OSHA FINAL

What is lockout/tagout?

"Lockout/tagout" refers to specific practices and procedures to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities.

A Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) will shut off the electricity whenever it senses a variation in current above 5 miliamps. How fast does it shut the current off?

1/40 second

If you are working near a powerline that is 50 KV or less how far away does OSHA say to must be to work safely?

10 feet

The Process Safety Management (PSM) applies to processes which contain _________ pounds of flammable liquids and gasses.

10,000

What is the range of Oxygen (O2) necessary for human life?

19.5% to 23.5%

When was the Occupational Safety & Health Act passed? (this is the only date you should remember in this class)

1970

Approximately how many highway and construction workers are injured every year?

20,000

Handrails and top rails of the stair rail systems must be able to withstand, without failure, least ______ pounds (890 n) of weight applied within 2 inches (5 cm) of the top edge in any downward or outward direction, at any point along the top edge.

200 pounds

When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the side rails must extend at least ________ feet above the upper landing surface.

3 feet

LD50 is acutely lethal. What percentage of the test subjects die?

50%

One should report to OSHA all work-related fatalities within how many hours of the occurrence?

8 hours

Elements of the Hazard Communication Standard (Hazcom) include:

A Written Program Labels and Safety Data Sheet Communication of hazards to employees Training of employees

A worker that is near the machinery that is being locked out but not working on it is referred to as:

Affected

Traditionally, food processing only had what two main activities?

Agriculture and preparing food

The duties of an industrial hygienist includes which of the following?

All are duties of the industrial hygienist.

In 1984 in Bhopal, India 2,000 people were killed in a chemical release. This accident would be classified as which of the following:

An unexpected release of a highly hazardous chemical (isocyanate)

Which of the following should be considered when conducting a vulnerability analysis for emergency planning?

Assess potential human impact. Assess potential property impact. Assess internal and external resources.

Outdoor workers should NOT...

Assume their heat illness will get better on its own.

Which assigned duties never enters a permit-required confined space?

Attendant

What are the members on a Permit-Required Confined Space?

Authorized Entrant, Attendant, Rescue, Entry Supervisor

There are two classes of employees addressed in the Lockout Tagout Standard. These are:

Authorized and Affected

Personal fall arrest systems require specialized equipment. What is the most frequently used piece of equipment?

Body harness

In the study of toxicology, what is the never exceed level?

C

What are some special skills the Rescue person must possess to respond in a permit-required confined space incident.

CPR and First Aid Training

Please select the PPE that would provide torso protection from chemical splashes.

Chemical resistant apron

An OSHA inspector must be allowed to enter at reasonable times during normal working hours. This inspector is called a __________ __________.

Compliance Officer

What are the primary causes of electrical fatalities?

Contact with overhead powerlines Contact with live circuits Poorly maintained cords and tools Lightning Strikes

Which of these questions should be asked when identifying and assessing risks related to schools?

Contact with the public? Working in high-crime areas? Having a mobile services such as a taxicab, school bus, parent car pool or student pick-up.

Please select the respirator that provides the lowest level of protection to the wearer.

Dust mask

During Construction Inspections, OSHA focuses on which of the following hazards:

Electric Hazard, Struck-by hazards, caught-in between hazards, fall hazards

The Electrical Standard is designed to protect employees exposed to which hazard?

Electric shock, electrocution, fires, exposions

_______ is the study of the physical interaction of workers with their tools, machines, and materials so as to enhance the worker's performance while minimizing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

Ergonomics

Which answer is not a primary cause of struck-by fatalities?

Excavation collaspe

What are the health effects of diacetyl?

Exposure may cause a serious lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans.

How do hazardous chemicals enter the body?

Eyes, Skin, Inhalation, Ingestion, Injection

OSHA focuses on which of the following hazards during construction inspections?

Fall hazards, caught-in-between hazards, struck-by hazards

Which of the following is NOT a hazard of the landscaping industry as identified by OSHA?

Falls from elevation

T/F Fall protection equipment may be used to lift workers or equipment into elevated places.

False

T/F It is OK to remove hearing protection for a short period of time in high noise areas to communicate with co-workers?

False

T/F It is legal to retaliate against an employee for using any of their rights under the law, including raising a health and safety concern with you or with OSHA, or reporting a work-related injury or illness.

False

T/F Nurses who are physically fit are less likely to be injured.

False

T/F Patient handling equipment is too expensive.

False

T/F Workers do not need to be given access to Safety Data Sheets (SDS) formerly Material Safety Data Sheets during their work shift.

False

The OSHA 300A log must be posted in the workplace during the following time period:

Feb. 1 through April 30

Employees must be provided with which of the following before operating a powered industrial truck?

Formal instruction practical training skills assessments and evaluations true/false test required

A chemical which poses a hazard like being a carcinogen (causes cancer) is considered which of the following:

Health Hazard

Which of the following is considered a workplace injury for purposes of OSHA recordkeeping?

Hepatitus acquired as a result of work place exposure.

If your workplace is cluttered and could pose a danger to workers, then OSHA may issue a citation for the following standard.

Housekeeping

Is it ever advisable to tell the Compliance Officer to get a search warrant to enter your building?

If there is something seriously wrong that you can fix soon, it may be advisable. When the risk of the inspector seeing something that would be detrimental to your facility. When the risk of delay will give you an advantage.When your attorney advises you to do so.When it is really important for them to not enter at that exact time .

What can trigger an inspection by OSHA or IOSHA?

Imminent Danger, Fatality, Complaint by an employee

You have been hired to manage Health and Safety for your company and desire to conduct a hazard assessment. Which hazard categories should you be evaluating?

Impact, penetration and compression. Chemical, heat, and harmful dust. Drowning and falling.

Of the routes of entry which is most often associated with death from toxic chemicals?

Inalation

Signal Words: Danger

Indicates an imminently hazardous situation that will result in death or serious injury.

A permit-required confined space Attendant has to go to the restroom while Authorized Entrants are inside the space. What is the best course of action.

Inform the Entrants to leave the space and cancel the permit.

Training required under Process Safety Management (PSM) includes the following:

Initial and every 3 years thereafter

An employee lifted a heavy part during his work activities and strained his back requiring surgery and time off work. Is this an OSHA injury or illness and OSHA reportable or not?

Injury and Reportable

Which of the following is a danger of arc welding?

Intense ultraviolet (UV) and infra-red rays. Extreme sunburn. Fires and explosions.

What is diacetyl?

It is naturally formed in foods, but it is also used as a synthetic flavoring ingredient. It gives butter and certain food flavorings a distinctive buttery flavor and aroma.

Which of the following is NOT a basic component of an emergency plan?

Letters of recommendation.

The hazard categories that should be evaluated during a hazard assessment include:

Light (optical) radiation Chemical, heat, harmful dust Drowning and falling Impact, penetration and compression.

Types of machines which normally require point of operation guarding include...

Mills, grinders, saws

Which word is not one of the three key words for outdoor workers to remember?

Nutrition

What is the number one cause of fatalities in a confined space accident?

Oxygen deficiency

Toxicology is best described as the study of?

Poisons

T/F During a hazard assessment, it is discovered an employee could have a toe crushed due to a rollover of a 55-gallon drum. What would the recommendation be for PPE to protect the employee?

Require steel toe safety shoes.

During your hazard assessment you discover that an employee could have a toe crushed due to rollover of a drum. What would be your recommendations in terms of PPE requirements?

Require that an employee wear steel toe safety shoes.

The best source to obtain hazard information about a specific chemical in use at your facility is:

Safety Data Sheet (formerly Material Safety Data Sheet)

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for selecting and using personal protective equipment?

Select on basis of lowest cost not effectiveness.

Which is not a recommended guideline for selecting and using PPE?

Select on basis of lowest cost.

The duties of an industrial hygienist do not include which of the following:

Selecting the cheapest equipment even if it doesn't perform satisfactorily.

Which of the following is incorrect about 110 VAC wall outlets?

Short slot= cold

Which of the following is an example of an engineering control to improve supermarket ergonomics?

Spring loaded pallets to reduce bending. Adjustable registers that raise and lower for different workers.

What is the four-step process for emergency planning?

Step 1: Establish a planning team; Step 2: Analyze capabilities, risks, and vulnerabilities; Step 3: Develop the plan; Step 4: Implement the plan.

What are the Focus Four Hazards in Construction?

Struck By, Caught In Between, Electrical, Falls

The formation of birth defects in the uterus from toxic chemical exposure is an example of?

Teratogenesis

If an injury or illness is not a new case, how should it be recorded?

The previously recorded injury or illness entry should be updated.

Which of the following is incorrect about flavor, color, and odor additives?

They always are sensitizers or allergens (proteins).

Younger workers are defined as what?

Those aged 15-24 years.

A limit expressed as exposure over an 8 hour period is know as?

Time Weighted Average (TWA)

Why was the OSHA Act passed by Congress?

To assure safe and healthy working conditions for men and women.

What was one of the primary objectives of the OSHA program?

To eliminate "lost time" injuries.

The OSH Act was passed by Congress for what purpose?

To ensure a safe workplace free of recognized hazards.

Internal traffic control plans are used to do what?

To inform all parties operating within the work space about the location of others.

In order to be successful in the workplace a Safety program requires commitment from which of the following?

Top Management

Which of the following is required for trenches over 5 feet in depth:

Trench shields or boxes Means of egress Daily inspections by "competent person" A rescue plan

T/F A "farming operation" means any operation involved in the growing or harvesting of crops, the raising of livestock or poultry, or related activities conducted by a farmer on sites such as farms, ranches, orchards, dairy farms or similar farming operations.

True

T/F A chronic illness may take years to develop symptoms

True

T/F A current flow as low as 50 mA to 100 mA may cause electrocution. mA = miliamps

True

T/F A fault tree analysis starts at the catastrophe and works backwards to determine the cause.

True

T/F A major goal of the Recordkeeping Rule is to improve the quality of workplace injury and illness records so they can be used as a diagnostic tool.

True

T/F A major goal of the Recordkeeping Rule is to improve the quality of workplace injury and illness records so they can be used as diagnostic tools.

True

T/F A quantitative fit test (QNFT) is defined as an assessment of the adequacy of a respirator fit by numerically measuring leakage into a respirator. It is calculated by dividing the amount of a contaminant outside the respirator by the amount measured inside the face piece.

True

T/F According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest number of homicides occur in retail establishments open at night.

True

T/F After de-energizing equipment, it should be tested to make certain it no longer operates.

True

T/F After the hazard assessment is completed it should be certified in writing that it has been performed.

True

T/F Agricultural businesses that have less than 10 employees and family farms are exempt from the OSHA safety standards

True

T/F An acute illness is one that comes on suddenly.

True

T/F An engineer trying to figure out why a part failed and what was the result might use the Failure Mode & Effect Analyses methodology.

True

T/F By hiring an outside contractor a company does not eliminate its duty to review the contract company's lockout-tagout programs and procedures before they are allowed to perform work on-site.

True

T/F Chemicals may exhibit characteristics which pose physical hazards. They may be flammable liquids, combustible material, compressed gas, explosive, organic peroxide, oxidizers, pyrophoric, unstable or water reactive. Chemicals with physical hazards can cause bodily harm by catching on fire and exploding.

True

T/F During an inspection, an OSHA Compliance Officer may interview in private employees, owners, operators or agents.

True

T/F Emergency planning must become part of the corporate culture.

True

T/F Employers having employees who speak other languages may add the information in their language to the material presented, as long as the information is presented in English as well.

True

T/F Employers must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness.

True

T/F Employers must tell their employees how to protect themselves from injury and illness associated with the hazards in the workplace.

True

T/F Environmental stressors are conditions of the physical environment that increase the demands on the body, such as heat, cold, or humidity.

True

T/F Every open sided floor or platform 4 feet or more above the adjacent floor level must be guarded on all open sides.

True

T/F Exposure to noise at 85dbA for 8 hours a day will cause permanent hearing loss.

True

T/F Falls are the number one cause of death in the construction industry.

True

T/F Flexible cords are more susceptible to damage that permanently mounted wiring.

True

T/F Glasses, hard hats, etc. must meet the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards.

True

T/F Homicide is the leading cause of death for women in the workplace.

True

T/F If a worker has complete control of equipment that has a cord and plug, then the equipment does not have to be locked out and tagged out.

True

T/F Industrial hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers' injury or illness.

True

T/F Industrial hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers' injury or illness?

True

T/F Injuries and illnesses that meet the recording criteria must be entered on the OSHA 300 Log within 7 calendar days. Specific details concerning the injury or illness must be entered on the OSHA 300 Form.

True

T/F Normal production operations, such as repetitive, routine, or minor adjustments are not covered by OSHA's Lockout-Tagout Standard.

True

T/F OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers are a national network of nonprofit organizations authorized by OSHA to deliver occupational safety and health training to private and public sector workers, supervisors, and employers.

True

T/F OSHA has classified construction as a high hazard industry.

True

T/F OSHA has classified the Construction Industry as a "High Hazard" industry.

True

T/F OSHA includes in its definition of "work environment" employees working at home, traveling on business, or service workers assigned to remote locations.

True

T/F OSHA mandates that facilities must keep a list of all permit-required confined spaces on the property.

True

T/F OSHA mandates that facilities with permit-required confined spaces must have a written program whether they allow employees to enter them or not.

True

T/F OSHA mandates that permit-required confined spaces be clearly marked as such.

True

T/F OSHA mandates the use of engineering and or administrative controls wherever possible. However, if this is impossible then personal protective equipment must be used.

True

T/F OSHA requires all places of employment to be maintained in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition.

True

T/F OSHA requires the presence of a "competent person" on construction sites.

True

T/F On a construction site, it is not acceptable for workers to walk under concrete buckets, while the buckets are being lifted or lowered into position.

True

T/F One component of the Hazard Communication Standard is How to Recognize a Release of a Hazardous Chemical.

True

T/F One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards.

True

T/F Only trained and authorized employees shall affix energy isolating devices.

True

T/F Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIMs) include semen, vaginal secretions, blood, and several internal body fluids. Sweat, tears, saliva (except in dental procedures), urine, feces, and vomitus are not considered OPIMs unless they contain visible blood or OPIM.

True

T/F Overexposure to lead is one of the most common hazards found in industry.

True

T/F Portable ladders must extend 3 feet past the landing or working surface.

True

T/F Process Safety Management (PSM) emphasized the management of hazards with a comprehensive program that integrated technologies, procedures and management practices.

True

T/F Record keeping forms will be reviewed by the compliance officer both before and during an IOSHA/OSHA inspection.

True

T/F Slips, trips and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents.

True

T/F The Process Safety Management (PSM) applies to a manufacturer of explosives and pyrotechnics.

True

T/F The bloodborne pathogen standard applies to your employees that are, or have the potential to be, exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIMs).

True

T/F The investigation of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools uncovered 27 violations, including deficits in employee training, missing guards on fans and machines, machines that were not securely anchored to the floor and failure to have written programs for employees, among other things.

True

T/F The purpose of Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals was to help assure safe and healthful workplaces and prevent major disasters.

True

T/F When there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more and no ramp, runway, embankment or personnel hoist is available, employers must provide a stairway or ladder at all worker points of access.

True

T/F When working on uneven surfaces, the chances of a rollover increase.

True

T/F Workers must be given access to Safety Data Sheets (formerly Material Safety Data Sheets) during their work shift.

True

Unprotected sides and edges of stairway landings must have standard 42-inch (1.1m) guardrail systems.

True

When a 3 feet extension is not possible, the ladder must be secured and a grasping device such as a grab rail must be provided to assist workers in mounting and dismounting the ladder.

True

What training must be provided to employees who are required to wear PPE?

When PPE is necessary. What PPE is necessary. How to don or doff, adjust and wear. The limitations of the PPE. Proper care and maintenance, useful life and disposal of PPE

Which of the following is a safety guideline for retailers holding major events (like Black Friday)?

Where large crowds are expected, hire additional staff as needed and have trained security or crowd management personnel or police officers on site. Provide legible and visible signs that describe entrance and exit locations, store opening times, and other important information such as the location of major sale items and restrooms. Create a detailed staffing plan that designates a location for each worker. Based on the size of the crowd expected, determine the number of workers that are needed in various locations to ensure the safety of the event (e.g., near the door entrances and throughout the store).

A worker falls in the parking lot prior to entering the workplace to start work. Is the broken ankle the worker sustains a reportable OSHA injury?

Yes because it occurred on the workplace property

A data entry clerk had to have carpal tunnel surgery. Is this related to the work as an illness or an injury?

a cumulative trauma illness that is work related and OSHA reportable

What does the term imminent danger mean?

a high probability of serious injury or death could occur

Which of the following could be responsible for causing slips, trips and falls?

all the listed items may cause slips, trips, or falls

One of the more frequently cited standards is the improper use of extension cords. Which of the following would be considered an improper usage?

an extension cord running through water on the floor on a construction site

Which is an element of a retrieval system for use in permit-required confined space entry?

body harness

Which of the following is not a commonly issued electrical safety violation:

electrical source too powerful for the tool being used

Which of the following would be considered an energy source that requires energy isolation devices (lockout capability)?

electricity, pneumatic(air) hydraulic, steam and gas, water pressure

The major cause of fatalities in construction is:

falls from elevation

In order to protect your eyes, you should wear which of the following as PPE?

goggles or faceshield

What are OSHA's top inspection priorities?

imminent danger accidents, fatalities or 3 or more workers hospitalized, referrals from other agencies, targeted inspections , follow up inspections

Of the routes of entry which is most often associated with death from toxic chemicals?

inhalation

Apply what you have learned in the electrical standard. You are building a new home and are afraid that if an operating hair dryer should fall into a sink filled with water someone could be electrocuted. How could you most effectively minimize this risk to all users?

install GFCI ground fault circuit interrupter in the convenience outlet or on the circuit

Employees who wear respirators for more than 30 days require the following

medical evaluation.

What is the purpose of a ground wire?

prevent shock, prevent burns, prevent fires

Which of the following is an electrical hazard frequently found on construction sites:

reverse polarity, improper use of extension cords, open electrical panels boxes, lack of (GFCI) ground fault circuit interrupters

Are there any groups exempted (does not apply) from the OSHA regulation?

self-employed, 10 employees or less, religious groups, family farms: all are correct

In an inspector takes a photo of a violation in your facility - what is your best course of action.

take the same photo with your own camera

What is the goal of OSHA?

to ensure employers provide a workplace free from recognized hazards to safety and health

Which device will provide greater physical protection?

uniform steel locking device

Which would be a cause of a "fall related" fatality?

unprotected sides, edges and holes improper use of access equipment failure to use fall arrest systems slips and trips from poor housekeeping

Which of the following are valid methodologies to evaluate process hazards under Process Safety Management (PSM)?

what if hazard and operabliity study fault tree analysis failure mode and effect analyses checklist

If you wanted to find more information about a specific OSHA standard which website would provide that information?

www.osha.gov