Module 6#2
Terms
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- Willful violation
- Violation of an OSHA standard that is considered intentional
- Other-than-serious violation
- Violation of an OSHA standard that would probably not cause serious physical harm or death
- Stress
- Mental and physocal condition that results from a real or perceived threat and the inability to remove it or cope with it
- Wellness programs
- Preventive health programs offered by employers designed to improve the health and physical well-being of employees both on and off the job
- Terrorism
- Use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom
- Computer vision syndrome (CVS)
- Vision problems such as headaches and blurred vision that are associated with video display terminals
- Mine Safety and Health Act
- Established mandatory safety and health standards for underground and surface mines
- Vulnerabilities
- Security risk factors
- Voluntary protection program (VPP)
- Voluntary group of employers that promotes and recognizes effective safety and health programs
- Pandemic
- Emergence of a disease new to the population; the agent infects humans, causing serious illness, and spreads easily and sustainably among humans
- Safety
- Freedon from hazard, risk, or injury
- Wiretap Act
- Act that prohibits the interception of e-mails in transmission
- Unsafe conditions
- Mechanical or physical hazards that may lead to injury, such as defective equipment or improper lighting
- Drug-Free Workplact Act
- Requires federal contractors with contracts of $100,000 or more to certify that they are maintaining a drug free workplace
- State plans
- Safety and health policies and procedures that states have adopted and have been approved by OSHA
- Process safety Management standard
- OSHA standard aimed at preventing or minimizing the effect of catastrophic release of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemicals
- Unsafe acts
- Incidents that results from unsafe behavior on the part of the employee, such as operating equipment at high speeds
- Occupational Noise Exposure (Hearing Conservation) standard
- OSHA standard that requires employers to reduce unsafe noise levels in the workplace
- Safety committees
- Composed of workers from different levels and departments who are involved in safety planning and programs
- Teratogens
- Products that affect a fetus but not the pregnant mother
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- Act that established the first national policy for safety and health and continues to deliver standards that employers must meet to guarantee the health and safety of their employees
- Stored Communications Act
- Act that protects privacy of e-mail in storage
- Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
- Situation in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building but no specific illness or cause can be identified
- Serious violation
- Violation of an OSHA standard that is likely to cause death or serious injury on the job
- Incident
- Any deviation from an acceptable standard
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Airborne contagious disease caused by a bacterial infection
- Errors and omissions (E&O) insurance
- Form of professional liability coverage that protects against employment claims
- Personal Protective Equipment standard
- OSHA standard that protects employees from environmental, process, chemical, mechanical, or radiological hazards capable of causing injury or impairment and sets criteria for acceptable equipment designs
- Risk management scorecard
- Tool used to make calculated judgements based on the probability that a circumstance will occur and the potential consequences
- Tagout
- Signs or labels attached to equipment to warn others not to activate it
- Occupational injury
- Injury that results from a work-related accident or exposure involving a single incident in the work environment
- Modified-duty program
- When an employer offers an employee a less-strenuous job until they are fit to return to their regular job; also known as early-return-to-work program
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Virus that may lead to the development of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Ergonomics
- Design of the work environment to address the physical demand experienced by employees
- Business continuity planning
- Management process the identifies potential threats and impacts to an organization and provides framework for ensuring that itis able to withstand disruption, interruption, or loss of normal business functions/operation
- USA PATRIOT Act
- Act that gives federal officals greater authority to take measures to combat terrorism
- Disaster recovery plan
- Guidelines and procedures to be used by an organization for the recovery of data lost due to severe forces of nature, such as earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, floods, or hurricanes
- Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)
- Form of tuberculosis that is resistance to current drug therapy
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Agency that administers and enforces the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- Security
- Physical/procedural measures used to protect people, property, and information in the workplace