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What is OSHA's Mission? - ✔✔To protect the health & safety of American workers What can be a results of a workplace injury or illness? - ✔✔lower morale and increased cost Horizontal Standard - ✔✔A standard which is applied to everyone, across the board; applies to all industries Section 11 c of the OSH Act - ✔✔The right of workers to seek safety and health on the job without fear of punishment Is this true or false? OSHA requires that employers certify that abatement is complete for each cited violation - ✔✔True What are the OSHA Inspection Priorities in order of importance? - ✔✔1) Imminent danger
- Fatalities & catastrophes
- Employee complaints & referrals
- Programmed high-hazard level inspections
- Follow up inspections What are the 4 steps in the OSHA Inspection Process? - ✔✔1) Compliance officer displays official credentials
- Opening conference with records review
- Walk around inspection
- Closing conference
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What is incidence rate in OSHA record keeping? - ✔✔The number of injury and illness rates per 100 full time employees What is the purpose of the OSHA 300 Log? - ✔✔To record worker related fatalities, injuries, illnesses and is not used for wokers' comp What is the order of effectiveness in hazard abatement? - ✔✔1) Elimination of hazard
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- PPE (personal protection equipment) What is the HazCom Standard? - ✔✔is also called "Right to Know" Law and it ensures that chemical products are evaluated and that hazard information is transmitted to employees What are PELS (Permissible Exposure Limit)? - ✔✔PELs are legal limits for the degree to which workers may be exposed to chemicals and other hazards (such as noise) without suffering harm. PELs are normally expressed in what are known as time-weighted averages (TWA), which describes the average exposure over a set period. What is a hole? - ✔✔A gap or open space in a floor, roof, horizontal walking-working surface, or similar surface that is at least 2 inches in its least dimension. What is an opening? - ✔✔A gap or open space in a wall, partition, vertical walking/working surface, or similar surface that is at least 30 inches high and at least 18 inches wide, through which an employee can fall to a lower level. (larger than a hole) True or False? Every stairway floor opening shall be guarded by a standard railing and railing should be provided on all exposed sides (except at entrance to stairway) - ✔✔True What is a standard rail? - ✔✔Standard railing consist of top rail, intermediate rail, and posts, and shall have a vertical height of 42 inches nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor
When must an employer administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program? - ✔✔Whenever an employee noise exposure equal or exceed 85 decibels sustained over an 8 hour work period All portable circular saws must be equipped with what two items? - ✔✔1) Guard
- Constant pressure switch that will shut off the power when the pressure is released True or False? Power tools must be equipped with a constant pressure switch or control. - ✔✔True Vertical Standard - ✔✔A standard that applies to a particular or specific group of people of industry (ex: welders) OSHA certifies that a citation must be - ✔✔1) Addressed
- Corrections must be completed by abatement date
- OSHA has 180 days to issue the actual citation(s) What is CPL? - ✔✔Compliance What is the minimum width of fixed industrial stairs? - ✔✔ 28 inches wide What is the creating employee? - ✔✔One who creates & exposes an employee to hazard(s) What are the 3 Groups in Hazard Classification? - ✔✔1) Physical
- Health
- Environmental What are the 4 Most Common Routes of Entry for hazardous chemical? - ✔✔1) Inhalation (most common)
- Injection (puncture)
- Ingestion
- Absorption What is a Confined Space? - ✔✔1) Large enough to enter & perform work
- Liimited access
- No designed for permanent continuous human occupancy How long are you required to conduct a Fire Watch? - ✔✔ 30 minutes How far apart should you store Oxygen & Acetylene? - ✔✔minimum 20 feet apart OR separated by a 5 foot wall with a half hour burn Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must meet who's standards? - ✔✔ANSI a National Consensus Standard SDS - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet What is an EAP? - ✔✔Emergency Action Plan
- must be written, kept in the workplace & available to all employees
- less than 10 employees, may communicate orally Most important part of the EAP? - ✔✔adequate number of? Class A extinguisher - ✔✔must be every 75 feet Class B extinguisher - ✔✔must be every 50 feet
Annual training is not required but OSHA loves it The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - ✔✔Book about his management of ALCOA & how to use Safety as way to leverage other things that management values: Quality Efficiency Morale Cost Margin SMS - ✔✔Safety Management Program Fall Protection - ✔✔OSHA regulation is light handed on this Dec 29, 1970 - ✔✔Date President Nixon passed the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) OSHA Act of 1970 - ✔✔to assure every worker a safe & healthful working conditions to preserve human resources NIOSH - ✔✔Division of Health & Human Resources (HHS); the research arm of OSHA (OSHA does not approve "things") How long can you put off an OSHA investigation? - ✔✔ 4 hours max (to collect the appropriate managers, etc) NACOSH - ✔✔National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics - ✔✔collects & compiles data collected by the DOL (Dept of Labor) for occupational fatalities, injuried & illneses. CSHO - ✔✔Compliance Safety & Health Officer
CFR - ✔✔Code of Federal Regulations ANSI - ✔✔American National Standards Institute NFPA - ✔✔National Fire Protection Association OSHA tools - ✔✔1) Incorporation by Reference
- Enforcement & Compliance Directives (CPL)
- Letters of Interpretation
- Federal Register NAICS - ✔✔National Association of Insurance C Society Standard Rail requires - ✔✔1) 42 in top rail
- 21 in mid rail
- toeboard no more than 1/4 in from floor with no more than a 1 in gap in its entire length If a handrail is required, what else is required? - ✔✔A toeboard How many risers require a rail? - ✔✔ 4 How do you contest an OSHA Citation? - ✔✔notify OSHA in writing within 15 days Egress - ✔✔The way to, through & away from an exit What should guard every stairway floor opening? - ✔✔A standard railing constructed in accordance with the standards
When transferring Class I Flammable Liquids you must: - ✔✔Electric Bonding Ground Machine guarding shall be provided to protect against hazards like: - ✔✔Nip Points Rotating Parts Flying chips & sparks Electrical Safe Work Practices - ✔✔PPE Training Crane Modifications - ✔✔Must be rerated by the equipment manufacturer OR a Professional Engineer (PE) Best way to demonstrate Safety & Health? - ✔✔Walk the Talk Lead by Example Effective exhaust ventilation draws contaminated air - ✔✔away from breathing zone Guard live parts of - ✔✔ 50 volts or greater Permanent aisles & passageways - ✔✔Must be clear of debris & materials Point of Operation - ✔✔Where cutting, shaping & boring occur (usually the machine, not the person performing the work)
