QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED
●● What's on Section 11C of the OSHA act.
Answer: Whistle blower protection - Discrimination against Employees
who report violations
●● What's the Purpose of OSHA directives, including enforcement and
compliance directives?.
Answer: • To ensure consistent enforcement of OSHA regulations
●● What is the OSHA multi-employer citation policy?.
Answer: • The employer that caused a hazardous condition that violates
an OSHA standard.
• Employers must not create volatile conditions. An employer that does
so is citable even if the only employees exposed are those of other
employers at the site.
●● What is the point of operation?.
Answer: • Is the area on a machine where cutting, shaping, boring, or
forming is accomplished upon the stock
,• where the machine does its work, i.e., where the saw blade cuts into the
wood
●● What do you need if you have a fixed ladder over 24 feet?.
Answer: • New Fixed Ladders - Each fixed ladder installed on and after
November 19, 2018, is equipped with a personal fall arrest system or a
ladder safety system
Existing Fixed Ladders -Each fixed ladder installed before November
19, 2018 is equipped with a personal fall arrest system, ladder safety
system, cage, or well.
●● Lowest concentration of gas or vapor in air that can be ignited..
Answer: • Minimum concentration of a particular flammable gas or
vapor necessary to support its combustion in air is defined as the Lower
Explosive Limit (LEL)
●● What are the Basic Industrial hygiene principles? Steps to Protect
Employees:.
Answer: • Anticipate potential hazards
• Recognize potential hazards
• Evaluate exposure and risk
• Control exposure and risk
, ●● What is effective exhaust ventilation?.
Answer: • Dilution ventilation
●● What is Equipment grounding conductor?.
Answer: • Equipment grounding conductor acts as a safeguard against
insulation failure or faults in the other circuit conductors
- Not an energized conductor under normal conditions.
- Energized if a leak or fault in the normal current path
- Directs current back to the source
- Enabling fuses or circuit breakers to operate
●● What's OSHA's record keeping incident rate:.
Answer: • The number of reportable injuries per 100 workers. OSHA
Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses); a new
form created to make it easier to post and calculate incidence rates or
Total Recordable (TRC). Days Away, Restricted, Transferred (DART).
●● Definition of a hole:.
Answer: • A gap or open space in a floor, roof, horizontal walking
working surface, or similar surface that is at least 2 in (5cm) in its least
dimension
●● Standard for dust masks:.