MCN 401 S7ME1 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK MODULE 1

PART A

1. Define terms health, safety and welfare

2. Differentiate between unsafe act and unsafe condition.
3. What are the causes of accidents in industries ?
4. What is dangerous occurance.
5. Define accident and injury
6. What are the advantages of line organization
7. What are the advantages of staff organization.
8. Define safety policy
9. What are the responsibilities of safety officer ?
10. List out the responsibilities of safety committee
11. What are the different safety committee?.
12. Explain the relation between safety and productivity.
13. List out the disadvantages of staff organization.
14. What are need of safety in an industry?
15. What are the role of unions in safety?
16. Explain importance of establishing a safety committee
17. List out the disadvantages of line organization

PART B

1. What are possible consequences of not achieving good standards of health and safety?
2. Explain types of industrial accidents.
3. What are the factors responsible for industrial accidents.
4. Explain different theories of accidents..
5. Explain Domino theory and multiple causation theory
6. Explain accident proneness theory and the energy transfer theory.
7. Explain different types of safety organizations
8. Define the term management and what are the role of management in safety.
9. Explain the roles of supervisors in safety.
10. Explain the roles of workman in safety
11. Explain the roles government in safety
12. Explain different sections of safety policy
13. What are the roles of safety officer and safety committee.
14. Explain about different types of safety committee
15. What are the possible reasons why good standards of health and safety in the workplace may
not be achieved.