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Bowen EHS, Inc.: ASP/CSP 02 Risk Assessment & Liability Study Solutions

This document contains a 10 question quiz about risk assessment and liability. The questions cover topics like hazards without thresholds, indirect costs of accidents, construction company safety metrics, product liability claims, negligence lawsuits, minimizing liability, accident investigation purposes and methods, common investigation mistakes, and calculating total accident losses.

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Bowen EHS, Inc.: ASP/CSP 02 Risk Assessment & Liability Study Solutions

This document contains a 10 question quiz about risk assessment and liability. The questions cover topics like hazards without thresholds, indirect costs of accidents, construction company safety metrics, product liability claims, negligence lawsuits, minimizing liability, accident investigation purposes and methods, common investigation mistakes, and calculating total accident losses.

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Bowen EHS, Inc.

ASP/CSP 02 Risk Assessment & Liability Study Solutions


1. Which hazard is considered not to have a threshold?

A) Acetone exposures
B) Arsenic exposures
C) Ionizing radiation
D) Nonionizing radiation

2. Which of the following items is considered to be an indirect cost of an accident?

A) medical expenses for an injured employee


B) over-time pay for employees filling in for an injured worker
C) property damage
D) wages paid to injured worker while recovering at home or in the hospital.

3. A construction company has an EMR of 0.75. What does this tell you about the
company’s safety practices?

A) The company has fewer losses due to injury than a typical


construction company.
B) The company has greater losses due to injury than a typical construction
company.
C) The company’s losses due to injury are about the same as other
construction companies.
D) It does not tell us anything about the company’s safety practices.

4. Which type of liability claim describes a warranty claim?

A) A suit against a company that distributed a product it knew was defective.


B) A suit against a company that distributed a product that caused consumer
illnesses, but the hazard was unknown at the time of the sale.
C) A suit against a company for a product that did not perform as
advertised.
D) A suit against a company for lying to the public about its knowledge of
hazards relating to product use.

5. What must a plaintiff prove in order to win a judgment in a product negligence


lawsuit?

A) The defendant intended to cause harm.


B) The plaintiff was actually harmed by the defective product.
C) The defendant lied to the public.
D) The defendant has a history of producing defective products.

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6. Which method below is used to minimize product liability claims?

A) Appropriate warnings for misuse


B) Designing a product to recognized standards
C) Ensuring marketing claims are appropriate for the product
D) All of the above

7. What is the primary purpose of accident investigation?

A) Determine the root causes for future hazard assessment


B) Determine who is at fault.
C) Protect against legal claims.
D) Increase the number of safety personnel.

8. Which accidents should be formally investigated with a committee?

A) All accidents including near misses.


B) All accidents resulting in injury including minor first aid incidents.
C) Only accidents that cause a fatality or exceed $1 million dollars in
damages.
D) All accidents meeting pre-determined criteria appropriate for the
company and industry.

9. What is a common mistake in accident investigation?

A) Focusing on a single cause


B) Judging the effect to be the cause
C) Delay in investigation
D) All of the above.

10. Which costs should be considered when calculating the total loss from an
accident?

A) Property damages
B) Advertising costs
C) Raw material costs for normal production
D) Energy costs in normal production

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