NCCER Basic Safety 2026
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Safety culture - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The culture created when the whole
company sees the value of a safe work environment.
Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Per the US Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that does not result in personal
injury but may result in property damage or is worthy of recording.
, Accident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔According to the US Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that results in personal
injury and/or property damage.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔An agency of the US Department of Labor. Also refers to the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, a law that applies to more
than 130 million workers and 7 million job sites in the United States.
Trench - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A narrow excavation made below the surface of
the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, with a maximum width of
15 feet (4.6 m). Also see excavation.
Confined spaces - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Work areas large enough for a person to
work, but arranged in such a way that an employee must physically enter
the space to perform work. Confined spaces have a limited or restricted
means of entry and exit. They are not designed for continuous work. Tanks,
vessels, silos, pits, vaults, and hoppers are examples of confined spaces.
Also see permit-required confined space.
Ground fault - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Incidental grounding of a conducting
electrical wire.
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Safety culture - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The culture created when the whole
company sees the value of a safe work environment.
Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Per the US Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that does not result in personal
injury but may result in property damage or is worthy of recording.
, Accident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔According to the US Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that results in personal
injury and/or property damage.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔An agency of the US Department of Labor. Also refers to the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, a law that applies to more
than 130 million workers and 7 million job sites in the United States.
Trench - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A narrow excavation made below the surface of
the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, with a maximum width of
15 feet (4.6 m). Also see excavation.
Confined spaces - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Work areas large enough for a person to
work, but arranged in such a way that an employee must physically enter
the space to perform work. Confined spaces have a limited or restricted
means of entry and exit. They are not designed for continuous work. Tanks,
vessels, silos, pits, vaults, and hoppers are examples of confined spaces.
Also see permit-required confined space.
Ground fault - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Incidental grounding of a conducting
electrical wire.
