OSHE 111: Test 3

A job or task has an average injury rate of one person every other year. The cost of each injury is $1,000,000. How much money must be set aside to address the risks in a given year?

$500,000

A device that protects personnel and equipment at a construction site must have the ability to de-energize the electric circuit within (i) ___; when the current to the GFCI device exceeds (ii) __

(i) 1/40th of a second (0.025 seconds); (ii) 25 mAmps

It is law: that if an elevation in trenches and excavation is (i) ___ or (ii) ___, stairways and ladders must be available for the personnel to access [pp382 and 1926.1051(a)]

(i) 19 inches or (ii) more

Workers of the residential buildings must use fall protection systems and devices when working at (i) ___feet (ft) (ii) ___ the ground [pp 380 and OSHA 1926.501 (1926.501(b)(10)) and steep roofs (1926.501(b)(11))1926.501(b)(4)]

(i) 6 feet (6 ft); (ii) above the ground

Before companies can manufacture a new chemical not on EPA inventory, they must (i) ___; (ii) ____ the chemical is manufactured

(i) send to EPA Pre-Manufacture Notice, (ii) at least 90 days before

The Emergency Service Team arrived at the scene of accident after _ min or hrs [p377-378]

10 minutes

The EPA's ID numbers to treat, store and dispose hazardous materials has __characters

12

1. Boeing company begun using the Fault Tree Analysis [FTA] technique to design and evaluate the safety of its commercial aircraft in what year?

1966

Resources Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] was passed by Congress in __

1976

Toxic Substances Control Act [TSCA] was passed by Congress in ___

1976

The best practice in construction is that heavy vehicle and temporary spoil piles must be placed no closer than _ from the surface of the edges of trenches and excavations [p390]

2 ft

Employers of the drivers of trucks and trailers that haul hazardous materials are required by DOT to conduct background checks of their drivers' driving record for a period of __

2 years

To insure fleet safety in the transportation network across the country, DOT's minimum standard for the age of the driver of trucks that haul hazardous materials is __

21 years

If the driver of a truck that hauls hazardous materials is stopped, inspected and found to have violated the hours-of-services, such driver is be placed out of the service for a period of ____

24 hours

When __ employees are at a construction site, ≥2 double-cleated ladder must be available

25

What regulation guides the Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergence Response actions?

29 CFR 1910.120

The construction safety standards and regulations are in found in following CFR __

29 CFR 1926

What Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) requires workers exposure to silica be monitored?

29 CFR 1926:1153

The means of egress [at construction sites] include ladders, steps and ramps etc. for all trenches that are _ deep; all of these must placed within __of the travel distance

4 ft deep or more; placed 25 ft travel distance

A scaffold shall supports, without failure, its weight and at least __ max. intended load

4 times

What law requires facilities to get permits to store, treat and dispose hazardous wastes?

40 CFR Part 270

Regulations to test the drivers of the trucks that haul hazardous materials are found in

49 CFR 382

The legal requirement for the treatment plans of substance abuse for drivers of trucks that haul of hazardous materials is found in the following Code of Federal of Regulation__

49 CFR 40 Subpart O

The law that requires all drivers of the trucks that haul hazardous materials to carry the shipping documents at all times is found in ___

49 CFR Subpart C

What range of electric current causes extreme pain to a construction worker?

50 - 150 milliamperes

If a job or task has an average injury rate of one person every other year, what is the risk (probability) of an injury occurring in any given year?

50%

In this module, the two workers at the NC company, who accidentally punctured a container and spilled an unknown chemical, caused the company __$ in costs to clean up

50,000

The National Electrical Code [NEC] classifies High Voltage as ____

> than 600 Volts [600 V]

A Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) technique, tool or methodology is used to conduct failure analysis and to investigate a failure of "systems". The FTA determines the undesired state of the system's event(s) that caused the the entire system to fail. The FTA uses what approach to combine the lower-level events that must have caused the failure of the entire system?

A Boolean logic Algebra Technique

What system safety techniques utilizes a bottom-up [an inductive approach] technique?

A Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) technique

What technique of system safety analysis utilizes a top-down [deductive] technique?

A Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) technique

In conducting a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [FMEA for a system], what calculation must an engineer use to sort out the "risks" from the highest to the lowest risks?

A Risk Priority Number (RPN)

A component, element, or document of a Safety Management System [SMS] that must written and signed by the Top Management Commitment to convey information on safety is

A safety policy

What institution or organization published the first guidelines or the requirements for conducting system safety analysis in the U.S. in 1962?

Air Force

Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) focuses on__

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know

Who has the primary responsibility to provide employees with the appropriate PPEs?

Employer

What law regulated the management of pesticides, fungicide and rodenticide

FIFRA

We discussed the factors and the theories that may have caused the collapse of the I-35W brigde in Minneapolis, MN. The National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] stated in its final report that "if the main factor that caused the collapse of the Minneapolis, MN 1-35W bridge is not identified and corrected, ..." the entire bridge system will fail in the future....." This being said, what did the agency (NTSB) recommend to be fixed?

Management error

example of a lagging indicator in a company's safety program

Number of work related injuries and illnesses reported

PRP" is used in CERCLA as an abbreviation for ____

Potentially Responsible Parties [PRPs]

The letter "R" in the "SMART" objective stands for

Realistic

What law requires that all hazardous materials must be accompanied by MSDS and/or SDS?

Right-to-Know Act [Haz-Com]

First responders to a spill from a truck of hazardous materials obtain information from__

Shipping docs [papers] carried by truck driver

What law (i) regulates chemicals; and (ii) insure chemicals don't pose risks?

Toxic Substances Control Act [TSCA]

T/F: GFCI" is used in this module as an abbreviation for ground fault circuit interrupter [p386-87]

True

T/F: Lagging indicators are always reactive

True

T/F: Line functions are for workers who accomplish the primary operations of the company

True

T/F: SMART objectives are derived from the policy statements and not vice versa

True

The Emergency Response Guidebook [ERG] is published by the following agency___

U.S. Department of Transportation [DOT]

1. A Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [FMEA] methodology has been in use for as long as the other tools for safety analysisof "systems analysis of rockets and missiles" have existed.What agency or organization originally developed the FMEA methodology in the 1940's?

U.S. military

The circle In a Fault Tree Analysis [FTA] diagram is as symbol or a gate for what?

a basic event with sufficient data

In a Fault Tree Analysis [FTA] diagram, the triangle gate is a symbol for what?

a transfer symbol

The large storage tanks at a place where Ellen worked stored the following chemical__

anhydrous ammonia

Safety training where data is transmitted one character at a time by the presenter and the receiver or the trainee is not engaged at the same time with the instructor is called __

asynchronous training

Where are placards placed on hazardous materials trucks that use roads or railway lines? [49 CFR 172 Part 172.504]

both sides/both ends of haz-material transportation container

"CO" is used in construction industry, as an abbreviation for ___

compliance officer

What hazards contributed to the fatal injuries of the 18 -year employee? [Chap16, p377-378]

electrical hazards: 100 -120 V and 20 amps [Amperes]

Rank the correct order of the leading hazards in the construction industry [Chapter 16, p379] Select one: a. fall from elevation, struck by; caught in between; & conf. space hazards b. confined space hazards, struck by; caught in between; & electrical shock c. silica dust, struck by; caught in between; & electrical shock d. machine guard hazards, struck by; caught in between; & electrical shock e. fall from elevation, struck by; caught in between; & electrical shock

fall from elevation, struck by; caught in between; & electrical shock

According to EPA, all of the following properties define hazardous substances EXCEPT__ Select one: a. freezing-boiling point b. flammability c. reactivity d. ignitability e. toxicity

freezing-boiling point

What term describes the authority delegated by one person to another to implement company's safety functions?

functional authority

Company operations that include purchasing and manufacturing are known as __

line functions

The Blue Section in the Emergency Response Book represents ___[Chapter 17]

list hazardous material alphabetically by name

The Yellow Section in the Emergency Response Book represents ___[Chapter 17]

lists hazardous material numerically by ID number

example of a leading indicator in a company's safety program

number of training conducted

The Green Section in the Emergency Response Book represents ___[Chapter 17]

provides initial isolation and protective distance

What safety and health regulation did Bob violated when he asked the physician to bring the injured worker back to work (p223-224)?

record keeping and reporting regulation

What word in "SMART" insures that safety goals are prudent, rational and practical

relevant/realistic

What uses cross braces and jacks in construction? [p387 case of installing pipe in a trench]

shoring

The use of a specific angle of incline on the sides of trenches to insure materials are strengthened in a continuous plane is a technique called __

sloping

A safety manager operates in what position? [see organizational chart [Fig 10-1, pp229]

staff positions and responsibilities (advisor/support services)

...."an optimum degree of safety, established within the constraints of the company's operational effectiveness, time, and costs ...achievable within all of the system life cycle"..is the definition of what?

system safety

SSER is used in "System Safety" as an abbreviation for what?

system safety engineering report

Large quantity generators [LQGs] produce ___of hazardous waste materials

than 1000 kg of haz. wastes/month & >1 kg of acutely hazardous waste/ month

At what phase and stage of the system safety life cycle must the initial Preliminary Hazard Analysis [PHA] be conducted?

the conceptualization of a project idea

At what phase/ stage of a system's safety life cycle must the Safety and/or Quality Control [QC]/Quality Assurance [QA] Dept do a close Monitoring and Reporting of the System's Progress?

the product production phase

. At what phase or stage of the System's Safety Life Cycle must a Subsystem Hazard Analysis [SSHA] be conducted for that System?

the project definition phase

T/F: Leading indicators are always proactive

true

What law gives DOT authority to regulate hazardous material by air, waterways, highways and/or railway tracks/lines?

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA)

T/F: A worker with the "line functions" is performing the primary operations of the company

False

T/F: Companies must first develop SMART objectives, and then derive specific policies

False

T/F: Electrocution is the leading cause of death in the construction industry

False

T/F: Lagging indicators are always proactive

False

T/F: Leading indicators are always reactive

False

T/F: Safety functions are held by workers in the line positions in a company (Fig10-1, p229])

False

T/F: Staff functions are performed by workers who accomplish the primary company operations

False

Ellen, a safety manager who has shown excellence in her professional career, works for __

Grain Industry

In safety, "SMART" is used as an abbreviation for what?

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound

Select and rank only four tasks that an OSHA compliance officer must follow to conduct inspection at a construction site [1st; 2nd; 3rd & 4th_]

Task 3: → Conducts focused inspections, Task 2: → Determines competency to implement site specific safety and health programs, Task 1: → Determines the adequacy of site specific safety and health programs, Task 4: → Conducts detailed [general] inspections

What law requires chemical manufacturers to make MSDS and (SDS) available__?

The right to know act