ISA UTILITY SPECIALIST EXAM CHAPTER 1
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Answers- In the united states,
enforcement of safety work rules resides with
Act - Answers- A worker neglecting to wear cut resistant chaps while operating a
chainsaw is committing an unsafe...
Working condition - Answers- An employer failing to provide proper PPE creates an
unsafe...
ANSI Z133 - Answers- For arborcultural operations, what is the standard that
employers must follow when implementing a structural safety program?
Job briefings - Answers- What documents are used to formally review site conditions
and job procedures.
Multiple causation theory - Answers- Petersen (2001) states that a number of
contributing factors and causes that randomly interact are responsible for injuries in the
workplace, and this theory is called?
High reliability organizations - Answers- These organizations where the cost of failure is
high are called?
Kinetic energy - Answers- The energy of motion shown by the equation KE = (weight /
2) speed *(2)
Electrical shock - Answers- The result of the passage of current through the human
body
Electrocution - Answers- death from direct contact with electricity
minimum approach distance - Answers- closest distance that a tree worker, tool,
equipment, or tree part is permitted near overhead electrical conductors and equipment.
Distance increases with increasing voltage and varies with training of personnel.
10 feet - Answers- How close can an untrained arborist get to an energized conductor
under 50Kv?
direct contact - Answers- This occurs when someone touches an energized fixture or
conductor
Indirect Contact - Answers- This occurs when someone touched an energized fixture or
conductor with a conductive object
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Answers- In the united states,
enforcement of safety work rules resides with
Act - Answers- A worker neglecting to wear cut resistant chaps while operating a
chainsaw is committing an unsafe...
Working condition - Answers- An employer failing to provide proper PPE creates an
unsafe...
ANSI Z133 - Answers- For arborcultural operations, what is the standard that
employers must follow when implementing a structural safety program?
Job briefings - Answers- What documents are used to formally review site conditions
and job procedures.
Multiple causation theory - Answers- Petersen (2001) states that a number of
contributing factors and causes that randomly interact are responsible for injuries in the
workplace, and this theory is called?
High reliability organizations - Answers- These organizations where the cost of failure is
high are called?
Kinetic energy - Answers- The energy of motion shown by the equation KE = (weight /
2) speed *(2)
Electrical shock - Answers- The result of the passage of current through the human
body
Electrocution - Answers- death from direct contact with electricity
minimum approach distance - Answers- closest distance that a tree worker, tool,
equipment, or tree part is permitted near overhead electrical conductors and equipment.
Distance increases with increasing voltage and varies with training of personnel.
10 feet - Answers- How close can an untrained arborist get to an energized conductor
under 50Kv?
direct contact - Answers- This occurs when someone touches an energized fixture or
conductor
Indirect Contact - Answers- This occurs when someone touched an energized fixture or
conductor with a conductive object
