Health Safety Rural Operations Test Bank Answers Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Occupational Health and Safety Considerations in Rural Agricultural Operations

Multiple Choice

1. What is the full meaning of OSHA?

A) Organizational Security Hospitality Apparatus

B) Occupational safety and Hazard Administration

C) Organizational Safety and Hazard Act

D) Occupational Safety and Health Act

E) Occupational safety and Health Administration

2. Which United States President signed the OSHA act into law?

A) Jimmy Carter

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Richard Nixon

D) Ronald Reagan

E) Bill Clinton

3. The most predominant machine of traumatic death and disabling injuries on the farm is:

A) cultivator.

B) tractor.

C) rotator.

D) harrow.

E) plow.

4. In 2001, which region in the United States had the highest proportion of farm injuries?

A) Midwest

B) West

C) South

D) Northeast

E) East

5. A rolled-over tractor can be seen as having lost:

A) its balance.

B) its center of gravity.

C) its produce carrier.

D) its balance and its center of gravity.

E) its balance and its produce carrier.

6. The fatality caused by rolled-over tractors is mostly due to the absence of:

A) headlights.

B) driving mirrors.

C) produce carrier.

D) rollover protective structure.

E) None of these is correct.

7. Which of the following are examples of commonly used pesticides on the farm?

A) Atrazine

B) Glyphosate

C) Chlorpyrifos

D) Atrazine and Glyphosate only

E) All of these are correct.

8. Many farm workers lack training in which of the following, leading to the increase in incidence of pesticide poisoning?

A) Pesticide use

B) Proper pesticide application

C) Pesticide storage

D) Use of Personal Protective Equipment

E) Proper personal hygiene

9. OSHA regulations require all employers to do all the following except:

A) to train employees on the safety of chemicals they handle.

B) must make sure that instruction labels are readable.

C) must make sure the instruction labels are fixed to the container.

D) must have the material safety data sheets available on site.

E) None of these is correct.

10. Inhalation followed by skin absorption when crops such as fruits and vegetables are picked and harvested with bare hands is known as:

A) primary occupational exposure.

B) secondary exposure.

C) tertiary exposure.

D) low exposure.

E) minimal exposure.

11. All the following are part of the major categories of exposure except:

A) primary exposure.

B) secondary exposure.

C) minimal exposure.

D) tertiary exposure.

E) None of these is correct.

12. Taking a farm apparel home may lead to:

A) primary exposure.

B) secondary exposure.

C) minimal exposure.

D) tertiary exposure.

E) None of these is correct.

13. The exposure that pollutes air and water is known as:

A) primary exposure.

B) secondary exposure.

C) minimal exposure.

D) tertiary exposure.

E) None of these is correct.

14. Heavy reliance on pesticides may lead to all the following except:

A) persistent cough.

B) wheezing.

C) asthma.

D) dermatitis.

E) heart disease.

15. Prevention and control measures on the farm include all the following except:

A) elimination.

B) substitution.

C) engineering controls.

D) polymerization.

E) administrative controls.

True/False

1. True or False? State approved plans could be as stringent as federal OSHA but should not contradict federal OSHA.

2. True or False? One of the most hazardous occupations in the United States and in the world is farming.

3. True or False? The full meaning NIOSH is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hazards.

4. True or False? The more a region is engaged in agriculture, the greater the risk of farm accident, injury, and death.

5. True or False? In 2017, farms in the United States spent more than $17.5 billion on pesticides.

6. True or False? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, some pesticides containers usually do not have labels.

7. True or False? Though it is good to follow OSHA rules for pesticide use, not following these hardly leads to pesticide poisoning.

8. True or False? Chemically soaked hands used to eat and smoke leads to primary exposure.

9. True or False? The category of exposure that affects the most vulnerable population is secondary exposure.

10. True or False? Compared to the use of pesticides, integrated pest management is a better way of pest control.

11. True or False? Chronic pesticide use can lead to anencephaly.

12. True or False? All the states in the US do not have worker heat protection regulations except California and Texas.

13. True or False? Retrofitting old tractors to prevent rollovers on farms is an example of engineering controls.

14. True or False? Replacing chemicals or pesticides with safer ones with ecological consequences is elimination.

15. True or False? Gloves, eyeglasses, aprons, respirators, and safety shoes are examples of personal protective equipment.

Essay

1. Briefly discuss United States Workplace safety statistics.

2. Explain how tractor rollover occurs and how it can be prevented.

3. Briefly explain the categories of exposure and give real life examples of each.

4. State and explain three ways of controlling and preventing accident, injury, and death on the farm.

5. Draw and explain a diagram representing the hierarchy of controls of farm injuries.