OSHA 30 Construction Verified Guide
1. What section of the OSH Act references the whistleblower program? - Section 11(c).
2. Ten steps to kickstart your safety and health program: - Establish safety and health as a core value - Lead by example - Implement a reporting system - Provide trainin...
1. What section of the OSH Act references the whistleblower program?
- Section 11(c). ✅
2. Ten steps to kickstart your safety and health program:
- Establish safety and health as a core value
- Lead by example
- Implement a reporting system
- Provide training
- Conduct inspections
- Collect hazard control ideas
- Implement hazard controls
- Address emergencies
- Seek input on workplace changes
- Make improvements
3. What is an OSHA cooperative program?
- The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). ✅
4. Core Element: Worker Participation. What does this entail?
- Encouraging workers to participate in the program
- Allowing workers to report safety and health concerns
- Providing access to safety and health information
- Giving workers an active role in all aspects of the program
- Ensuring worker participation without barriers
5. What is critical to the success of a safety and health program?
, - Worker participation in the program development. ✅
6. Core Element: Workplace hazards. What procedures should be included?
- Collecting existing information about workplace hazards
- Inspecting the workplace for safety hazards
- Identifying health hazards
- Conducting incident investigations
- Identifying hazards associated with emergency and non-routine situations
- Characterizing the nature of identified hazards, identifying interim control measures, and prioritizing
hazards for control
7. When should a hazard assessment be conducted?
- Whenever a new substance, process, procedure, or equipment is introduced to the workplace;
whenever new or previously unrecognized hazards are uncovered; or whenever a safety and health
program is first established. ✅
8. What does JHA stand for?
- Job Hazard Analysis. ✅
9. What is JHA used for?
- Identifying needed safety and health training programs. ✅
10. Hazard Prevention and Control. Investigation Process: What steps are involved?
1. Visiting the accident scene as soon as possible
2. Interviewing injured workers and witnesses
3. Examining the workplace
4. Determining the cause or causes
5. Taking corrective action
6. Recording the findings and corrective actions
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