OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA focuses on four injuries: - ANSWER 1. Fall.
2. Caught in
3. hit by.
4. Electrical.
OSHA's objective is to save lives and prevent injuries.
OSHA's principal way of enforcing safety requirements is through worksite
inspections.
OSHA was founded in ANSWER to an increase in _____. - Answer injuries and
diseases.
President _____ signed OSHA into law in December, _____. - Answer Nixon;
1970
What is the correct order of OSHA inspection priorities? - ANSWER 1:
impending danger.
2. Death or hospitalization
3. Worker complaints and referrals
4. Targeted Inspections
5. Follow-up inspection.
There are four different types of OSHA citations and fine amounts: - Answer 1:
Willful up to $134,937.
,2. Serious, up to $13,494.
3. Other-than-serious up to $13,494.
4. Repeated until $134,937.
PPE stands for: ANSWER Person Protective Equipment.
The consequences of job injuries and diseases include: - ANSWER: decreased
morale.
b. Increased expenditures to retain employees
b. Slower production rates
d. increased turnover.
g. raised worker compensation rates.
OSHA guidelines can be found in the ANSWER Title 29 Labor CFR.
Part _____ contains recordkeeping standards - ANSWER 1904.
Part _____ includes general industrial standards. - ANSWER 1910
Part _____ includes construction sector standards. - Answer 1926.
All industries follow the same _____ standard. - Answer horizontally.
A _____ standard only applies to specific industries. - Answer vertically
Direct costs are quantified. - Answer easily.
, Direct costs are typically covered by filing claims with ______ corporations.
ANSWER insurance
An example of a direct cost is a medical cost.
b. Physical treatment.
b. Repair expenses for damaged equipment.
d. continuance of payment
E. Administrative
Indirect expenses are quantified. - Answer: not easy; difficult.
Indirect costs are typically paid by the _____. - ANSWER Company
An example of indirect cost is - ANSWER a. loss of efficiency due to crew
breakup
b. wasted time by the supervisor
d. The cost of training a new employee
What is determined by the company's own history of accidents and losses? -
Experience Modification Rate
EMR equation: ACTUAL losses / EXPECTED losses.
OSHA defines an excavation as any __ cut, hole, trench, or depression in the
ground's surface created by earth removal. - ANSWER: Man-made
A trench is described as a narrow underground excavation that is __ than it is
wide (ANSWER deeper).
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