Safety Secrets: Riddles and Interesting Facts

Here are some interesting riddles related to safety:

1. The first national legislative act on improving working conditions dates back to 1802, when the British Parliament passed the "Health and Morals of Apprentices Act." "Morals" referred to safety, health, and well-being, but who was meant by the word "apprentices"?

2. What does the Japanese term Karoshi mean? Many companies fight this dangerous problem in different ways. For example, Toyota introduced a notification system in some offices that reminds employees every hour after 7:00 PM that it's time to go home. Nissan Motor offers its office employees the opportunity to work remotely to care for children and elderly parents. Many companies introduce special days when all employees must leave the office at 5:30 PM.

3. The average employee travels about 19,000 km a year in their own car, about 12,000 km by bus, and about 6,000 km by train. However, using this "means of transport," so to speak, they travel only about 13 km. Moreover, for employees whose work involves high levels of stress, this figure is much higher — about 32 km. What "means of transport" are we talking about?

4. Ancient surgeons had extensive experience in treating injuries. In Russia, there was always a surplus of patients, and there were specific local characteristics. For example, among the commoners of the northern principalities, cases of "falling from a tree" and bites were particularly frequent. This was a kind of "occupational injury." Name the type of activity of the victims in one word.

5. Traders on stock exchanges strive to belittle their competitors in every way, which often leads to injuries. To reduce occupational injuries, the Chicago Stock Exchange passed a resolution in 2000 limiting the height of... what?

6. The most curious injury of the Vancouver Olympics happened to luger David Möller from Germany. While standing on the podium and posing for photographers, he broke... what?

7. This PPE is first mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" in 850 BC. The poem tells how, on the way to Ithaca, Odysseus had to pass an island inhabited by unusual creatures. To avoid disaster, the main character provided all the rowers with this PPE, and asked to be tied to the mast himself.

8. History has preserved many folk beliefs related to fires during thunderstorms. This primarily concerns methods of extinguishing the fire. According to peasants in Ancient Russia, water, on the contrary, only intensified the fire. What was suggested to extinguish the fire?

9. The equivalent of this product is a concept used by nuclear power advocates to characterize the activity of a radioactive source. The radioactivity of this product has repeatedly caused false alarms in ionizing radiation detectors used to prevent the illegal smuggling of radioactive materials.

10. Put in a "cosmic" effort to write the year when the term "individual protection means" was renamed to "means of individual protection."

Answers:

1. Show / Hide textWorking children
2. Show / Hide textKaroshi (Japanese: "death from overwork") — sudden occupational death
3. Show / Hide textRolling office chair
4. Show / Hide textWild honey harvesting ("honey gathering") "beekeeping"
5. Show / Hide textThe height of the traders' heels
6. Show / Hide textA tooth. He tried to taste the Olympic medal.
7. Show / Hide textEarplugs. Plugging ears with wax
8. Show / Hide textMilk; the use of kvass or beer was also permitted for these purposes
9. Show / Hide textBanana equivalent
10. Show / Hide text1957 (since the abbreviation ISS [ИСЗ] began to mean Artificial Earth Satellite [Искусственный спутник Земли])