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OSHA 500 PRACTICE ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
ANSI - (answers)American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person - (answers)A person approved or assigned by the employer to
perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH - (answers)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - (answers)To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - (answers)A standard which requires to
provide safe or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - (answers)Every
working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions.
What does the General Duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSH Act)
state? - (answers)Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are
causing or are
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likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - (answers)1. Imminent danger
inspections
2. Catastrophic and fatal accident inspections
3. Employee complaint inspections
4. Programmed high hazard inspections
5. Re-inspections
What types of violations and penalties may OSHA issue following an inspection? -
(answers)1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - (answers)1. Reading and
understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the property
gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in the
workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their
employers to correct these problems whenever possible.
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3. To complain to OSHA in person, by telephone, fax, mail or electronic
correspondence via the OSHA website about workplace conditions that
threaten their health or safety.
4. To seek safe and healthful working conditions without being disciplined or fired
by their employer.
Competent person: - (answers)A person capable of identifying existing and
predictable hazards in the work environment that are unsanitary, hazardous or
dangerous to employees and who is authorized to correct hazards.
Confined space: - (answers)Any space having a limited means of egress including,
but not limited to, storage tanks, process vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or
exhaust ducts, sewers, underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines and open top
spaces more than four feet in depth such as pits, tubs, vaults and vessels.
Egress: - (answers)A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an area
Hazardous Substance: - (answers)A substance which, by reason of being
explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise
harmful, is likely to cause death or injury.
Qualified: - (answers)A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized degree
or certificate.
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True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of
occupational injuries and
illnesses. - (answers)True
True or False: All employers must report to OSHA within eight hours of any
accident that results in a fatality or of any accident that results in the in-patient
hospitalization of one employee. - (answers)True
True or False: Records must be maintained at the establishment for seven years
and must be available for
inspection by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). - (answers)False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - (answers)1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? -
(answers)The employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection
plan.
Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
OSHA 500 PRACTICE ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
ANSI - (answers)American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person - (answers)A person approved or assigned by the employer to
perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH - (answers)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - (answers)To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - (answers)A standard which requires to
provide safe or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - (answers)Every
working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions.
What does the General Duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSH Act)
state? - (answers)Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are
causing or are
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likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - (answers)1. Imminent danger
inspections
2. Catastrophic and fatal accident inspections
3. Employee complaint inspections
4. Programmed high hazard inspections
5. Re-inspections
What types of violations and penalties may OSHA issue following an inspection? -
(answers)1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - (answers)1. Reading and
understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the property
gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in the
workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their
employers to correct these problems whenever possible.
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3. To complain to OSHA in person, by telephone, fax, mail or electronic
correspondence via the OSHA website about workplace conditions that
threaten their health or safety.
4. To seek safe and healthful working conditions without being disciplined or fired
by their employer.
Competent person: - (answers)A person capable of identifying existing and
predictable hazards in the work environment that are unsanitary, hazardous or
dangerous to employees and who is authorized to correct hazards.
Confined space: - (answers)Any space having a limited means of egress including,
but not limited to, storage tanks, process vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or
exhaust ducts, sewers, underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines and open top
spaces more than four feet in depth such as pits, tubs, vaults and vessels.
Egress: - (answers)A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an area
Hazardous Substance: - (answers)A substance which, by reason of being
explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise
harmful, is likely to cause death or injury.
Qualified: - (answers)A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized degree
or certificate.
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True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of
occupational injuries and
illnesses. - (answers)True
True or False: All employers must report to OSHA within eight hours of any
accident that results in a fatality or of any accident that results in the in-patient
hospitalization of one employee. - (answers)True
True or False: Records must be maintained at the establishment for seven years
and must be available for
inspection by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). - (answers)False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - (answers)1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? -
(answers)The employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection
plan.
Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
