1 / OSHA 511 Test Prep
1.What is OSHA's mission?
ANS To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training outreach, education and assistance.
2.What's on Section 11C of the OSHA act
ANS Whistle blower protection - Discrimi- nation against Employees who report violations
3.What's the Purpose of OSHA directives, including enforcement and compli- ance directives?
ANS • To ensure consistent enforcement of OSHA regulations
4.What is the OSHA multi-employer citation policy?
ANS • The employer that caused a hazardous condition that violates an OSHA standard.
•Employers must not create volatile conditions. An employer that does so is citable even if the only employees exposed are those of other employers at the site. .What is the point of operation?
ANS • Is the area on a machine where cutting, shaping, boring, or forming is accomplished upon the stock
•where the machine does its work, i.e., where the saw blade cuts into the wood
6.What do you need if you have a fixed ladder over 24 feet?
ANS • New Fixed Ladders - Each fixed ladder installed on and after November 19, 2018, is equipped with a personal fall arrest system or a ladder safety system
Existing Fixed Ladders -Each fixed ladder installed before November 19, 2018 is equipped with a personal fall arrest system, ladder safety system, cage, or well.
7.Lowest concentration of gas or vapor in air that can be ignited.
ANS • Minimum concentration of a particular flammable gas or vapor necessary to support its combustion in air is defined as the Lower Explosive Limit (LEL)
8.What are the Basic Industrial hygiene principles? Steps to Protect Employ- ees
ANS 3 / • Anticipate potential hazards
•Recognize potential hazards
•Evaluate exposure and risk
•Control exposure and risk
9.What is effective exhaust ventilation?
ANS • Dilution ventilation
10.What is Equipment grounding conductor?
ANS • Equipment grounding conductor acts as a safeguard against insulation failure or faults in the other circuit conductors
-Not an energized conductor under normal conditions.
-Energized if a leak or fault in the normal current path
-Directs current back to the source
-Enabling fuses or circuit breakers to operate
11.What's OSHA's record keeping incident rate
ANS
• The number of reportable injuries per 100 workers. OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses); a new form created to make it easier to post and calculate incidence rates or Total Recordable (TRC). Days Away, Restricted, Transferred (DART).
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