Questions With Complete Grade A Answers
1. What is OSHA's Mission?
Answer: To protect the health & safety of American workers
2. What can be a results of a workplace injury or illness?
Answer: lower morale and increased cost
3. Horizontal Standard
Answer: A standard which is applied to everyone, across the board; applies to all
industries
4. Section 11 c of the OSH Act
Answer: The right of workers to seek safety and health on the job without fear of
punishment
5. Is this true or false? OSHA requires that employers certify that abatement is
complete for each cited violation
Answer: True
6. What are the OSHA Inspection Priorities in order of importance?
Answer:
1) Imminent danger
2) Fatalities & catastrophes
3) Employee complaints & referrals
, 4) Programmed high-hazard level inspections
5) Follow up inspections
7. What are the 4 steps in the OSHA Inspection Process?
Answer:
1) Compliance officer displays official credentials
2) Opening conference with records review
3) Walk around inspection
4) Closing conference
8. What is incidence rate in OSHA record keeping?
Answer: The number of injury and illness rates per 100 full time employees
9. What is the purpose of the OSHA 300 Log?
Answer: To record worker related fatalities, injuries, illnesses and is not used for
wokers' comp
10. What is the order of effectiveness in hazard abatement?
Answer:
1) Elimination of hazard
2) Engineering controls
3) Administrative controls
4) PPE (personal protection equipment)
11. What is the HazCom Standard?
Answer: is also called "Right to Know" Law and it ensures that chemical products
are evaluated and that hazard information is transmitted to employees