HEALTH & SAFETY QUIZ

Try the following test to check your knowledge of pertinent health and safety issues. Once you've entered your answers, pull down each box to see the answers.

 

A. Complete the OSHA citation for each topic.
(HINT-—they’re in lowest to highest numerical order
.)

1. General Duty Clause Section 5

2. Hearing Conservation CFR

3. Control of Hazardous Energy CFR

4. Table Z CFR

5. Hazard Communication CFR

 

B. Alphabet Soup. Complete the acronyms.

6. RCRA

7. PEL

8, VOC

9. PM10

10 OSHRC

11. FOGs

12. LUST

 

C. Match Game 2000.
Match the occupation on the left with its most likely associated malady.

13. Toll-booth collectors a. tinnitus
14. Ship builders b. white fingers
15. data-entry clerk c. stress
16. jack-hammer operator d. epicondylitis
17. punch-press operator e. silicosis
18. sand blasters f. carboxhemoglobin
19. tennis pro g. asbestosis
20. safety professional h. carpal-tunnel syndrome

 

 

D. OSFA by the Numbers. Fill in the correct numbers.

21. Standard height of guardrail

22. Maximum height of a fixed ladder within a cage

23. Hearing Conservation Action Level (8 hr TWA)

24. Maximum gap on a grinder work rest

25. Minimum weight for ANSI steel-toe rating

 

E. True or false.

26. Once OSHA issues a Safety & Health citation, the employer has 45 days to contest.

27. The President of the United States nominates the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA.

28. An ANSI Standard never carries the weight of an ANSI law.

29. An entry must be made on the day OSHA Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses within six days after receiving information that a recordable case has occurred.

30. During an OSHA inspection, the compliance officer has the right to speak in private to employees in the workplace.

 

F. More matching. Match the most correct associations.

31.Action Level on 80 dBA a. ppm’s and g/ml’s
32. Charles N. Jeffress b. safety guru extraordinnaire
33. ACGIH c. combustible gas meter
34. LEL d. USEPA Head
35. IDLH e. 12-hour work day
36. Work-related fatality f. OSHA head
37. Carol M. Browner g. sets voluntary exposure limits
38. Gerard F. Scannell h. SCBA required
39. PELs i. Eight-hour notification
40. Don Hensel j. National Safety Council head

 

 

G. Multiple choice.

41. In the citation 29 CFR 1910.1000, what does CFR stand for.

a.) Cases of Federal Rules

b.) Code of Federal Rules

c.) Cause for Regulation

d.) Code of Federal Regulations

e.) Caselaw of Federal Rights

42. Workers in a two-story office building are complaining of headaches, drowsiness, and frequent colds and flu. What three environmental measurements might be most useful in assessing the situation?

a) temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide levels

b) temperature, pressure and relative humidity

c) relative humidity, carbon dioxide and formaldehyde

d) square footage, ceiling height and occupancy load

e) none of the above

43. Two noise sources sit side by side. Each measures 90 decibels by itself. What is the resulting sound pressure level when both are running at the same time?

a) 90

b) 91

c) 92

d) 93

e) 94

44. Regarding OSHA’s HAZWOPR standard, which level of response is characterized by an aggressive response intended to stop the release of hazardous substances?

a) Level 1: First Responder, Awareness Level

b) Level 2: First Responder, Operations Level

c) Level 3: HAZMAT Technician

d) Level 4: HAZMAT Specialist

e) Level 5: On the Screen Incident Commander

45. Shipping used shop towels is not typically considered a hazardous waste shipment as long as…..

a) no free liquids are found in the shipping container.

b) No flammable liquids were ever applied to the towels

c) The drums are sealed in tight containers

d) The shop towels are laundered by a state-certified industrial launderer.

e) None of the above.

46. Under OSHA’s System of inspection priorities, which situation receives 2nd priority?

a) Imminent danger

b) Fatalities and multiple hospitalizations

c) Employee complaints

d) Follow-up inspections

e) Programmed (high hazard) inspections

47. The NAA Times newspaper has worked 500,000 hours in all in 1999. The company has 17 injuries and three illnesses recorded in it OSHA log. Of all those cases, two are lost time and three are restricted duty. Using this information, what is the calculated total case rate for the newspaper?

a) 8.0

b) 2.0

c) 20.0

d) 5.0

e) none of the above.



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