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The OSHA act was signed by what president? - ✔✔Richard Nixon
What date was the OSHA act signed? - ✔✔December 29, 1970
When did the OSHA agency actually come into being? - ✔✔April 28, 1971
What does OSHA stand for? - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What is OSHA's mission? - ✔✔To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and
women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance
What type of agency is OSHA? - ✔✔An agency of the U.S. department of labor
What is the general duty clause ? - ✔✔Shall furnish employees employment and a place of employment
free from recognized hazards that could cause death/ serious physical harm, shall comply with OSHA
standards, each employee shall comply with OSHA standards, rules, regulations
Employers must do what three things with OSHA safety/ health hazards? - ✔✔Follow, find, correct
How should employers inform employees about chemical hazards? - ✔✔Training, labels, alarms, color-
coded systems, chemical information sheets
SDS stands for? - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet
, SDS must include? - ✔✔Container labeling/ worker training (include the physical/ health hazards of
chemicals and how workers can protect themselves
Employers should provide what to workers at no cost? - ✔✔PPE
Employers must keep accurate records of what? - ✔✔Related injuries and illnesses
Employers must report fatalities in how many hours? - ✔✔8
Employers must report any work related inpatient hospitalization/ amputation/ loss of an eye? - ✔✔24
hours
Employers must inform workers how to report what? - ✔✔Injury
Employers must make records available/ accessible to who? - ✔✔Employees and OSHA
Employers must post what three things where it is visible to workers? - ✔✔Annual injury/ illness
summary data, OSHA citations, OSHA "it's the law" poster
Employers cannot (blank) against any worker using their rights under the law? - ✔✔Retaliate
Record keeping is necessary if what? - ✔✔10 or more employees or injuries/ illnesses
What is the exception to the record keeping rule? - ✔✔10 or fewer employees or if you are apart of an
establishment in a certain industry referenced in the chart on page 442
Employees have the right to working conditions that? - ✔✔Do not pose a risk or serious harm