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• General Duty Clause Section 5(a)(1) -✓✓Employees shall have a place of employment
which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to his employees.
• Osha was not allowed to use? -✓✓State Level standards.
• Osha is a part of the? -✓✓Department of Labor
• The 4 types of OSHA Standards by Industry are... -✓✓1.)General Industry
2.)Construction 29 CFR 1926
3.)Maritime
4.)Agriculture
• The 2 types of Application of Standards are -✓✓1.)Horizontal- apply to all industry.
2.)Vertical- apply to a specific industry or type of equipment.
• OSHA Directives -✓✓are used to ensure consistent enforcement of osha regulations
• What are the 4 Inspection Priorities -✓✓1.)Imminent Danger
2.)Fatalities and Catastrophes
3.)Employee Complaints/Referrals
4.)Programmed High-Hazard Inspections
• What is the first thing they will do in the inspection process? -✓✓Compliance officer
displays official credentials.
• Types of Violations -✓✓1.)De Minimus
2.)Other than serious
3.)Serious
4.)Willfull
5.)Repeated
6.)Failure to abate
7.)Regulatory
8.)Other
• Appeals by Employers. Employers may contest either citation, abatement period, or
proposed penalty within... -✓✓15 working days of receipt through written "Notice of
Contest"