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OSHE 381- Exam 1 Questions & Detailed Answers
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- OSHE 381
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- University Of California - Berkeley
OSHE 381- Exam 1 Questions & Detailed Answers
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OSHE 381- Exam 1 Questions & Detailed AnswersWhat has caused the change in the chemical industry? - ANS -Better business
analysis
-Safety is important and it is profitable
-Highly visible incidents
-Public Scrutiny
-Government involvement
Advances in chemical and process safety - ANS -Improved technology, tools, and
equipment
-Sampling and monitoring equipment
-Dispersion modeling-vapor releases
-Math techniques to determine ways that a process can fail
-Hydrodynamic modeling of 2-phase flow through pressure relief
-Better definitions of terms, responsibilities, and expectations
"Loss prevention has replaced what? - ANS "Safety"
Past attitudes - ANS -Don't worry, we know what we are doing.
-The public isn't able to understand what we do.
-Our hourly employees are able to understand what we do.
, -We've always done it this way.
New attitudes - ANS -Safety is good business.
-Safe plans operate more efficiently.
-Safety saves money.
Safety or Loss Prevention - ANS The prevention of accidents by the use of
appropriate technologies to identify hazards and eliminate them
-Proactive approach
Hazard - ANS Anything with the potential for producing an event, or series of
events, which result in an accident.
Accident - ANS An unplanned, unexpected event which results in, or has the
potential to result in, death, injury, property damage or environmental harm.
Risk - ANS The probability of a hazard resulting in an accident.
Elements of Safety Programs - ANS 1) Safety Knowledge
2) Safety Experience
3) Technical Competence
4) Management Safety Support
5) Commitment
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