OSHA 30 - MODULE 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Creation |of |OSHA |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-OSH |Act |of |1970
Since |1970 |workplace |fatalities |have |been |cut |by |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-more |than |60%
Since |1970 |occupational |injury |and |illness |rates |have |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-declined |by |40%
U.S. |employment |has |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-more |than |doubled |to |>115M |workers |at |7.2M |
worksites
1911 |Triangle |Shirtwaist |Company |Fire |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-NYC, |killed |146/500 |employees
No |fire |escapes
President |Roosevelt's |New |Deal |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-1930's |increased |gov |role |in |safety
OSH |Act |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-12/29/1970 |Nixon |signed
Enacted |4/28/1971
AKA |Public |Law |91-596
OSHA |Coverage |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |Covers |all |employees |and |their |employers
- |Section |19 |- |federal |agency |heads |responsible
- |Public |must |comply |like |private |sector
OSHA |Non-coverage |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-self |employed
farming |families
mine |workers, |truckers, |atomic |energy
, public |employees |(state |& |local |gov)
OSHA's |Mission |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |develop |standards |and |enforce
- |maintain |reporting
- |provide |training
State |plans |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |at |least |as |effective |as |federal |OSHA
- |private |and |state/local |gov
Importance |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-14 |workers |die/day
>47000 |die/year
3M |non-fatal |reports
Right |to |be |informed |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Employers |must |post
1. |job |safety |and |health |protection
2. |summaries |of |petitions |
3. |copies |of |OSHA |citations
Worker's |rights |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |safe |and |healthful |workplace
- |right |to |know |about |hazardous |chemicals
- |right |to |complain |or |request
- |right |to |training
- |to |hazardous |exposure |records |and |medical |records
- |to |file |a |complaint
- |to |participate |in |OSHA |inspection
- |to |be |free |from |retaliation |for |exercising |rights
Logs |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-required |from |employers |with |more |than |10 |workers
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Creation |of |OSHA |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-OSH |Act |of |1970
Since |1970 |workplace |fatalities |have |been |cut |by |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-more |than |60%
Since |1970 |occupational |injury |and |illness |rates |have |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-declined |by |40%
U.S. |employment |has |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-more |than |doubled |to |>115M |workers |at |7.2M |
worksites
1911 |Triangle |Shirtwaist |Company |Fire |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-NYC, |killed |146/500 |employees
No |fire |escapes
President |Roosevelt's |New |Deal |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-1930's |increased |gov |role |in |safety
OSH |Act |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-12/29/1970 |Nixon |signed
Enacted |4/28/1971
AKA |Public |Law |91-596
OSHA |Coverage |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |Covers |all |employees |and |their |employers
- |Section |19 |- |federal |agency |heads |responsible
- |Public |must |comply |like |private |sector
OSHA |Non-coverage |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-self |employed
farming |families
mine |workers, |truckers, |atomic |energy
, public |employees |(state |& |local |gov)
OSHA's |Mission |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |develop |standards |and |enforce
- |maintain |reporting
- |provide |training
State |plans |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |at |least |as |effective |as |federal |OSHA
- |private |and |state/local |gov
Importance |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-14 |workers |die/day
>47000 |die/year
3M |non-fatal |reports
Right |to |be |informed |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Employers |must |post
1. |job |safety |and |health |protection
2. |summaries |of |petitions |
3. |copies |of |OSHA |citations
Worker's |rights |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-- |safe |and |healthful |workplace
- |right |to |know |about |hazardous |chemicals
- |right |to |complain |or |request
- |right |to |training
- |to |hazardous |exposure |records |and |medical |records
- |to |file |a |complaint
- |to |participate |in |OSHA |inspection
- |to |be |free |from |retaliation |for |exercising |rights
Logs |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-required |from |employers |with |more |than |10 |workers
