OSHA 510 EXAM | Exam Review with
Questions and Answers | Question and
Answer | Grade A+
• OSHA -✓✓Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• OSHA's mission -✓✓To protect the safety and health of America's workers.
• OSHA's focus four injuries -✓✓Fall, caught-in, struck by, electrical.
• OSHA's primary method of enforcement -✓✓Through worksite inspections.
• OSHA compliance directive (CPL) -✓✓To ensure consistent enforcement of
OSHA regulations.
• OSHA's inspection priority -✓✓1. imminent danger, 2. fatality or hospitalization,
3. worker complaints/referrals, 4. targeted inspections, 5. follow-up inspection.
• Effects of workplace injuries and illnesses -✓✓Lower morale, increased costs to
retain workers, slower production rates, higher turnover, increased worker's
compensation rates.
• Part 1904 -✓✓Contains record keeping standards, is a horizontal standard.
• Part 1910 -✓✓Contains general industry standards.
• Part 1926 -✓✓Contains construction industry standards.
• Costs associated with an accident -✓✓Direct & Indirect Costs.
• Indirect costs of accidents -✓✓Lower morale, increased cost, training
replacement workers.
• Direct costs of accidents -✓✓Medical cost, physical therapy, repair costs for
damaged equipment, continuation of pay, administrative.
, • Occupational Safety and Health Act signing year -✓✓1970 under Nixon
presidency.
• Section 5(a)(1) -✓✓Called General Duty Clause.
• General Duty Clause -✓✓Shall furnish to each of his employees' employment
and 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.
• Section 11 (c) -✓✓Protects workers from discrimination or retaliation when they
file a complaint about safety.
• Horizontal standards -✓✓Meaning general or across the board, when there is no
vertical.
• Vertical standards -✓✓Apply to specific industry (construction).
• OSHA reporting requirements -✓✓Fatalities within 8 hours, hospitalizations
within 24 hours, amputations within 24 hours, loss of eye within 24 hours.
• Exemptions from OSHA standards -✓✓For two reasons: SIZE or industry type.
• Size exemption criteria -✓✓Companies cannot employ over 10 employees at any
point during the calendar year.
• Type exemption criteria -✓✓Companies must have a HIGH risk SIC or NAICS
code.
• OSHA Form 301 -✓✓The Injury and Illness Report.
• OSHA Form 300 -✓✓The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
• OSHA Form 300A -✓✓The annual SUMMARY of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses.
• Filing timeframe for Forms 301 and 300 -✓✓Must be filled out within 7 days of
receiving information that a recordable case has occurred.
Questions and Answers | Question and
Answer | Grade A+
• OSHA -✓✓Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• OSHA's mission -✓✓To protect the safety and health of America's workers.
• OSHA's focus four injuries -✓✓Fall, caught-in, struck by, electrical.
• OSHA's primary method of enforcement -✓✓Through worksite inspections.
• OSHA compliance directive (CPL) -✓✓To ensure consistent enforcement of
OSHA regulations.
• OSHA's inspection priority -✓✓1. imminent danger, 2. fatality or hospitalization,
3. worker complaints/referrals, 4. targeted inspections, 5. follow-up inspection.
• Effects of workplace injuries and illnesses -✓✓Lower morale, increased costs to
retain workers, slower production rates, higher turnover, increased worker's
compensation rates.
• Part 1904 -✓✓Contains record keeping standards, is a horizontal standard.
• Part 1910 -✓✓Contains general industry standards.
• Part 1926 -✓✓Contains construction industry standards.
• Costs associated with an accident -✓✓Direct & Indirect Costs.
• Indirect costs of accidents -✓✓Lower morale, increased cost, training
replacement workers.
• Direct costs of accidents -✓✓Medical cost, physical therapy, repair costs for
damaged equipment, continuation of pay, administrative.
, • Occupational Safety and Health Act signing year -✓✓1970 under Nixon
presidency.
• Section 5(a)(1) -✓✓Called General Duty Clause.
• General Duty Clause -✓✓Shall furnish to each of his employees' employment
and 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.
• Section 11 (c) -✓✓Protects workers from discrimination or retaliation when they
file a complaint about safety.
• Horizontal standards -✓✓Meaning general or across the board, when there is no
vertical.
• Vertical standards -✓✓Apply to specific industry (construction).
• OSHA reporting requirements -✓✓Fatalities within 8 hours, hospitalizations
within 24 hours, amputations within 24 hours, loss of eye within 24 hours.
• Exemptions from OSHA standards -✓✓For two reasons: SIZE or industry type.
• Size exemption criteria -✓✓Companies cannot employ over 10 employees at any
point during the calendar year.
• Type exemption criteria -✓✓Companies must have a HIGH risk SIC or NAICS
code.
• OSHA Form 301 -✓✓The Injury and Illness Report.
• OSHA Form 300 -✓✓The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
• OSHA Form 300A -✓✓The annual SUMMARY of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses.
• Filing timeframe for Forms 301 and 300 -✓✓Must be filled out within 7 days of
receiving information that a recordable case has occurred.
