Module 2: OSHA Focus Four Hazards Answers
Question Answer
What is the leading
cause of fatalities in Falls
construction?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 4 feet
0.5 seconds?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 16 feet
1 second?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 64 feet
2 seconds?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 144 feet
3 seconds?
When do you need
When the exposure is 6 feet or more
fall protection?
What’s the first
Employer determining that the walks surfaces
step for fall
have the strength to support workers
prevention?
What systems
should be provided 1. Guard rail system<br>2. Safety net
at a leading edge system<br>3. Fall arrest system
of 6 feet or more?
1. Inspect the job site and work surfaces for
hazards<br>2. Determine that the work surfaces
are strong<br>3. You find that work must be
Steps to create a done near a 6 foot edge<br>4. Have guard rail
safe job site from systems constructed and inspected<br>5. Select
falls? and inspect the personal fall arrest system and
make sure workers know how to use them<br>6.
Begin work and ensure workers follow safe
procedures
, Question Answer
Whats required
over covered
Guardrails
walkways of at least
6 feet deep?
What is required
for hoisting areas if
Personal fall arrest system
guard rail has to be
removed to hoist?
What do you need
around dangerous Guardrails
equipment?
What is a Safety
A competent person responsible for recognizing
Monitoring
and warning employees of fall hazards
System?
What is a Warning Barrier erected on a roof to warn workers that
Line System? they are approaching an unprotected edge
When do you When they are at least 6 feet high and the
protect window bottom edge is less than 39 inches above walking
openings? height
What do workers
1. Hardhat<br>2. Barrier preventing objects from
need when they are
falling<br>3. Canopy structure<br>4. Barricade
exposed to falling
falling area from workers
objects?
What can guard
Wood, pipe, steel or wire rope
rails be made of?
What has to be
added to wire rope Flags
guard rails?
What are the three
Top rail, mid rail and posts and when necessary
parts of a guard
toe board
rail?
What height is the
top rail of a guard 42 inches plus or minus 3 inches
rail?
When do you need When there is no wall of at least 21 inches
mid rails in a guard
Question Answer
What is the leading
cause of fatalities in Falls
construction?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 4 feet
0.5 seconds?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 16 feet
1 second?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 64 feet
2 seconds?
In free fall, how far
can a body travel in 144 feet
3 seconds?
When do you need
When the exposure is 6 feet or more
fall protection?
What’s the first
Employer determining that the walks surfaces
step for fall
have the strength to support workers
prevention?
What systems
should be provided 1. Guard rail system<br>2. Safety net
at a leading edge system<br>3. Fall arrest system
of 6 feet or more?
1. Inspect the job site and work surfaces for
hazards<br>2. Determine that the work surfaces
are strong<br>3. You find that work must be
Steps to create a done near a 6 foot edge<br>4. Have guard rail
safe job site from systems constructed and inspected<br>5. Select
falls? and inspect the personal fall arrest system and
make sure workers know how to use them<br>6.
Begin work and ensure workers follow safe
procedures
, Question Answer
Whats required
over covered
Guardrails
walkways of at least
6 feet deep?
What is required
for hoisting areas if
Personal fall arrest system
guard rail has to be
removed to hoist?
What do you need
around dangerous Guardrails
equipment?
What is a Safety
A competent person responsible for recognizing
Monitoring
and warning employees of fall hazards
System?
What is a Warning Barrier erected on a roof to warn workers that
Line System? they are approaching an unprotected edge
When do you When they are at least 6 feet high and the
protect window bottom edge is less than 39 inches above walking
openings? height
What do workers
1. Hardhat<br>2. Barrier preventing objects from
need when they are
falling<br>3. Canopy structure<br>4. Barricade
exposed to falling
falling area from workers
objects?
What can guard
Wood, pipe, steel or wire rope
rails be made of?
What has to be
added to wire rope Flags
guard rails?
What are the three
Top rail, mid rail and posts and when necessary
parts of a guard
toe board
rail?
What height is the
top rail of a guard 42 inches plus or minus 3 inches
rail?
When do you need When there is no wall of at least 21 inches
mid rails in a guard
