Homework 2

3. Permits: Often required before workers can enter a confined space.
5. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.
7. Common electricity related hazard can cause death or injury by electric shock.
9. A machinery safety feature that uses a shield or device to cover the dangerous, moving parts of the machine.
11. Types of help administered to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available. While First Aid can be used to heal a wide variety of injuries, CPR is used when a person is struggling to breathe or their heart is not beating.
12. Process of being deprived of oxygen that can lead to unconsciousness or death by suffocation.
13. The study of worker and employee efficiency.
14. A safety procedure that ensures equipment and heavy-machinery are properly shut off and are unable to turn back on before the required repairs and maintenance have been completed.
15. Protection: Methods and equipment installed to protect people and buildings should a fire occur. Includes fire alarms, extinguishers and sprinkler systems.

1. Preventing the most common work related injury adding railing, toe-board or floor hole covers, utilizing harnesses and implementing safety nets.
2. The process of removing and neutralizing contaminants that are present on employees and equipment.
4. Negative side effects of chemicals that can cause long-term health issues.
6. Electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles that are emitted as energy.
8. Practice of controlling and protecting employees from health and safety hazards that can cause injury or illness.
10. Spaces: Areas that have limited entry and exit points and are large enough for a person to enter and work, but are not safe to work in for a long period of time.