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How many pounds are in a ton? - correct answer✔✔2000
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What type of equipment requires a hoisting license? - correct answer✔✔The height of lift
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goes over 10' , weight exceeds 500lbs, and cubic 1/4 cubic yd
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What type of system is used when working on de-energized circuit? - correct
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answer✔✔Lock-out tag-out ||//\\||




When an accident death occurs, Department of Safety should be notified within... - correct
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answer✔✔One hour of incident ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




When are reports of injury requiring hospitalization or medical treatment by a doctor or
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nurse sent to the engineering section of department of safety? - correct
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answer✔✔Immediately after the injured person has been treated ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




How do you get a buried man out of a hole? - correct answer✔✔By hand without the use of
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any shovels or tools
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How far back from the edge of a trench should the spoil pile be? - correct answer✔✔OSHA
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minimum = 2' ||//\\|| ||//\\||




When can men be lifted in a bucket or basket? - correct answer✔✔Never, except when it is
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an OSHA approved personnel lifting device
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,Before digging, trenching, blasting, demolishing, boring, back-filling, grading, landscaping or
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other earth moving operations what is required by law? - correct answer✔✔Notify Dig Safe
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At what depth is it required to have a ladder, ram, or stairs in a trench? - correct
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answer✔✔4 feet ||//\\||




Before digging anywhere, who do you call? How much notice do you have to give? - correct
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answer✔✔Dig Safe. 72 hours or 3 days ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




How much does a hydraulic system work? - correct answer✔✔It works with a tank reservoir,
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pump, pressure relief valve, manifold, hoss, pistons and a control valve
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How is fuel in a Diesel engine ignited? - correct answer✔✔Compression and heat
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What do you do if you come in contact with a live electric line and the machine stalled and
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began to burn? - correct answer✔✔Jump off the machine with both hands and feet
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together, don't leave one hand or foot on the machine, shuffle or hop away. Clear the area,
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notify the fire, police, and electrical company, and notify the DPS within one hour of the
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Where the operator of an excavation machine is exposed to overhead hazards, what is
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required? - correct answer✔✔A cab to include R.O.P., safety shatter proof glass and a hard
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hat



Where would it be best to stack/store material with a fork lift? - correct answer✔✔Against
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or along a wall/building
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What documentation received by dig safe should be recorded? - correct answer✔✔The dig
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safe permit number and the legal start date and time
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, Where are the carrier rollers found on excavator? - correct answer✔✔The carrier rollers are
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found under the top of the track ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What is a quick exit from a trench (state) law? - correct answer✔✔When the trench is 4' or
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more deep, a ladder, ramps or steps must be within 25' of every worker in the trench. (7'
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ladders is to extend 36" above the top of every trench) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




When should you couple the brakes? - correct answer✔✔When trailering, whenever diving
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on public roads or when driving any distance. Doing so will help prevent the backhoe from
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spinning as the brakes are applied, which happens when the brakes are not coupled and only
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one brake pedal is pressed
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Do man lifts require a hoisting license? - correct answer✔✔No, but if you use wire or fiber
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rope for hoisting you do ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What is an excavation? - correct answer✔✔An excavation is any man-made cut, cavity,
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trench, or depression in the earth's formed by any earth removal. This can include
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excavations for anything from a house basement to multi-lane interstate highways. The four ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




foot and five foot rule ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




When is it permissible to work under a suspended load? - correct answer✔✔Never work
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under suspended load ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What is the primary purpose of stabilizers? - correct answer✔✔To level and stabilize the
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machine



What is the pivot point of a forklift? - correct answer✔✔It is the front wheels, the tipping
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point



When picking up a load with a fork lift, does your center of gravity shift? - correct
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answer✔✔Yes, the center of gravity moves toward the load. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||

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