OSHA 30 Final Exam General Industry
Practice QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026 | A+
GRADED 100% VERIFIED
• Since 1970 workplace fatalities have been cut by . Answer: more than
60%
• Since 1970 occupational injury and illness rates have . Answer:
declined by 40%
• U.S. employment has . Answer: more than doubled to >115M workers
at 7.2M worksites
• 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire . Answer: NYC, killed
146/500 employees
No fire escapes
• President Roosevelt's New Deal . Answer: 1930's increased gov role in
safety
• OSH Act . Answer: 12/29/1970 Nixon signed
Enacted 4/28/1971
AKA Public Law 91-596
• OSHA Coverage . Answer: - Covers all employees and their employers
- Section 19 - federal agency heads responsible
- Public must comply like private sector
• OSHA Non-coverage . Answer: self employed
farming families
mine workers, truckers, atomic energy
public employees (state & local gov)
, • OSHA's Mission . Answer: - develop standards and enforce
- maintain reporting
- provide training
• State plans . Answer: - at least as effective as federal OSHA
- private and state/local gov
• Importance . Answer: 14 workers die/day
>47000 die/year
3M non-fatal reports
• Right to be informed . Answer: Employers must post
1. job safety and health protection
2. summaries of petitions
3. copies of OSHA citations
• Worker's rights . Answer: - safe and healthful workplace
- right to know about hazardous chemicals
- right to complain or request
- right to training
- to hazardous exposure records and medical records
- to file a complaint
- to participate in OSHA inspection
- to be free from retaliation for exercising rights
• Logs . Answer: required from employers with more than 10 workers
• OSHA 300 . Answer: - Log of injuries and illnesses
- right to view log up to past 5 years
- log updated at the end of next workday
• OSHA 300A . Answer: Annually posted summary of injuries and
illnesses
- right to view
Practice QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026 | A+
GRADED 100% VERIFIED
• Since 1970 workplace fatalities have been cut by . Answer: more than
60%
• Since 1970 occupational injury and illness rates have . Answer:
declined by 40%
• U.S. employment has . Answer: more than doubled to >115M workers
at 7.2M worksites
• 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire . Answer: NYC, killed
146/500 employees
No fire escapes
• President Roosevelt's New Deal . Answer: 1930's increased gov role in
safety
• OSH Act . Answer: 12/29/1970 Nixon signed
Enacted 4/28/1971
AKA Public Law 91-596
• OSHA Coverage . Answer: - Covers all employees and their employers
- Section 19 - federal agency heads responsible
- Public must comply like private sector
• OSHA Non-coverage . Answer: self employed
farming families
mine workers, truckers, atomic energy
public employees (state & local gov)
, • OSHA's Mission . Answer: - develop standards and enforce
- maintain reporting
- provide training
• State plans . Answer: - at least as effective as federal OSHA
- private and state/local gov
• Importance . Answer: 14 workers die/day
>47000 die/year
3M non-fatal reports
• Right to be informed . Answer: Employers must post
1. job safety and health protection
2. summaries of petitions
3. copies of OSHA citations
• Worker's rights . Answer: - safe and healthful workplace
- right to know about hazardous chemicals
- right to complain or request
- right to training
- to hazardous exposure records and medical records
- to file a complaint
- to participate in OSHA inspection
- to be free from retaliation for exercising rights
• Logs . Answer: required from employers with more than 10 workers
• OSHA 300 . Answer: - Log of injuries and illnesses
- right to view log up to past 5 years
- log updated at the end of next workday
• OSHA 300A . Answer: Annually posted summary of injuries and
illnesses
- right to view
