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13 Cards in this Set
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burnout |
A severe stage of distress, manifesting itself in depression, frustration, and loss of productivity |
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cumulative trauma disorders |
Injuries involving tendons of the fingers, hands, and arms that become inflamed from repeated stresses and strains |
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depression |
A negative emotional state marked by feelings of low spirits, gloominess, sadness, and loss of pleasure in ordinary activities |
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distress |
Harmful stress characterized by a loss of feelings of security and adequacy |
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emergency action plan |
A plan an organization develops that contains step-by-step procedures for dealing with various emergency situations |
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eustress |
Positive stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration |
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fitness-for-duty evaluation |
Evaluations randomly conducted to determine an employee’s physical, mental, and emotional fitness for a job |
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material safety data sheets (MSDSs) |
Documents that contain vital information about hazardous substances |
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recordable case |
Any occupational death, illness, or injury to be recorded in the log (OSHA Form 300) |
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right-to-know laws |
Laws that require employers to advise employees about the hazardous chemicals they handle |
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stress |
Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that requires coping behavior |
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Under OSHA, “upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge,” an OSHA compliance officer is authorized to |
Enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other areas, workplace, or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; and to |
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Under OSHA, “upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge,” an OSHA compliance officer is authorized to |
Inspect and investigate during regular working hours, and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, any such place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment and materials therein, and to question privately any such employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee |