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OHS811S - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 4 - 2ND OPP - JULY 2022 |
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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, APPLIED SCIENCES and NATURAL RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08 BOHS
LEVEL: 8
COURSE NAME: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY4
DATE: July 2022
COURSE CODE: OHS 811S
PAPER: 2nd Opportunity
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SUPPLEMENTARY/SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER
MRS MOUYELELE HAUFIKU
MODERATOR: MS MILKA MUSUUO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read all the questions carefully before answering
2. Marks for each question are indicated at the end of each question
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable
PERMISSIBLEMATERIAL: NONE
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PAGES (Including this front page}
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SECTION A [20 marks]
QUESTION 1
[10]
1.0 Define the following terms in the context of Occupational Health and Safety.l mark each
1.1 Fatality
1.2 Lost time incident/injury
1.3 Occupational
1.4 Post-sickness Assessment
1.5 Common law
1.6 Auditor
1.7 Audit client
1.8 Management review
1.9 Health and safety statistics
1.10 Indicators
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QUESTION 2
[10]
2.0 Match a concept in Column A to their most correct definition or description in Column B.
Write on your answer sheet the correct column A number with a correct column B letter,
1 mark each.
NO COLUMNA
2.1
Pre-audit site tour
2.2
Sample
2.3
Population
2.4
Trend analysis
2.5
Health and safety
representatives
2.6
Audit preparation
2.7
Hazard
2.8
Corrective action
2.9
2.10
Automated External
Defibrillator
Audit planning
COLUMNB
A. of an audit schedule phase
B. Includes all the activities from the time an audit
team is selected up to the on-site visit for actual audit
C. Visit that allows for adjustments in audit team and
approach
D. Includes all the items or people with the
characteristic one wish to understand/ investigate/
analyse
E. An extract of a known size systematically drawn
from a population and subjected to analysis for
making valid and sensible conclusions about the
population
F. It is a mathematical technique used to detect or
extract an underlying pattern of behavior
G. Representing employees during consultative
meetings on health and safety issues with the
employer
H. An object, substance, act or condition with the
potential to cause an incident, accident or loss.
I. Action taken to eliminate a non-conformance.
J. Provides a shock to the heart to get it to start
beating again
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SECTION B [20 marks]
QUESTION 3
3.0 Differentiate between the following terms:
3.1 Incidence and Prevalence.
3.2 Conventions and Recommendations.
3.3 A safety officer and a safety representative.
3.4 Leading and Lagging indicators with examples.
QUESTION 4
4.1 Severe bleeding is one of the situations that require immediate emergency attention
because it makes it difficult for the heart to pump enough blood to your body.
Outline any five (5) signs and symptoms of severe blood loss.
4.2 State the three (3) Emergency situations where immediate first aid techniques can
save lives.
4.3 Mention any two (2) instances in which a first aider can stop CPR.
[10]
[2]
[2]
[2]
[4]
[10]
[5]
[3]
[2]
SECTION C [60 marks]
This section consists of FOURquestions. Answer any THREEquestions in your answer book.
QUESTION 5
5.1 Discuss auditing based on the following headings:
5.1.1 Audit scope.
5.1.2 Audit criteria.
5.1.3 Audit evidence.
5.2 Briefly explain the five (5) principles of auditing.
[20]
[4]
[3]
[3]
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QUESTION 6
6.0 You have been recently employed at Rossing mine as a Safety Officer. The management
is not sure about their OH&S management system documentation. Documentation is a
key element in enabling an organisation to implement a successful management
system and demonstrate compliance with legal requirements, Describe documentation
as part of the DO in the cycle of management system, under the following headings:
[20]
6.1 Typical documentation that should be maintained by an OH&S Management System.
[10]
6.2 Controlling of documents.
[6]
6.3 The manner in which record should be documented.
[4]
QUESTION 7
7.0 Management reviews are to be carried out by top management regularly (i.e. annually)
they should focus on overall performance of the management system, and not on
specific details. Describe management review in terms of the following guides:
7.1 Input to management reviews.
7.2 Output from management review.
7.3 Areas to plan for the review.
7.4 Issues that the review addresses.
[20]
[5]
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QUESTION 8
[20]
8.1 Briefly explain the functions of Occupational Health and safety statistics.
[10]
8.2 Outline the Users of OH&S statistics.
[5]
8.3 State the types of information that needs to be collected in terms of an event
occurrence.
[5]
TOTAL MARKS= 100
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