OSHA 510 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS – A+
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OSHA stands for - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
OSHA's focus four injuries are: - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1. fall
2. caught-in
3. struck by
4. electrical
OSHA's mission is to _____ and _____. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅save lives
and prevent injuries
OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations is through _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅worksite inspections
OSHA was formed because _____ were increasing. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅injuries and illnesses
OSHA was signed into law by President _____ in December of _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅Nixon; 1970
In the correct order, what is OSHA's inspection priority? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1. imminent danger
2. fatality or hospitalization
3. worker complaints/referrals
4. targeted inspections
5. follow-up inspection
The four types of OSHA citations and dollar amounts of fines are: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅1. Willful up to $134,937
2. Serious up to $13,494
3. Other-than-serious up to $13,494
4. Repeated up to $134,937
PPE stands for - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Person Protective Equipment
The effects of workplace injuries and illnesses include - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅a. lower morale
b. increased costs to retain workers
c. slower production rates
d. higher turnover
e. increased worker's compensation rates
, OSHA standards are found in the - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅title 29 labor CFR
Part _____ contains record keeping standards - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1904
Part _____ contains general industry standards. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1910
Part _____ contains construction industry standards. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1926
A _____ standard applies to all industries. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅horizontal
A _____ standard applies only to certain industries. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅vertical
Direct costs are _____ quantified. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅easily
Direct costs are usually paid by submitting claims to ______ companies. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅insurance
An example of a direct cost is - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅a. medical cost
b. physical therapy
c. repair costs for damaged equipment
d. continuation of pay
e. administrative
Indirect costs are _____ quantified. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅not easily;
difficult
Indirect costs are usually paid by the _____. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅company
An example of indirect cost is - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Experience Modification Rate
EMR equation - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅man-made
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OSHA stands for - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
OSHA's focus four injuries are: - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1. fall
2. caught-in
3. struck by
4. electrical
OSHA's mission is to _____ and _____. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅save lives
and prevent injuries
OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations is through _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅worksite inspections
OSHA was formed because _____ were increasing. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅injuries and illnesses
OSHA was signed into law by President _____ in December of _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅Nixon; 1970
In the correct order, what is OSHA's inspection priority? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1. imminent danger
2. fatality or hospitalization
3. worker complaints/referrals
4. targeted inspections
5. follow-up inspection
The four types of OSHA citations and dollar amounts of fines are: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅1. Willful up to $134,937
2. Serious up to $13,494
3. Other-than-serious up to $13,494
4. Repeated up to $134,937
PPE stands for - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Person Protective Equipment
The effects of workplace injuries and illnesses include - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅a. lower morale
b. increased costs to retain workers
c. slower production rates
d. higher turnover
e. increased worker's compensation rates
, OSHA standards are found in the - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅title 29 labor CFR
Part _____ contains record keeping standards - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1904
Part _____ contains general industry standards. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1910
Part _____ contains construction industry standards. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅1926
A _____ standard applies to all industries. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅horizontal
A _____ standard applies only to certain industries. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅vertical
Direct costs are _____ quantified. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅easily
Direct costs are usually paid by submitting claims to ______ companies. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅insurance
An example of a direct cost is - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅a. medical cost
b. physical therapy
c. repair costs for damaged equipment
d. continuation of pay
e. administrative
Indirect costs are _____ quantified. - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅not easily;
difficult
Indirect costs are usually paid by the _____. - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅company
An example of indirect cost is - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Experience Modification Rate
EMR equation - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅man-made
