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OSHA 500 Practice Questions with Correct
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ANSI Answer: American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person Answer: A person approved or assigned by the
employer to perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH Answer: National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? Answer: To reduce workplace
hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard Answer: A standard which
requires to provide safe or healthful employment or places of
employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act Answer:
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 (OSH Act)
state? Answer: Employer is required to provide his/her
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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? Answer: 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? Answer: 1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? Answer: 1. Reading
and understanding safety materials, following safe procedures,
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wearing the property gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in
the
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: Answer: 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: Answer: 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.
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Egress: Answer: A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting
an area
Hazardous Substance: Answer: A substance which, by reason of
being explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing,
irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely to cause death or injury.
Qualified: Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer:
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). Answer:
False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: Answer: 1. OSHA 300 Log
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OSHA 500 Practice Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
ANSI Answer: American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person Answer: A person approved or assigned by the
employer to perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH Answer: National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? Answer: To reduce workplace
hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard Answer: A standard which
requires to provide safe or healthful employment or places of
employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act Answer:
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 (OSH Act)
state? Answer: Employer is required to provide his/her
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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? Answer: 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? Answer: 1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? Answer: 1. Reading
and understanding safety materials, following safe procedures,
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wearing the property gear, and reporting hazardous conditions in
the
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: Answer: 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: Answer: 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.
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Egress: Answer: A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting
an area
Hazardous Substance: Answer: A substance which, by reason of
being explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing,
irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely to cause death or injury.
Qualified: Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer:
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). Answer:
False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: Answer: 1. OSHA 300 Log
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