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What does OSHA Stand for
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
When an employer receives an OSHA citation, it must
be posted for 3 days or until it is fixed
What type of OSHA inspection is conducted when immediate death or serious
harm is likely
Immediate danger
If you believe an OSHA inspection is needed, what is your best option?
submit a written signed complaint with specific hazard information
One main responsibilities of employers under OSHA is
to provide proper training
What are the 4 major elements of effective program
management commitment and employee involvement
worksite analysis
Hazard prevention and controls
Safety and Health program
What is the OSHA Mission?
To save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America's Workers
What is Fat/Cat
Weekly Fatalities and Catastrophes report published by osha
What is an SDS and MSDS?
Safety Data Sheet
Material Safety Data Sheet
What Section of OSH Act prohibits employers from discriminating against
workers who exercise their safety and health rights
11(c)
Which part of the OSHA Standards is construction?
1926
What part of the OSHA standards is General Industry
1910
IIPP/I2P2
injury and illness prevention plan
Elements of an IIPP
1. Management duties
2. Employee participation
3. Hazard Identification and assessment
,4. Hazard prevention and control
5. Education and training
6. Program evaluation
How many states have IIPP requirements
15
Suggestions for best IIPP
Be in writing
Be reviewed and updated periodically
Elements of IIPP
Responsible persons
employee compliance
employee communications
hazard assessment
Injury & Illness Investigation
Hazard Control
Training and Instruction
Hierarchy of hazard controls
Elimination
engineering controls
administrative controls
ppe
Inspection records should be maintained for
one year at least
Osha 6 questions for accidents
who what where when why how?
what is an accident
unplanned, undesired event that causes damage to person, property, or environment
Direct costs of accident
medical bills
property damage costs
indirect costs
lost time
lost productivity
hardship to family
3-10x greater than direct
Who is responsible that investigation of accident is conducted?
superintendent
Objective of accident investigation
identification of causal factors
Can accidents always be prevented?
Yes
Rules on accident interview
conduct in private
don't assign blame
, initiate asap
get the facts not the emotion
3 stages of crisis management
prevention
preparedness stage
recovery stage
what is a Job Hazard Analysis?
what could go wrong?
how could it go wrong
how likely is it to go wrong
what is a risk assessment code used for?
to find severity and likelihood of a hazardous event
Osha focus four training topics
caught in or between, struck by, electrocution, and falls
risk of fall height
anything 4ft or above, 6 feet for construction
majority of fatal falls come from what?
falls from roofs
What is the BLS
Beauro of Labor Statistics
rate of death of ironworkers is _______ times higher than any other type of
worker
10x
Safety Nets can only be ______ feet from the working surface and withstand a
______ lb drop test
30 ft 400lb
D rings and snap hooks must have a tensile strength of at least
5,000 lbs
Snap hooks must be a locking-type and
designed to prevent opening
Body belts are to be used for
body positioning only, not for fall protection use
It is important to attatch the lladder whenever possible to
a safe and secure point
what are the 3 types of laddders
step, straight, and extenstion
Planks on supported scaffolds are to be overlapped on a support at least
6 inches, but not more that 12 inches
climbing on the cross braces of scaffolds is allowed
never
guard rails on scaffolds must be _________ high
39 to 45 inches high
OSHA Specificallty states this entitty must make sure the surface workplace is
safe to support workers
Employer
Who must be present usually to give ok on safety concerns