OSHA 30 Hour Study Guide Questions
with answers
The OSH Act is also known by what other name? ✅✅Public Law 91-596
What occupational groups do not come under OSHA coverage? ✅✅Self-employed,
immediate members of farming families not employing outside workers, mine workers,
certain truckers and transportation workers, atomic energy workers who are covered by
other federal agencies, public employees in state and local governments, although
some states have their own plans that cover these workers
OSHA's mission is to ✅✅Protect the safety and heath of America's workers
OSHA requires that each employer post certain materials in a prominent location at the
workplace. What materials are these? ✅✅Job Safety and Health Protection
(Workplace Poster OSHA 3165) informing employees of their rights and responsibilities
under the OSH Act; Summaries of petitions for variances from standards or
recordkeeping procedures; Copies of OSHA citations for violations of standards
If an employer disagrees with the results of the OSHA inspection, he or she may submit
a written objection to OSHA, called what? ✅✅A contest
Workers' safety and health responsibilities include what six? ✅✅Read OSHA poster;
Follow employer's safety and health rules and wear or use all required PPE; Follow safe
work practices for your job, as directed by your employer; Report hazardous conditions
to a supervisor or safety committee; Report hazardous conditions to OSHA if employers
do not fix them; Cooperation with OSHA inspectors
Employer recordkeeping responsibilities involves not only setting up a reporting system
and providing copies of logs upon request, but also posting annual summaries and what
else? ✅✅Post OSHA citations for three days or until the citation is fixed and
abatement verification notices
What types of workplaces are exempt from recordkeeping requirements?
✅✅Employers' with 10 employees or less
Which general industry workers are among the most exposed to lead? ✅✅Plumbers,
welders, and painters
OSHA also requires that employers pay for most required PPE, except for what types
that may be worn off the job? ✅✅Except for uniforms, items worn to keep clean,
weather-related gear, logging boots, and non-specialty safety toe protective footwear
and non-specialty prescription safety eyewear, as long as the employer permits the
items to be worn off the job site.
, What four categories do OSHA standards fall into? ✅✅General Industry,
Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture
OSHA issues standards for a wide variety of workplace hazards, including what seven?
✅✅Toxic substances, electric hazards, fall hazards, hazardous waste, machine
hazards, fire and explosion hazards, dangerous atmospheres
What are the four priority categories of OSHA inspection? ✅✅Imminent Danger,
Fatality/ Catastrophe, Complaints/ Referrals, Programmed Inspections
Citations inform the employer and employees of what four matters? ✅✅Regulations
and standards the employer allegedly violated; any hazardous working conditions
covered by the OSH Act's General Duty Clause; proposed length of time set for
abatement of hazards; any proposed penalties
Willful Violation ✅✅Violation employer intentionally and knowingly commits or a
violation that employer commits with plan indifference to the law.
OSHA considers some jobs and tasks very hazardous, such as what? ✅✅Locking out
machinery
What are QuickCards? ✅✅Small, laminated cards that provide brief, plain language
safety and health information for workers
What can a worker request if he or she is currently an employee at a workplace of
concern, if he or she has obtained the signatures of two other workers? ✅✅Can
request an HHE through NIOSH => Health Hazard Evaluation of workplaces where
hazard is an unknown cause or working condition not regulated by OSHA.
Respiratory protection can be obtained through two basic types of respirators; name
them and describe their functions? ✅✅Air-purifying respirator: removes contaminants
by air passing through air-purifying component
Atmosphere-Supplying respirator: provides user with breathable air not from ambient
atmosphere (2 other types: Supplied-air respirators use hose called an airline to provide
clean air from the air tank & Self-contained breathing apparatus: consists of a hose that
is connected to cylinder of compressed air)
What does a personal fall arrest system include? ✅✅a body harness worn around
torso, overhead anchor which lanyard is connected (anchor must support 5,000 lbs per
employee), a lanyard connecting harness to anchor
What three types of ladders can be found at a worksite? ✅✅Self-supporting portable
ladders, non-self-supporting portable ladders, fixed ladders
with answers
The OSH Act is also known by what other name? ✅✅Public Law 91-596
What occupational groups do not come under OSHA coverage? ✅✅Self-employed,
immediate members of farming families not employing outside workers, mine workers,
certain truckers and transportation workers, atomic energy workers who are covered by
other federal agencies, public employees in state and local governments, although
some states have their own plans that cover these workers
OSHA's mission is to ✅✅Protect the safety and heath of America's workers
OSHA requires that each employer post certain materials in a prominent location at the
workplace. What materials are these? ✅✅Job Safety and Health Protection
(Workplace Poster OSHA 3165) informing employees of their rights and responsibilities
under the OSH Act; Summaries of petitions for variances from standards or
recordkeeping procedures; Copies of OSHA citations for violations of standards
If an employer disagrees with the results of the OSHA inspection, he or she may submit
a written objection to OSHA, called what? ✅✅A contest
Workers' safety and health responsibilities include what six? ✅✅Read OSHA poster;
Follow employer's safety and health rules and wear or use all required PPE; Follow safe
work practices for your job, as directed by your employer; Report hazardous conditions
to a supervisor or safety committee; Report hazardous conditions to OSHA if employers
do not fix them; Cooperation with OSHA inspectors
Employer recordkeeping responsibilities involves not only setting up a reporting system
and providing copies of logs upon request, but also posting annual summaries and what
else? ✅✅Post OSHA citations for three days or until the citation is fixed and
abatement verification notices
What types of workplaces are exempt from recordkeeping requirements?
✅✅Employers' with 10 employees or less
Which general industry workers are among the most exposed to lead? ✅✅Plumbers,
welders, and painters
OSHA also requires that employers pay for most required PPE, except for what types
that may be worn off the job? ✅✅Except for uniforms, items worn to keep clean,
weather-related gear, logging boots, and non-specialty safety toe protective footwear
and non-specialty prescription safety eyewear, as long as the employer permits the
items to be worn off the job site.
, What four categories do OSHA standards fall into? ✅✅General Industry,
Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture
OSHA issues standards for a wide variety of workplace hazards, including what seven?
✅✅Toxic substances, electric hazards, fall hazards, hazardous waste, machine
hazards, fire and explosion hazards, dangerous atmospheres
What are the four priority categories of OSHA inspection? ✅✅Imminent Danger,
Fatality/ Catastrophe, Complaints/ Referrals, Programmed Inspections
Citations inform the employer and employees of what four matters? ✅✅Regulations
and standards the employer allegedly violated; any hazardous working conditions
covered by the OSH Act's General Duty Clause; proposed length of time set for
abatement of hazards; any proposed penalties
Willful Violation ✅✅Violation employer intentionally and knowingly commits or a
violation that employer commits with plan indifference to the law.
OSHA considers some jobs and tasks very hazardous, such as what? ✅✅Locking out
machinery
What are QuickCards? ✅✅Small, laminated cards that provide brief, plain language
safety and health information for workers
What can a worker request if he or she is currently an employee at a workplace of
concern, if he or she has obtained the signatures of two other workers? ✅✅Can
request an HHE through NIOSH => Health Hazard Evaluation of workplaces where
hazard is an unknown cause or working condition not regulated by OSHA.
Respiratory protection can be obtained through two basic types of respirators; name
them and describe their functions? ✅✅Air-purifying respirator: removes contaminants
by air passing through air-purifying component
Atmosphere-Supplying respirator: provides user with breathable air not from ambient
atmosphere (2 other types: Supplied-air respirators use hose called an airline to provide
clean air from the air tank & Self-contained breathing apparatus: consists of a hose that
is connected to cylinder of compressed air)
What does a personal fall arrest system include? ✅✅a body harness worn around
torso, overhead anchor which lanyard is connected (anchor must support 5,000 lbs per
employee), a lanyard connecting harness to anchor
What three types of ladders can be found at a worksite? ✅✅Self-supporting portable
ladders, non-self-supporting portable ladders, fixed ladders
