COSS- OSHA Exam LSU CM 2215
OSHA's focus four injuries are: - answer Falls
Caught in
Struck by
Electrical
What is OSHA's mission? - answer to save lives and prevent injuries.
What is OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations? - answer
worksite inspections
Why was OSHA formed? - answer injures and illnesses were increasing
When was OSHA singed into place and by who? - answer President Nixon in December
of 1970
What is OSHA's inspection priority? In Order - answer Imminent danger
Fatality or hospitalizations
Worker complaints/referrals
Targeted Inspections- Local Emphasis Program, National Emphasis Program, particular
hazards, or industries
Follow-up Inspections
What are the four types of OSHA citations? - answerWillful
Serious
Other-Than-Serious
Repeated
What is the fine for a Willful Citation? - answer$134,937
What is the fine for a Serious Citation? - answer$13,494
What is the fine for a Other-Than-Serious Citation? - answer$13,494
What is the fine for a Repeated Citation? - answer$134,937
What does PPE stand for? - answerpersonal protective equipment
What are the effects of injures and illnesses in the workplace? - answerLower morale
Increases costs to retrain workers.
Slower production rates
Higher turnover
, Increases worker's compensation rate
What Clause sates that employers must proved a workplace free from recognized
hazards? - answergeneral duty clause (section 5(a)(1))
Where are OSHA standards found? - answerTitle 29 CFR
What part contains record keeping standards? - answerPart 1904
What part contains general industry standards? - answerPart 1910
What part contains construction standards? - answerPart 1926
What does a horizontal standard apply to? - answerall industries
What does a vertical standard apply to? - answeronly to certain industries
How are direct costs usually paid? - answerby submitting claims to insurance
companies
What is an example of a direct cost? - answermedical costs, physical therapy, repair
costs for damaged equipment, continuation of pay, administrative
Are indirect costs easy to identify and quantify? - answerNo
How are indirect costs usually paid? - answerby the company
What is an example of an indirect costs? - answerloss of efficiency by breakup of crew,
loss time by supervisor, cost of breaking in new worker.
What is a company's Experience Modification Rate determined by? - answerthe
company's own record of accidents and losses
How do you calcite the Experience Modification Rate? - answeractual losses/ expected
losses
What does incident rates allow? - answercomparative level of injuries between different
industries, organizations, or operations.
What is the formula fro incident rate? - answer# of incidents x 2,000 workers / 100
workers
What is the typical incident rate formula bases on? - answer100 workers working 2,000
hours per year.
What does TRIR stand for? - answerTotal Recordable Incident Rate
OSHA's focus four injuries are: - answer Falls
Caught in
Struck by
Electrical
What is OSHA's mission? - answer to save lives and prevent injuries.
What is OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations? - answer
worksite inspections
Why was OSHA formed? - answer injures and illnesses were increasing
When was OSHA singed into place and by who? - answer President Nixon in December
of 1970
What is OSHA's inspection priority? In Order - answer Imminent danger
Fatality or hospitalizations
Worker complaints/referrals
Targeted Inspections- Local Emphasis Program, National Emphasis Program, particular
hazards, or industries
Follow-up Inspections
What are the four types of OSHA citations? - answerWillful
Serious
Other-Than-Serious
Repeated
What is the fine for a Willful Citation? - answer$134,937
What is the fine for a Serious Citation? - answer$13,494
What is the fine for a Other-Than-Serious Citation? - answer$13,494
What is the fine for a Repeated Citation? - answer$134,937
What does PPE stand for? - answerpersonal protective equipment
What are the effects of injures and illnesses in the workplace? - answerLower morale
Increases costs to retrain workers.
Slower production rates
Higher turnover
, Increases worker's compensation rate
What Clause sates that employers must proved a workplace free from recognized
hazards? - answergeneral duty clause (section 5(a)(1))
Where are OSHA standards found? - answerTitle 29 CFR
What part contains record keeping standards? - answerPart 1904
What part contains general industry standards? - answerPart 1910
What part contains construction standards? - answerPart 1926
What does a horizontal standard apply to? - answerall industries
What does a vertical standard apply to? - answeronly to certain industries
How are direct costs usually paid? - answerby submitting claims to insurance
companies
What is an example of a direct cost? - answermedical costs, physical therapy, repair
costs for damaged equipment, continuation of pay, administrative
Are indirect costs easy to identify and quantify? - answerNo
How are indirect costs usually paid? - answerby the company
What is an example of an indirect costs? - answerloss of efficiency by breakup of crew,
loss time by supervisor, cost of breaking in new worker.
What is a company's Experience Modification Rate determined by? - answerthe
company's own record of accidents and losses
How do you calcite the Experience Modification Rate? - answeractual losses/ expected
losses
What does incident rates allow? - answercomparative level of injuries between different
industries, organizations, or operations.
What is the formula fro incident rate? - answer# of incidents x 2,000 workers / 100
workers
What is the typical incident rate formula bases on? - answer100 workers working 2,000
hours per year.
What does TRIR stand for? - answerTotal Recordable Incident Rate
