CM 2215 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
OSHA stands for:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
We follow the safety rules for the following reasons
-legal obligation
-financial obligation
-ethical obligation
OSHA's focus four injuries are:
-Falls
-Caught In
-Struck By
-Electrical
OSHA's mission is to
save lives and prevent injuries
OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations is through
inspections
OSHA was formed because _____ were increasing
injuries and illnesses
OSHA was signed into law by _____ in December of _____.
President Nixon, 1970
In the correct order, what is OSHA's inspection priority?
1. Imminent danger
2. Fatality or hospitalizations
3. Worker complaints/referrals
,4. Targeted inspections
5. Follow-up inspections
The 4 types of OSHA citations and dollar amounts of fines are
-Willful up to $130,000
-Serious up to $13,000
-Other-than-serious up to $13,000
-Repeated up to $130,000
OSHA's three main duties consist of:
-_____ to insure regulations are complied with,
-_____ to assist employers with compliance
-_____ through the collection of injury data and statistics
Enforcement
Outreach
Information
The General Duty Clause (section 5(a)(1)) states that the _____ must provide a workplace
free from _____ hazards
employer, recognized
Employers and employees NOT covered under OSHA's jurisdiction include:
-Federal, state, or local government entities
-The self-employed
-Farms that only employ family members
-Workplaces already covered by other federal agencies
An OSHA inspector is known as a CSHO which stands for:
Compliance Safety and Health Officer
PPE stands for:
Personal Protective Equipment
, The effects of workplace injuries and illnesses can include:
-Lower Morale
-Increased Costs to retrain workers
-Slower production rates
-Higher turnover
-Increased worker's compensation rates
To provide an affirmative defense against receiving an OSHA citation by claiming it was
employee negligence, an employer must show that they have:
-A work rule adequate to prevent the violation;
-Effective communication of the rule to employees;
-Methods for discovering violations of work rules; and
-Effective enforcement of rules when violations are discovered
Incident Rates allow for a comparative level of injuries between different _____
industries, organizations, or operations
The formula for incident rates is
TRIR = # of incidents ✕ 200,000 ∕employees hours worked
The typical incident rate formula is based on _____ workers working _____ hours per year
100 workers, 200,000 hours per year
TRIR stands for:
Total Recordable Incident Rate
DART stands for:
Days Away, Restricted or Transferred
A recordable event means that
death, days away from work, restricted work, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of
consciousness, injury diagnosed
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
OSHA stands for:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
We follow the safety rules for the following reasons
-legal obligation
-financial obligation
-ethical obligation
OSHA's focus four injuries are:
-Falls
-Caught In
-Struck By
-Electrical
OSHA's mission is to
save lives and prevent injuries
OSHA's primary method of enforcement of safety regulations is through
inspections
OSHA was formed because _____ were increasing
injuries and illnesses
OSHA was signed into law by _____ in December of _____.
President Nixon, 1970
In the correct order, what is OSHA's inspection priority?
1. Imminent danger
2. Fatality or hospitalizations
3. Worker complaints/referrals
,4. Targeted inspections
5. Follow-up inspections
The 4 types of OSHA citations and dollar amounts of fines are
-Willful up to $130,000
-Serious up to $13,000
-Other-than-serious up to $13,000
-Repeated up to $130,000
OSHA's three main duties consist of:
-_____ to insure regulations are complied with,
-_____ to assist employers with compliance
-_____ through the collection of injury data and statistics
Enforcement
Outreach
Information
The General Duty Clause (section 5(a)(1)) states that the _____ must provide a workplace
free from _____ hazards
employer, recognized
Employers and employees NOT covered under OSHA's jurisdiction include:
-Federal, state, or local government entities
-The self-employed
-Farms that only employ family members
-Workplaces already covered by other federal agencies
An OSHA inspector is known as a CSHO which stands for:
Compliance Safety and Health Officer
PPE stands for:
Personal Protective Equipment
, The effects of workplace injuries and illnesses can include:
-Lower Morale
-Increased Costs to retrain workers
-Slower production rates
-Higher turnover
-Increased worker's compensation rates
To provide an affirmative defense against receiving an OSHA citation by claiming it was
employee negligence, an employer must show that they have:
-A work rule adequate to prevent the violation;
-Effective communication of the rule to employees;
-Methods for discovering violations of work rules; and
-Effective enforcement of rules when violations are discovered
Incident Rates allow for a comparative level of injuries between different _____
industries, organizations, or operations
The formula for incident rates is
TRIR = # of incidents ✕ 200,000 ∕employees hours worked
The typical incident rate formula is based on _____ workers working _____ hours per year
100 workers, 200,000 hours per year
TRIR stands for:
Total Recordable Incident Rate
DART stands for:
Days Away, Restricted or Transferred
A recordable event means that
death, days away from work, restricted work, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of
consciousness, injury diagnosed
