanical Injury Types
  6. Question 6: Effective Machine Guards Revisited, Mechanical Hazard Types and Causes, and Minimizing Mechanical Hazards
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Die-Rigging Crane Accident Resulting in Fatal-Risk Head Injury

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Accident Causation Beyond Operator Error, OHSA Compliance Costs, and Uncovering Unsafe Conditions
  2. Question 2: Fault Tree Analysis, Job Safety Analysis, and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  3. Question 3: Physical Hazards, Chemical Hazards, and Permit-Required Confined Space
  4. Question 4: Controlling Environmental Stresses, Engineering Controls for Physical Hazards, and Designer Responsibility for Toxic Hazards
  5. Question 5: Process Safety Information, Training for Procedure Compliance, and Hazardous Chemical Information
  6. Question 6: Minimizing Hazard Damage, the Hierarchy of Hazard Controls, and Mechanical Equipment Precautions
  7. Question 7: Case Study — Spray-Gun Clogging Incident Resulting in Amputation

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: Policy Statements, Policy Responsibilities, and the Need for Safety Standards
  2. Question 2: Hazard Control Programs, Selecting a Control Method for Chemical Agents, and the Main Ways to Control a Hazard
  3. Question 3: Designer Responsibilities for Environment Control, the Effects of Noise and Heat, and Steps for Safeguarding Worker Health
  4. Question 4: The Risk Management Framework, Contents of a Risk Management Policy, and Risk Assessment Techniques
  5. Question 5: Job Safety Analysis and Effective Training Plans
  6. Question 6: Methods and Placement of Hazard Controls, and Choosing the Best Method
  7. Question 7: Process Flow Chart Design, Hazard/Control Identification at Each Step, and an Alternate Hazard-Reduced Flow Chart