PHR-Legislation and Case Law-Chapter 8 (Risk Management)

Question 1

Established to study industrial accidents and maintain accident records

Answer 1

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

1869

Question 2

Provided benefits similar to workers’ compensation for federal employees injured on the job

Answer 2

Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)

1916

Question 3

Provided workers’ compensation benefits for maritime workers injured on navigable waters of the United States or on piers, docks, and terminals

Answer 3

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

1927

Question 4

Provided benefits for coal miners suffering from pneumoconiosis due to mine work

Answer 4

Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA)

1969

Question 5

Required employers to provide a safe workplace and comply with safety and health standards; established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enforce safety regulations; established the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to research, evaluate, and recommend hazard-reduction measures

Answer 5

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)

1970

Question 6

Established mandatory mine safety and health standards and created the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

Answer 6

Mine Safety and Health Act (MSHA)

1977

Question 7

USSC: “Decisions about the welfare of the next generation must be left to the parents who conceive, bear, support and raise them, rather than to the employers who hire those parents.”

Answer 7

Automobile Workers v Johnson Controls, Inc.

1977

Question 8

Provided that a Small Business Administration (SBA) ombudsman act as an advocate for small business owners in the regulatory process

Answer 8

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)

1996

Question 9

Mandated record keeping for all needlestick and sharps injuries; required employee involvement in developing safer devices

Answer 9

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act

2000

Question 10

Provided compensation for employees and contractors subjected to excessive radiation during production and testing of nuclear weapons

Answer 10

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
2000