Environmental Safety and Health Certification
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How does OSHA enforce job safety and health standards? - ✔✔Worksite Inspections
In addition to having employee rights, employees also have - ✔✔responsibilities
What is the first step in resolving safety and health issues or concerns in the workplace? - ✔✔Talking to
your employer
This training applies to which of the following groups of HAZWOPER workers? - ✔✔All phases of cleanup
operations of hazardous waste sites
How many sections are in the HAZWOPER regulation? - ✔✔17
What are the two types of chemical spills or releases according to the HAZWOPER regulation? -
✔✔incidental releases and uncontrolled releases
Per OSHA's definition, HAZMAT"team members perform responses to releases or potential releases of
hazardous substances for the purpose of control or of the incident" - ✔✔stabilization
Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere (ODA)
Oxygen Enriched Atmosphere (OEA) - ✔✔<19.5%
>23.5%
Which section of the HAZWOPER regulation covers training? - ✔✔E, P, Q (all of the above)
,40 hour HAZWOPER workers
24 hour HAZWOPER workers - ✔✔receive more training on PPE
receive less training on PPE
How many additional hours of training are required for managers and supervisors directly responsible
for, or who supervise employees engaged in hazardous waste operations? - ✔✔8
TSDF workers shall receive hours of initial training and hours of refresher training annually -
✔✔24/8
How are first responders at the operations level trained? - ✔✔they are trained to respond in a defensive
fashion
How many hours of training must HAZMAT technicians have? - ✔✔24
How many hours of refresher training must an emergency responder have? - ✔✔There is no minimum
number of hours required
Law (the what)
Regulation (the how) - ✔✔statute or act written by a legislative body
contains the details and procedures for implementing or complying with, and enforcing laws
What law authorized the EPA to begin the cradle to grave tracking of hazardous waste? - ✔✔RCRA
,Which law promulgated the HAZWOPER regulation? - ✔✔SARA- superfund amendments and
reauthorization act
The EPA complies the TRI data every year and makes it available through several data access tools. What
does TRI stand for? - ✔✔Toxics release inventory
OSHA regulations concerning employees are found in which CFR? - ✔✔29 CFR
DOT regulations concerning employees are found in which CFR? - ✔✔49 CFR
PHMSA
pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration
Employers DO NOT need to have a HAZWOPER safety and health program developed and implemented
if they have a similar program that covers, or is modified to cover, the topics required in the HAZWOPER
regulation. - ✔✔True
The site safety and health plan must be kept - ✔✔on the site
In the absence of the site safety and health supervisor, another individual who is knowledgeable in
occupational safety and health may act on behalf of the employer to determine the effectiveness of the
site safety and health plan - ✔✔true
SOPs
SOGs - ✔✔used where this is no room for deviation
used where choices are needed to ensure the safety and health of workers
To whom must the written safety and health program be made available? - ✔✔any contractor involved
, employees
any subcontractor involved
What are the objectives of pre-employment screening? - ✔✔Determine an employee's level of fitness
AND
Establish a baseline against which to compare future examinations
Workers may be medically disqualified for specific HAZWOPER work if they are clearly unable to perform
certain tasks based on their medical history and physical exam - ✔✔true
Employers may opt to have employees pay for their own medical examinations and require them to
have them done on their own time - ✔✔false
At a minimum who should know the way to the nearest emergency medical facility? - ✔✔all managers
and individuals involved in medical response
Medical and exposure records for each employee are kept for - ✔✔the duration of employment plus 30
years
It is the that makes something poisonous - ✔✔dosage
In general, which portion of the population is exposed to chemicals at a higher rate than normal? -
✔✔Workers
Acute
Chronic - ✔✔short term
long term
Prep | Verified Questions and Answers |
Updated and Approved
How does OSHA enforce job safety and health standards? - ✔✔Worksite Inspections
In addition to having employee rights, employees also have - ✔✔responsibilities
What is the first step in resolving safety and health issues or concerns in the workplace? - ✔✔Talking to
your employer
This training applies to which of the following groups of HAZWOPER workers? - ✔✔All phases of cleanup
operations of hazardous waste sites
How many sections are in the HAZWOPER regulation? - ✔✔17
What are the two types of chemical spills or releases according to the HAZWOPER regulation? -
✔✔incidental releases and uncontrolled releases
Per OSHA's definition, HAZMAT"team members perform responses to releases or potential releases of
hazardous substances for the purpose of control or of the incident" - ✔✔stabilization
Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere (ODA)
Oxygen Enriched Atmosphere (OEA) - ✔✔<19.5%
>23.5%
Which section of the HAZWOPER regulation covers training? - ✔✔E, P, Q (all of the above)
,40 hour HAZWOPER workers
24 hour HAZWOPER workers - ✔✔receive more training on PPE
receive less training on PPE
How many additional hours of training are required for managers and supervisors directly responsible
for, or who supervise employees engaged in hazardous waste operations? - ✔✔8
TSDF workers shall receive hours of initial training and hours of refresher training annually -
✔✔24/8
How are first responders at the operations level trained? - ✔✔they are trained to respond in a defensive
fashion
How many hours of training must HAZMAT technicians have? - ✔✔24
How many hours of refresher training must an emergency responder have? - ✔✔There is no minimum
number of hours required
Law (the what)
Regulation (the how) - ✔✔statute or act written by a legislative body
contains the details and procedures for implementing or complying with, and enforcing laws
What law authorized the EPA to begin the cradle to grave tracking of hazardous waste? - ✔✔RCRA
,Which law promulgated the HAZWOPER regulation? - ✔✔SARA- superfund amendments and
reauthorization act
The EPA complies the TRI data every year and makes it available through several data access tools. What
does TRI stand for? - ✔✔Toxics release inventory
OSHA regulations concerning employees are found in which CFR? - ✔✔29 CFR
DOT regulations concerning employees are found in which CFR? - ✔✔49 CFR
PHMSA
pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration
Employers DO NOT need to have a HAZWOPER safety and health program developed and implemented
if they have a similar program that covers, or is modified to cover, the topics required in the HAZWOPER
regulation. - ✔✔True
The site safety and health plan must be kept - ✔✔on the site
In the absence of the site safety and health supervisor, another individual who is knowledgeable in
occupational safety and health may act on behalf of the employer to determine the effectiveness of the
site safety and health plan - ✔✔true
SOPs
SOGs - ✔✔used where this is no room for deviation
used where choices are needed to ensure the safety and health of workers
To whom must the written safety and health program be made available? - ✔✔any contractor involved
, employees
any subcontractor involved
What are the objectives of pre-employment screening? - ✔✔Determine an employee's level of fitness
AND
Establish a baseline against which to compare future examinations
Workers may be medically disqualified for specific HAZWOPER work if they are clearly unable to perform
certain tasks based on their medical history and physical exam - ✔✔true
Employers may opt to have employees pay for their own medical examinations and require them to
have them done on their own time - ✔✔false
At a minimum who should know the way to the nearest emergency medical facility? - ✔✔all managers
and individuals involved in medical response
Medical and exposure records for each employee are kept for - ✔✔the duration of employment plus 30
years
It is the that makes something poisonous - ✔✔dosage
In general, which portion of the population is exposed to chemicals at a higher rate than normal? -
✔✔Workers
Acute
Chronic - ✔✔short term
long term
