Ch 1

Question 1

Define safety

Answer 1

Freedom from occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss

Question 2

Define occupational safety

Answer 2

Health and well-being of people employed in a work environment

Question 3

Define occupational health

Answer 3

Identification and control of the risks arising from physical, chemical, and other workplace hazards

Question 4

Who wrote ab role of environmental and climate factors in human health

Answer 4

Hippocrates

Question 5

Who described the hazards of dust

Answer 5

Pliny the elder

Question 6

Who outlined hazards of acid mists in copper miners

Answer 6

Galen

Question 7

Founder of toxicology

Answer 7

Paracelsus

Question 8

Who first noted dose response relationship (poison effects dependent on amount)

Answer 8

Paracelsus

Question 9

What did Agricola do

Answer 9

Described Hazards of mining and producing gold and silver

Question 10

Father of occupational medicine, pioneer of ergonomics field

Answer 10

Ramazzini

Question 11

Who studied scrotal cancer among chimney sweeps

Answer 11

Pott

Question 12

Who was among the first to recommend the principle of substitution for hazardous agents

Answer 12

Thackrah

Question 13

Mother of occupational medicine

Publicized dangerous occupational conditions like phossy jaw (match makers)

Answer 13

Hamilton

Question 14

What disease; visual disturbance among miners who worked in low light

Answer 14

Coal miners nystagmus

Question 15

What disease: pneumoconiosis among miners exposed to coal dust

Answer 15

Miners asthma

Question 16

Potter’s rot/ miners phthisis is a kind of what disease

Answer 16

Silicosis

Question 17

What disease: a type of metal fume fever caused by inhalation of welding brass fumes

Answer 17

Brass/founders ague

Question 18

What disease: paralysis of the hands caused by lead exposure

Answer 18

Filecutters paralysis

Question 19

What disease: abdominal pain associated w anemia caused by exposure to white lead paint

Answer 19

Painters colic

Question 20

What disease: skin rxn/ eczema caused by contact w baked goods

Answer 20

Bakers itch

Question 21

What was mule spinners cancer/disease

Answer 21

Scrotal cancer among textile workers exposed to mineral oils

Question 22

What was hatters shakes/ mad hatters disease

Answer 22

Mercury poisoning among millinery workers

Question 23

What disease: form of decompression sickness in workers exposed to air under high pressure

Answer 23

Caisson disease

Question 24

What disease: phosphorus necrosis of the jaw

Answer 24

Phossy jaw

Question 25

What disease: damage to the right knee caused by operating the engine crank of a motor vehicle

Answer 25

Chauffeurs knee

Question 26

What disease: a zoonotic disease that occurred among horsemen in Europe

Answer 26

Glanders

Question 27

What issues sparked the great railroad strike of 1877

Answer 27

Wage cuts, reduced work hours, increased work loads

Question 28

What was the Gauley Bridge Disaster

Answer 28

Tunneling operations near town called Gauley Bridge exposed workers to high levels of silica dust. Ab 1500 contracted lung disease, ab 1000 died

Question 29

What is the point of the iceberg concept

Answer 29

Give credence to unrecognized nature of most occupational illnesses and injuries

Question 30

What is global outsourcing

Answer 30

Transfer of manufacturing/ other operations to countries to perform less expensively

Question 31

This model focuses on the health of the entire population rather than individuals

Answer 31

Public health model

Question 32

3 core functions of public health model and how they apply to occupational health and safety

Answer 32

Assessment (identifying at risk populations)
Policy development (create policies for limiting work related risks)
Assurance (verifying regulations are provided)