OSHA 500
OSHA 500 PRACTICE BEST
REMINDER EXAM 2025
ANSI - -American National Standards Institute
Authorized Person - -A person approved or assigned by the employer to perform a
specific type of duty or duties
NIOSH - -National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - -To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - -A standard which requires to provide safe
or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - -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 (OSHA
Act)
state? - -Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are causing or
are
likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - -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? - -1.
Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - -
1. Reading and understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the
property gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in the
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workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their employers to
correct these problems whenever possible.
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: - -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: - -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: - -A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an area
Hazardous Substance: - -A substance which, by reason of being explosive, flammable,
poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely to cause death
or injury.
Qualified: - -A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized degree or certificate.
True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of
occupational injuries and
illnesses. - -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. - -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). - -False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - -
1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
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3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? - -The
employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection plan.
Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
What are the basic requirements for housekeeping and personal protective equipment?
- -Housekeeping: Containers must be provided for the collection and separation of
waste, trash, oily and used rags and other refuse.
PPE: Responsible for requiring that employees wear appropriate personal protective
equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.
What must be included in Emergency Action Plans? - -1. Emergency escape
procedures and emergency escape route assignments.
2. Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant
operations before evacuating.
3. Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuations are completed.
4. Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them.
5. The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies.
6. Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for
further information or explanation of duties under the plan.
Abrasive: - -A solid substance used in an abrasive-blasting operation.
Acute: - -Effects that usually occur rapidly as a result of short-term exposures and which
are of a short-term duration.
Chronic: - -Effects that generally occur as a result of long-term exposure and which are
of a long duration.
Exhaust ventilation system: - -A system for removing contaminated air from a space that
is made up of two or more of the following elements; (a) enclosure hood, (b) duct work,
(c) dust-collecting equipment, (d) exhauster and (e) discharge stack.
Potable water: - -Water which meets the quality standards prescribed in the U.S. Public
Health Service Drinking Water Standards. "Potable water" also refers to water which is
approved for drinking purposes by the State or local authority.
OSHA 500
OSHA 500 PRACTICE BEST
REMINDER EXAM 2025
ANSI - -American National Standards Institute
Authorized Person - -A person approved or assigned by the employer to perform a
specific type of duty or duties
NIOSH - -National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - -To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - -A standard which requires to provide safe
or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - -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 (OSHA
Act)
state? - -Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are causing or
are
likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - -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? - -1.
Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - -
1. Reading and understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the
property gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in the
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workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their employers to
correct these problems whenever possible.
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: - -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: - -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: - -A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an area
Hazardous Substance: - -A substance which, by reason of being explosive, flammable,
poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely to cause death
or injury.
Qualified: - -A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized degree or certificate.
True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of
occupational injuries and
illnesses. - -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. - -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). - -False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - -
1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
OSHA 500
, OSHA 500
3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? - -The
employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection plan.
Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
What are the basic requirements for housekeeping and personal protective equipment?
- -Housekeeping: Containers must be provided for the collection and separation of
waste, trash, oily and used rags and other refuse.
PPE: Responsible for requiring that employees wear appropriate personal protective
equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.
What must be included in Emergency Action Plans? - -1. Emergency escape
procedures and emergency escape route assignments.
2. Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant
operations before evacuating.
3. Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuations are completed.
4. Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them.
5. The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies.
6. Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for
further information or explanation of duties under the plan.
Abrasive: - -A solid substance used in an abrasive-blasting operation.
Acute: - -Effects that usually occur rapidly as a result of short-term exposures and which
are of a short-term duration.
Chronic: - -Effects that generally occur as a result of long-term exposure and which are
of a long duration.
Exhaust ventilation system: - -A system for removing contaminated air from a space that
is made up of two or more of the following elements; (a) enclosure hood, (b) duct work,
(c) dust-collecting equipment, (d) exhauster and (e) discharge stack.
Potable water: - -Water which meets the quality standards prescribed in the U.S. Public
Health Service Drinking Water Standards. "Potable water" also refers to water which is
approved for drinking purposes by the State or local authority.
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