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Occupational Safety Standards & Regulations Flashcards

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  1. Under OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134), a medical evaluation must occur:

    Answer: Before the employee is fit tested or required to use a respirator

    Medical evaluation must be completed before fit testing and before an employee is required to wear a respirator.

  2. The hierarchy of controls ranks which control method as most effective?

    Answer: Elimination of the hazard

    Elimination—physically removing the hazard—is ranked highest in the hierarchy because it completely removes the risk.

  3. NIOSH is responsible for:

    Answer: Conducting research and recommending occupational safety and health standards

    NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) is a research agency that develops recommendations; enforcement is OSHA's role.

  4. Under the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030), which element is NOT required in an Exposure Control Plan?

    Answer: Individual employee health insurance details

    Exposure Control Plans must contain exposure determinations, methods of compliance, and annual updates, but not employees' personal health insurance information.

  5. A 'willful' OSHA violation differs from a 'serious' violation in that the employer:

    Answer: Intentionally disregarded the law or showed plain indifference to employee safety

    Willful violations involve intentional disregard or plain indifference to OSHA requirements, warranting significantly higher penalties.

  6. Under OSHA's confined space standard (29 CFR 1910.146), a 'permit-required' confined space must have at least one of which characteristics?

    Answer: A hazardous atmosphere, engulfment hazard, internal configuration hazard, or any other serious safety/health hazard

    A permit-required confined space contains or has the potential to contain a serious hazard as defined by the four criteria in the standard.

  7. The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard aligns with which international chemical classification system?

    Answer: Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

    OSHA's HazCom Standard (revised 2012) aligns with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.