OSHA 40 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When HAZWOPER does not apply. - ans-
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HAZWOPER does not apply to incidental releases that are limited in quantity and pose
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no safety and health threat to employees working in the immediate vicinity of the spill.
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Which of the following should be included as part of an employer's written hazard com
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munication plan? Select all that apply - ans- sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
A list of chemicals presents in the workplace.
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Properly labeled hazardous chemical containers
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A material safety sheet posted for all hazardous chemicals at the worksite.
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Consesus standards - ans-Which are prepared by organizations that develop industry-
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wide stanards.
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Proprietary standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Which are prepared by professional experts within particular industries, professional so
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cieties, and associations.
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Some federal worker protections laws - ans-
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OSHA now enforces the standards issued under earlier Acts in all industries where the
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y apply.
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Horizontal Standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Most standards are horizontal or general and apply to any employer in any industry.
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Examples: Include standards applying to fire protection, working surfaces, and first aid.
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Vertical Standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Other standards only apply to a particular industry. These standards are called vertical
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standards. Examples include standards that apply to longshoring or construction indust
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ries.
CFRs - ans- sw swsw
Divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas that are subject to federal regulation.
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Title 29 CFR - ans-Covers labor and the protection of the worker.
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,Title 40 CFR - ans- sw sw sw swsw
Covers the protection of the environment and issues concerning the Environmental Pro
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tection Agency, or EPA. sw sw sw
Title 49 CFR - ans- sw sw sw swsw
Covers protection during transportation of hazardous materials and issues concerning t
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he Department of Transportation, or DOT
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Each title is separated into chapters - ans-
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Usually bear the name of the issuing agency. EXAMPLE: Title 29 -
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Labor, Chapter XVII -
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor
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Parts - ans- sw swsw
Each chapter is further subdivided into parts that cover specific regulatory areas.
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subparts - ans- sw swsw
Parts take major blocks of information and break them down into subparts. EXAMPLE:
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title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910, and Subpart H - Hazardous Materials
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Sections - ans- sw swsw
Each subpart is the divided into sections. EXAMPLE: title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910,
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Subpart H, Section 120 - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
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paragraph - ans- sw swsw
The sections of CFR, such as 1910. 120, are divided into paragraphs. A paragraph in t
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he CFR is not the same as the traditional paragraph in a story or essay.
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Subparagraph - ans- sw swsw
Paragraphs in the CFR and their subparagraphs are marked with numbers and letters i
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n outline fashion.
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hazardous waste - ans- sw sw swsw
As hazardous substance that has no commercial value. Hazardous waste is ignitable, c
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orrosive, reactive, or toxic. sw sw sw
hazardous substances - ans- sw sw swsw
Substances determined by the EPA to present a danger to the environment
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Hazardous chemicals - ans- sw sw swsw
chemicals that are hazardous to people in the workplace or the community if release, a
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s determined by OSHA
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Hazardous materials - ans- sw sw swsw
Those materials which can present a danger during shipment by truck, rail, pipeline, air
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, or water, as determined by the secretary of transportation.
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,RCRA - ans- sw swsw
Regulates an industry's management of its hazardous wastes from the time the wastes
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are generated to the time they are disposed of on-site or off-site..
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CERCLA - ans-Regulates and enforces the clean- sw swsw sw sw sw sw
up of abandoned hazardous waste sites and hazardous waste sites created prior to RC
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RA.
SARA - ans- sw swsw
Addressed the risk of exposure and the need to protect employees exposed to hazardo
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us waste. sw
OIL spills - ans-
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The NCP defines oil as any kind of oil in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge,
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oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes but not dredged spoil (dirt or rock)
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For marine oil spoil emergency response, the HAZWOPER provisions that most directly
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apply include: - ans--
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Emergency response operations in HAZWOPER paragraph (q) and
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- Post-emergency response cleanup operations in paragraph (q) (11)
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Private employees of an oil company cleaning up a marine oil spill - ans-True
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City workers volunteering to help with a hazardous cleanup. - ans-True
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Cleanup for a limited spill that can be contained at the time of release. - ans-False
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First responders at the site of an emergency hazardous material cleanup - ans-True
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To any emergency response, even if other provisions provide more protection to worke
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r health. - ans-False
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To all states, regardless of whether they have OSHA-approved state plans. - ans-
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False
If OSHA considers a worksite response activity a "HAZWOPER Emergency Response,"
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then employers and employees at the worksite performing emergency response must
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comply with: - ans- sw sw swsw
HAZWOPER paragraph (q) and all other General (1910) or construction Industry (1926
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
) standards
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Risks to consider include but are not limited to - ans--
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Exposer exceeding the permissible limits and published exposure levels.
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-Explosion Sensitivity and Flammability Ranges sw sw sw sw
, -Oxygen deficiency sw
The employer must try to eliminate the hazards to which employees are exposed by se
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
quentially following these methods: - ans- sw sw sw sw swsw
Using engineering controls, following work practices, providing PPE
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Which of the following Code of Federal Regulations are applicable the hazardous wast
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e site work? - ans-TITLE = 29, 40, 49
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What lists the general and permanent rules of federal agencies? - ans-
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The Code of Federal Regulations
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When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? - ans-
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1970s (October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA))
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Which one of these statements is NOT true - ans-
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Employers take all responsibility under the OSH Act. sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
The Hazard Communication Standard - ans--
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Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in the workpla
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ce
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Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to communicat
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
e the hazard information to employees.
sw sw sw sw sw
Which of the following is NOT an employer responsibility? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Follow SOPs and wear required PPE
sw sw sw sw sw
The HazCom program must be written and available to employees - ans-True
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What section of OSHA covers Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
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? - ans-29 CFR 1910. 120
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Who is not covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw s
section of OSHA? - ans-
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A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house.
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Which of the following is an employee right? - ans-
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Be informed of your rights and responsibilities.
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Which Is NOT a source for OSHA Standards? - ans-
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Work Standards developed by the individual company.
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Off - site information can be obtained by using two methods: - ans--
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Interviews and research
sw sw sw sw
When HAZWOPER does not apply. - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw swsw
HAZWOPER does not apply to incidental releases that are limited in quantity and pose
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
no safety and health threat to employees working in the immediate vicinity of the spill.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Which of the following should be included as part of an employer's written hazard com
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
munication plan? Select all that apply - ans- sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
A list of chemicals presents in the workplace.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Properly labeled hazardous chemical containers
sw sw sw sw
A material safety sheet posted for all hazardous chemicals at the worksite.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Consesus standards - ans-Which are prepared by organizations that develop industry-
sw sw swsw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
wide stanards.
sw
Proprietary standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Which are prepared by professional experts within particular industries, professional so
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
cieties, and associations.
sw sw
Some federal worker protections laws - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw swsw
OSHA now enforces the standards issued under earlier Acts in all industries where the
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
y apply.
sw
Horizontal Standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Most standards are horizontal or general and apply to any employer in any industry.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Examples: Include standards applying to fire protection, working surfaces, and first aid.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Vertical Standards - ans- sw sw swsw
Other standards only apply to a particular industry. These standards are called vertical
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
standards. Examples include standards that apply to longshoring or construction indust
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
ries.
CFRs - ans- sw swsw
Divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas that are subject to federal regulation.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Title 29 CFR - ans-Covers labor and the protection of the worker.
sw sw sw swsw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
,Title 40 CFR - ans- sw sw sw swsw
Covers the protection of the environment and issues concerning the Environmental Pro
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
tection Agency, or EPA. sw sw sw
Title 49 CFR - ans- sw sw sw swsw
Covers protection during transportation of hazardous materials and issues concerning t
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
he Department of Transportation, or DOT
sw sw sw sw sw
Each title is separated into chapters - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Usually bear the name of the issuing agency. EXAMPLE: Title 29 -
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Labor, Chapter XVII -
sw sw sw sw
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Parts - ans- sw swsw
Each chapter is further subdivided into parts that cover specific regulatory areas.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
subparts - ans- sw swsw
Parts take major blocks of information and break them down into subparts. EXAMPLE:
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910, and Subpart H - Hazardous Materials
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Sections - ans- sw swsw
Each subpart is the divided into sections. EXAMPLE: title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910,
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Subpart H, Section 120 - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
paragraph - ans- sw swsw
The sections of CFR, such as 1910. 120, are divided into paragraphs. A paragraph in t
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
he CFR is not the same as the traditional paragraph in a story or essay.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Subparagraph - ans- sw swsw
Paragraphs in the CFR and their subparagraphs are marked with numbers and letters i
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
n outline fashion.
sw sw
hazardous waste - ans- sw sw swsw
As hazardous substance that has no commercial value. Hazardous waste is ignitable, c
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
orrosive, reactive, or toxic. sw sw sw
hazardous substances - ans- sw sw swsw
Substances determined by the EPA to present a danger to the environment
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Hazardous chemicals - ans- sw sw swsw
chemicals that are hazardous to people in the workplace or the community if release, a
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
s determined by OSHA
sw sw sw
Hazardous materials - ans- sw sw swsw
Those materials which can present a danger during shipment by truck, rail, pipeline, air
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
, or water, as determined by the secretary of transportation.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
,RCRA - ans- sw swsw
Regulates an industry's management of its hazardous wastes from the time the wastes
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw s
are generated to the time they are disposed of on-site or off-site..
w sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
CERCLA - ans-Regulates and enforces the clean- sw swsw sw sw sw sw
up of abandoned hazardous waste sites and hazardous waste sites created prior to RC
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
RA.
SARA - ans- sw swsw
Addressed the risk of exposure and the need to protect employees exposed to hazardo
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
us waste. sw
OIL spills - ans-
sw sw swsw
The NCP defines oil as any kind of oil in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge,
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw s
oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes but not dredged spoil (dirt or rock)
w sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
For marine oil spoil emergency response, the HAZWOPER provisions that most directly
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
apply include: - ans--
sw sw sw swsw
Emergency response operations in HAZWOPER paragraph (q) and
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
- Post-emergency response cleanup operations in paragraph (q) (11)
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Private employees of an oil company cleaning up a marine oil spill - ans-True
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
City workers volunteering to help with a hazardous cleanup. - ans-True
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Cleanup for a limited spill that can be contained at the time of release. - ans-False
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
First responders at the site of an emergency hazardous material cleanup - ans-True
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
To any emergency response, even if other provisions provide more protection to worke
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
r health. - ans-False
sw sw swsw
To all states, regardless of whether they have OSHA-approved state plans. - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
False
If OSHA considers a worksite response activity a "HAZWOPER Emergency Response,"
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
then employers and employees at the worksite performing emergency response must
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
comply with: - ans- sw sw swsw
HAZWOPER paragraph (q) and all other General (1910) or construction Industry (1926
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
) standards
sw
Risks to consider include but are not limited to - ans--
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Exposer exceeding the permissible limits and published exposure levels.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
-Explosion Sensitivity and Flammability Ranges sw sw sw sw
, -Oxygen deficiency sw
The employer must try to eliminate the hazards to which employees are exposed by se
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
quentially following these methods: - ans- sw sw sw sw swsw
Using engineering controls, following work practices, providing PPE
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Which of the following Code of Federal Regulations are applicable the hazardous wast
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
e site work? - ans-TITLE = 29, 40, 49
sw sw sw swsw sw sw sw sw
What lists the general and permanent rules of federal agencies? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
The Code of Federal Regulations
sw sw sw sw
When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
1970s (October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA))
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Which one of these statements is NOT true - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Employers take all responsibility under the OSH Act. sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
The Hazard Communication Standard - ans--
sw sw sw sw swsw
Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in the workpla
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
ce
-
Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to communicat
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
e the hazard information to employees.
sw sw sw sw sw
Which of the following is NOT an employer responsibility? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Follow SOPs and wear required PPE
sw sw sw sw sw
The HazCom program must be written and available to employees - ans-True
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
What section of OSHA covers Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
? - ans-29 CFR 1910. 120
sw swsw sw sw sw
Who is not covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw s
section of OSHA? - ans-
w sw sw sw swsw
A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Which of the following is an employee right? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Be informed of your rights and responsibilities.
sw sw sw sw sw sw
Which Is NOT a source for OSHA Standards? - ans-
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Work Standards developed by the individual company.
sw sw sw sw sw sw
Off - site information can be obtained by using two methods: - ans--
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw swsw
Interviews and research
sw sw sw sw
