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OSHA's mission is to - ✔✔protect safety and health of America's workers
creation of OSHA provided this important right to workers - ✔✔right to a safe and healthful workplace
SDS gives info about - ✔✔hazardous chemicals
among rights related to OSHA recordkeeping, workers have right to review - ✔✔OSHA 300 log and OSHA
300A summary
during OSHA inspection - ✔✔right to talk to inspector privately
right of workers to seek safety and health without fear of punishment is in - ✔✔section 11(c) of OSH act
main responsibilities employers have under OSHA is to - ✔✔provide training required by OSHA standards
OSHA requires employers pay for required PPE including - ✔✔hard hats
OSHA standards for construction and general industry also known as - ✔✔part 1926 and part 1910
type of OSHA inspection conducted when immediate death or serious harm is likely - ✔✔imminent
danger
when employer receives OSHA citation it must be - ✔✔posted for 3 days or until violation is fixed
if you feel OSHA inspection is needed to get hazards corrected, which is best option - ✔✔submit written,
signed complaint with specific hazard info
,fall protection must be provided to workers working on surfaces with unprotected sides and edges ____
above lower level - ✔✔6 feet
ways employer can protect workers from falls - ✔✔guardrails, safety net systems and personal fall arrest
systems
for workers on scaffolds, fall protection provided if working _____ above lower level - ✔✔10 feet
how high must top guardrail be above working surface - ✔✔42 inches plus or minus 3 inches
personal fall arrest system consists of - ✔✔anchorage, lanyard and connectors, and full body harness
top of ladder must extend ____ above surface you're climbing onto - ✔✔3 feet
working over dangerous equipment and machinery, fall protection provided ____ - ✔✔regardless of
distance
personal fall arrest systems inspected for damage ____ each use - ✔✔before
webbing used for lifeline and lanyard harness ropes and straps must be made of ____ fibers -
✔✔synthetic
competent persons not necessary when scaffolds are being moved - ✔✔false
not every walking or working surface can be potential fall hazard - ✔✔false
safety nets absorb force of 400 lb bag of sand dropping onto net referred to as - ✔✔drop test
, falls, struck by object, caught in or between, and electrocution referred to as - ✔✔focus four
overreaching is factor that contributes to falls or fatalities involving ladders - ✔✔true
falls to lower level are major cause of fatalities - ✔✔true
more ____ killed from falls than any other construction occupation - ✔✔ironworkers
scaffold accidents attributed to factors like planking or support giving way or lack of guardrails or fall
protection - ✔✔true
employees may file complaint with OSHA if unsafe working conditions not corrected - ✔✔true
employers required to keep worksites free from - ✔✔all the above
employers need to have rescue procedures in place in event of fall - ✔✔true
which is not category of electrical burns - ✔✔shock
electrocution was second leading cause of workers deaths in 2011 - ✔✔true
worker was removing metal antenna when received fatal shock, which measures could have been taking
to prevent accident - ✔✔both of above could have prevented accident
it's ok to use extension cords with worn insulation - ✔✔false
when energized conductor made contact with ladder, path to ground included worker's body resulting in
death, which contributed to electrocution - ✔✔all of above