Challenge Your Safety Supervision Skills: Take This Quiz Now

Are you a vigilant guardian of workplace safety? Do you possess the expertise to ensure a safe and healthful environment for your team? Put your knowledge to the test with this comprehensive quiz designed to evaluate your aptitude as a safety supervisor.

In every workplace, the role of a safety supervisor is paramount in safeguarding employees and preventing accidents. This quiz will present a series of thought-provoking questions encompassing various aspects of safety supervision, including hazard identification, training methods, accountability programs, and more. By participating in this quiz, you will be able to assess your understanding of key safety concepts and practices.

Whether you are a seasoned safety professional or an aspiring supervisor, this quiz will challenge your know-how and help you uncover areas where you excel and areas where you may wish to sharpen your expertise. So, are you up for the challenge? Let’s dive in and test your safety supervision knowledge now!

Test Your Safety Supervision Knowledge

Why is the Job Hazard Analysis more effective than the walkaround inspection in helping to make the workplace safe and healthful?

The JHA focuses only on behaviors.

The JHA focuses on hazards and behaviors.

The JHA is more popular than the inspection.

The JHA emphasizes hazardous conditions.

Correct! Wrong!

What would be the best training documentation for handling hazardous chemicals training?

Formal certification

Attendance roster

Training checklist

Employee sign-off sheet

Correct! Wrong!

How do you know the consequences administered in an accountability program are effective?

They are based on the latest psychological data.

They increase desired behaviors.

They are based on common sense standards.

They affect intentional non-compliance.

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following is the preferred method to control hazards?

Any two or more control methods in the Hierarchy of Controls

Work practice controls and personal protective equipment

Administrative and work practice controls

Elimination, substitution, and engineering controls

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Which of the following hazard identification activities focuses on analyzing unsafe behaviors in the workplace?

Observations

Inspections

Investigations

Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

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Which of the following is considered a root cause for an accident?

Employee fatigue

An unsafe behavior

Inadequate safety procedures

Faulty equipment

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Employees may refuse to perform work if they believe working conditions are unsafe or unhealthful and the employer _____.

Is making good faith attempt to make corrections

Reassigns them to another approved task

Does not adequately explain that the conditions are safe

Recommends common sense when exposed to hazards

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Supervisors exhibiting a tough-caring leadership are _ because _.

Tough on safety; care about their employees

Best a getting compliance; they discipline every time

Hard-nosed when it comes to safety; they don't trust employees

Better able to control behaviors; they have zero tolerance for violations

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Accident investigations should be conducted to fix the _, not the _.

Hazard, Behavior

System, Blame

Blame, System

Behavior, Hazard

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All of the following are characteristics of a positive psychosocial environment in the workplace, EXCEPT _____.

Supervisors make all decisions about how jobs are performed

Supervisors allow employees to make job decisions

Supervisors reprimand and recognize employees objectively

Supervisors display tough-caring leadership styles

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Which of the following MEEPS hazard categories includes root causes and ultimately is the result of most accidents?

System

Environment

Materials

Equipment

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What is the purpose of the Safe On-the-Job Training (OJT) model of safety training?

To teach employees how to open a safe

To keep each employee safe during the learning process

To keep employees from hurting each other in training

To make sure employees understand safety concepts

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Adequate safety supervision is defined as _____ before an accident occurs.

Reporting hazards and unsafe behaviors to OSHA

Disciplining employees for infractions

Detecting and correcting hazards and unsafe working practices

Inspecting and training employees

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According to the OSHAct, each of the following is an employee right under the OSHAct, EXCEPT _____.

A safe and healthful workplace

Filing a complaint to OSHA

Raising a safety and health concern

Requesting an osha inspection for any reason

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In an effective accountability program, if you _ regularly, you'll rarely have to _.

Recognize; Reprimand

Enforce Safety Rules; Fire Employees

Reprimand; Recognize

Check Employee Behaviors; Discipline

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Test Your Safety Supervision Knowledge

Why is the Job Hazard Analysis more effective than the walkaround inspection in helping to make the workplace safe and healthful?

What would be the best training documentation for handling hazardous chemicals training?

How do you know the consequences administered in an accountability program are effective?

Which of the following is the preferred method to control hazards?

Which of the following hazard identification activities focuses on analyzing unsafe behaviors in the workplace?

Which of the following is considered a root cause for an accident?

Employees may refuse to perform work if they believe working conditions are unsafe or unhealthful and the employer _____.

Supervisors exhibiting a tough-caring leadership are _____ because _____.

Accident investigations should be conducted to fix the _____, not the _____.

All of the following are characteristics of a positive psychosocial environment in the workplace, EXCEPT _____.

Which of the following MEEPS hazard categories includes root causes and ultimately is the result of most accidents?

What is the purpose of the Safe On-the-Job Training (OJT) model of safety training?

Adequate safety supervision is defined as _____ before an accident occurs.

According to the OSHAct, each of the following is an employee right under the OSHAct, EXCEPT _____.

In an effective accountability program, if you _____ regularly, you'll rarely have to _____.

Supervisors exhibiting a tough-caring leadership are _ because _.

Accident investigations should be conducted to fix the _, not the _.

In an effective accountability program, if you _ regularly, you'll rarely have to _.