OSHA 510 COMPILED EXAM 2026 FINAL
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
◉ Direct costs are _____ quantified.
Answer: easily
◉ Direct costs are usually paid by submitting claims to ______
companies.
Answer: insurance
◉ An example of a direct cost is
Answer: a. medical cost
b. physical therapy
c. repair costs for damaged equipment
d. continuation of pay
e. administrative
◉ Indirect costs are _____ quantified.
Answer: not easily; difficult
,◉ Indirect costs are usually paid by the _____.
Answer: company
◉ An example of indirect cost is
Answer: a. loss of efficiency by breakup of crew
b. lost time by supervisor
c. cost of breaking in new worker
◉ What is determined by the company's own record of accidents
and losses?
Answer: Experience Modification Rate
◉ EMR equation
Answer: ACTUAL losses / EXPECTED losses
◉ OSHA defines an excavation as any __ cut, cavity, trench, or
depression in the earth's surface formed by earth removal
Answer: man-made
◉ At trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is __
than it is wide
Answer: deeper
, ◉ A trench cannot be wider than
Answer: 15 feet
◉ Cave-in protection is required for all excavations greater than
Answer: 5 feet in depth unless they are entirely in sold stable rock
◉ A ladder must be provided every
Answer: 25 feet for excavations greater than 4 feet in depth
◉ Spoil piles, material and equipment must be kept
Answer: 2 feet from the excavation
◉ Excavation inspections must be conducted
Answer: DAILY and before start of work
◉ Excavation inspections must be conducted to determine
Answer: soil classification
◉ For all trenches deeper than 5 feet, OSHA requires what to protect
workers from cave-in?
Answer: a. sloping
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
◉ Direct costs are _____ quantified.
Answer: easily
◉ Direct costs are usually paid by submitting claims to ______
companies.
Answer: insurance
◉ An example of a direct cost is
Answer: a. medical cost
b. physical therapy
c. repair costs for damaged equipment
d. continuation of pay
e. administrative
◉ Indirect costs are _____ quantified.
Answer: not easily; difficult
,◉ Indirect costs are usually paid by the _____.
Answer: company
◉ An example of indirect cost is
Answer: a. loss of efficiency by breakup of crew
b. lost time by supervisor
c. cost of breaking in new worker
◉ What is determined by the company's own record of accidents
and losses?
Answer: Experience Modification Rate
◉ EMR equation
Answer: ACTUAL losses / EXPECTED losses
◉ OSHA defines an excavation as any __ cut, cavity, trench, or
depression in the earth's surface formed by earth removal
Answer: man-made
◉ At trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is __
than it is wide
Answer: deeper
, ◉ A trench cannot be wider than
Answer: 15 feet
◉ Cave-in protection is required for all excavations greater than
Answer: 5 feet in depth unless they are entirely in sold stable rock
◉ A ladder must be provided every
Answer: 25 feet for excavations greater than 4 feet in depth
◉ Spoil piles, material and equipment must be kept
Answer: 2 feet from the excavation
◉ Excavation inspections must be conducted
Answer: DAILY and before start of work
◉ Excavation inspections must be conducted to determine
Answer: soil classification
◉ For all trenches deeper than 5 feet, OSHA requires what to protect
workers from cave-in?
Answer: a. sloping
