Safety Standards & Regulatory Compliance Flashcards
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Under OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces standard, what is the minimum height at which fall protection is required for general industry?
Answer: 4 feet
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.28 requires fall protection for general industry workers at heights of 4 feet or more above a lower level.
Which ANSI/ISA standard provides guidelines for the functional safety of safety instrumented systems (SIS) in process industries?
Answer: ANSI/ISA-84 (IEC 61511)
ANSI/ISA-84, which adopts IEC 61511, establishes requirements for the design, integration, and maintenance of safety instrumented systems in the process industries.
A job hazard analysis (JHA) is best described as which of the following?
Answer: A systematic process for identifying hazards associated with each step of a job task before work begins
A JHA breaks a job into steps, identifies hazards for each step, and recommends controls before work begins, serving as a proactive safety planning tool.
What is the significance of a 'Safety Integrity Level' (SIL) rating assigned to a safety function?
Answer: It quantifies the required risk reduction provided by the safety function in terms of probability of failure on demand
SIL ratings (1–4) define the required probability of failure on demand (PFD) for a safety function, with SIL 4 representing the highest risk reduction.
According to OSHA, which condition requires a respiratory protection program to be implemented?
Answer: When engineering and administrative controls are not sufficient to reduce airborne contaminants below the permissible exposure limit
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 requires a written respiratory protection program when respirators are necessary to protect employee health because other controls are insufficient.
Which regulatory body requires that pressure vessels in the United States meet ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) standards?
Answer: Individual state boiler and pressure vessel inspection agencies typically enforce ASME BPVC
ASME BPVC is adopted and enforced by individual state boiler and pressure vessel inspection programs, not a single federal agency.
During a safety audit, an inspector finds that a machine guard has been removed and not replaced. Under OSHA's Machine Guarding standard (29 CFR 1910.212), who is responsible for ensuring guards are in place?
Answer: The employer
OSHA places the responsibility for providing and ensuring the use of machine guarding on the employer, regardless of who removed the guard.