What is a competent person correct answers A Competent person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures t...
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What is a competent person correct answers A Competent person means one who is capable of
identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are
unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt
corrective measures to eliminate them
Qualified Person correct answers One who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or
professional standing, or by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully
demonstrated his ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the work.
Per Subpart M of the OSHA Standard, personal fall arrest systems shall, when stopping a fall,
limit the maximum arresting force on the body to ________ pounds when used with a body belt;
and ________ pounds with a full body harness correct answers 900/1800
Manhole covers, when located in a vehicular aisle, shall be designed to carry at least ________
times the vehicle's rear axle load. correct answers 2
Safety nets can be tested by dropping a ________ pound bag of sand from a height of 25 feet
above the net: correct answers 400
a 215 lb worker w/ 6lbs of tools who falls 6' can generate fall forces at impact of 1326 correct
answers 1290 lbs across body
When a 200 pound test load is applied downward to a wire rope guardrail, the top rail can not
deflect below what height? correct answers 39 inches
If wire rope is used for top rails, it shall be flagged at not more than ______ foot intervals with
high-visibility materials. correct answers 6
Wall openings must be guarded at ________ feet in construction and ________ feet in industry.
correct answers 6, 4
A connector (ironworker) is connecting a beam while exposed to an exterior fall of 33 feet to the
ground below. What OSHA Standard section applies? correct answers 1926.760(b)(1)
A controlled decking zone refers to: correct answers Steel erection activities regarding metal
decking placement
Wood guardrails must have vertical supports every ________ feet in construction? correct
answers 8
Floor openings must be guarded or covered at ______ feet in construction: correct answers 6
, Employees should be trained by a competent qualified person qualified in the nature of the
hazard, correct procedures for erecting/maintaining disassembly fall protection systems and each
role of each employee correct answers True
No employee shall be permitted to place or tie reinforcing steel more than _____ feet above any
adjacent work surface unless other fall protection is provided correct answers 6
How high (in feet) according to OSHA are you allowed to free climb on reinforcing steel (rebar)
cages Construction correct answers 25 (with margin: 0)
A Scaffold erector is erecting a 30 foot high scaffold, but is not using a personal fall arrest
system. What OSHA standard applies to a scaffold erector/dismantler NOT using fall protection?
correct answers 1926.451(g) (2)- Scaffold competent person determination
Carpenters are installing 4'x8' sheets of plywood onto roof trusses in order to make a roof deck
which will have a pitch of 8/12. Their ground to eave fall height is 20 feet and their only fall
protection is a single 2" x 6" slide guard. There is a fall hazard here; what OSHA standard
applies. correct answers 1926.501(b)(13)-Residential construction
The fall protection requirements of Subpart M - do not apply to the following situations (Choose
all that apply) correct answers erection or dismantling of scaffolding, scaffold use
steel erection
stairways and ladders
utility pole work
An employee on a walking/working surface shall be protected from falling through holes
(including actual skylights) more than 6 feet above lower levels by personal fall arrest systems,
_______, or guardrail systems erected around such holes, openings or skylights. correct answers
covers
Guardrail systems shall be capable of withstanding, without failure, a force of at least ____
pounds applied with two inches of the top edge, in any outward or downward direction, at any
point along the top edge. correct answers 200
If there are workers on stilts that are higher than the guardrail, OSHA states what: correct
answers The top rail must be increased in height to equal height of the stilts
The maximum size of each safety net mesh opening shall not exceed _____square inches. correct
answers 6" x 6" or 36
As of January 1, 1998 ______ are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. correct
answers body belts and non-locking snaphooks
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