OSHA 511 GENERAL INDUSTRY LATEST
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ OSHA mission Answer: To protect the American worker
⫸ The difference between this Act & the Standards? Answer: Act is the
law. Standards are the regulations
⫸ Which section gives workers the right to seek H&S w/o fear of
punishment? Answer: 11c
⫸ What is the difference b/t horizontal & vehicle standards? Answer:
Horizontal = all industries
Vertical = specific industries
⫸ The purpose of OSHA Compliance Directives (CPL)? Answer:
Ensuring consistent enforcement
⫸ Are small businesses required to have an emergency action plan?
Answer: No - 10 or less may verbally communicate the plan.
, ⫸ What is the requirement for the distribution of portable fire
Extinguishers? Answer: Class A & D: 75 feet
Class B: 50 feet
⫸ What are the 3 means of safeguarding machinery? Answer: Guards,
location & devices
⫸ Relative to machinery what is meant by the Point of Operation?
Answer: Where the work is being done
⫸ What are some hazards associated w/conveyors? Answer: Nip points
Rotating parts
⫸ What type of work requires lock out tag out? Answer: Maintenance &
Training
⫸ What causes most Lock Out Tag Out injuries? Answer: Failure to de-
energize
⫸ What are the major subdivisions within Subpart S? Answer: Training
& PPE
⫸ What is an equipment grounding connector? Answer: Used to
connect noncurrent carrying metal parys to a grounded conductor
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ OSHA mission Answer: To protect the American worker
⫸ The difference between this Act & the Standards? Answer: Act is the
law. Standards are the regulations
⫸ Which section gives workers the right to seek H&S w/o fear of
punishment? Answer: 11c
⫸ What is the difference b/t horizontal & vehicle standards? Answer:
Horizontal = all industries
Vertical = specific industries
⫸ The purpose of OSHA Compliance Directives (CPL)? Answer:
Ensuring consistent enforcement
⫸ Are small businesses required to have an emergency action plan?
Answer: No - 10 or less may verbally communicate the plan.
, ⫸ What is the requirement for the distribution of portable fire
Extinguishers? Answer: Class A & D: 75 feet
Class B: 50 feet
⫸ What are the 3 means of safeguarding machinery? Answer: Guards,
location & devices
⫸ Relative to machinery what is meant by the Point of Operation?
Answer: Where the work is being done
⫸ What are some hazards associated w/conveyors? Answer: Nip points
Rotating parts
⫸ What type of work requires lock out tag out? Answer: Maintenance &
Training
⫸ What causes most Lock Out Tag Out injuries? Answer: Failure to de-
energize
⫸ What are the major subdivisions within Subpart S? Answer: Training
& PPE
⫸ What is an equipment grounding connector? Answer: Used to
connect noncurrent carrying metal parys to a grounded conductor
