Home and Workplace Safety

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• 1. What is the fatal injury caused by electricity
  entering the body and destroying vital tissues?
• Electrocution

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• 2. What is the fatal injury caused by an
  inability to breathe when the nose and mouth are
  blocked or when the body becomes
  oxygen-deficient?
• Suffocation

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• 3. The most common types of unintentional
  injuries in the workplace are
• falls
• fires
• explosions
• exposure to harmful substances
• contact with equipment
• contact with electricity

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• 4. What is the government agency that was created
  to prevent work-related injuries, illness and
  death?
• Occupational
• Safety
• Health
• Administration
• (OSHA)

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• 5. Mishaps with guns can be avoided by following
  some basic safety rules, List at least 4 of these
  rules
• Always assume the gun is loaded
• Never point a loaded or unloaded gun at
  anything you dont want to shoot.
• Always point the barrel in a safe direction.

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• Keep the safety on until you are ready to
  shoot.
• Keep firearms and ammunition stored separately
  under lock and key.
• know how to use a firearm safely.
• keep record of firearm serial and model
  numbers.
• make sure you are aware of what lies in front
  of and beyond your target
• Never use alcohol or other drugs when shooting.

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Safety in Weather Disasters

• 6. When is weather considered to be hazardous?
• When it causes concern for safety

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• 7. A natural disaster is a
• natural event that causes widespread injury,
  death and property damage.

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• 8. What are 4 things you should avoid to reduce
  your risk of being struck by lightening?
• avoid being the tallest thing in the area.
• avoid being near metal
• avoid being in small, open structures
• avoid being near water

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• 9. What is a tornado?
• A violently rotating funnel-shaped column of
  air.
• 10. What is a hurricane?
• A type of storm that forms over tropical areas
  of ocean.

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• 11. What are some things you should always have
  on hand in case of a weather emergency?
• weather radio
• battery powered lights
• candles dry matches
• extra batteries
• gallon of water
• first aid kit

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• medicines family night need
• blankets
• canned food and a mechanical can opener.
• 12. A heavy snowstorm with high winds and
  dangerous wind chill is a
• Blizzard

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• 13. What is the difference between a winter storm
  watch and a winter storm warning?
• A watch means that a winter storm is possible
• A warning means is has been spotted and is
  heading your way!

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• 14. What is another term for flash floods?
• Sudden floods