fall protection Flashcards

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1. At what height is fall protection required in construction, that is, when working at elevations over how many feet?
2. What are the ways an employer can protect workers from falls: guardrails, safety net systems and safety belts; guardrails and safety nets; or guardrails, safety net systems and personal fall arrest systems?
3. Safety standards require fall arrest system equipment to protect workers from falls at what heights?
4. True or false: in general industry, fall protection shall be provided when working above 4 feet from the walking working surface.
5. What are the three basic (main) components of a typical personal fall arrest system (PFAS): body belt, lanyard, anchorage point, guard rail, or full body harness?
6. How many pounds must a personal fall arrest system (PFAS) anchorage point be capable of supporting, or handling, per worker attached?
7. A personal fall arrest system (PFAS) is designed to do what to a person in a fall from a working level?
8. Anchorages requirements: what must an acceptable anchorage point for a personal fall arrest system be?
9. Guardrail systems must be capable of withstanding (able to withstand) a force of at least how many pounds applied within 2 inches of the top edge, at any point along the top edge?
10. How many pounds of force must the top rail, mid rail and toe board be able to withstand?
11. Top rails must be how many inches, plus or minus 3 inches, above the walking/working level (the height from the upper surface of the top rail to floor level)?
12. Intermediate members such as balusters, when used between guardrail posts, shall not be more than how many inches apart?
13. A safety net's maximum mesh openings must not be longer than how many inches on any side?
14. Safety nets must never be placed more than how many feet below workers, and must be tested by dropping a bag of how many pounds?
15. When safety nets are required, they must be drop-tested using a 28-32 inch-diameter bag of sand weighing no less than how many pounds?
16. If safety nets are connected together, the connection must be as strong as the individual nets and not more than how many inches apart?
17. A Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) must be rigged so that an employee can neither free-fall more than how many feet, nor contact any lower level?
18. Which one of these workers must be provided with an OSHA-required fall prevention system: an employee constructing a leading edge on a third-floor balcony, or an employee on a 5-foot-high platform with no dangerous equipment below?
19. As a safety monitor, do you have to be able to recognize fall hazards? Yes or no?
20. As a safety monitor, do you just have to be there if anyone has a question? Yes or no?
21. As a safety monitor, do you have to warn workers when they're unaware of a fall hazard? Yes or no?
22. As a safety monitor, do you have to be able to see the workers you're monitoring? Yes or no?
23. As a safety monitor, do you have to be close enough to communicate orally with the workers? Yes or no?
24. As a safety monitor, are you also responsible for inspecting all of the equipment and tools? Yes or no?
25. Warning lines must be flagged at not more than how many foot intervals with high-visibility materials?
26. Positioning devices must be rigged such that an employee cannot free fall more than how many feet?
27. Positioning devices shall be secured to an anchorage capable of supporting at least twice the potential impact load of an employee's fall or how many pounds, whichever is greater?
28. On jobs where workers will be exposed to fall hazards, who is required by OSHA to conduct employee training?
29. Because conventional fall protection equipment can create greater hazards for certain workers, the fall protection plan option is available for all these jobs EXCEPT which: leading edge work, precast concrete erection, residential construction, or high steel?
30. As minimum protection, employers must provide employees exposed to falling objects with what, and require them to be worn?
31. Warning lines must be rigged and supported so that the lowest point (including sag) is never less than how many inches from the walking/working surface?
32. What option do employers have when conventional fall protection systems are not feasible and might even put workers at risk?
33. A hole is defined by OSHA as a gap or open space in a floor, roof or horizontal walking-working surface that is at least how many inches in its least dimension: 2, 4, 5 or 6?
34. An opening is defined by OSHA as a gap or open space in a wall, partition, vertical walking-working surface or similar surface that is at least how many inches high and at least how many inches wide?
35. A cover must be sturdy enough to support at least how many times the maximum load that may be placed on it at any one time?
36. How often must personal fall arrest systems (all fall arrest or restraint system components) be inspected for damage or defects: at least weekly, daily, before each use, or at least monthly?
37. If a fall arrest system has been used to arrest a fall, it must be replaced or taken out of service until it is inspected. True or False?
38. What is a deceleration device in a personal fall arrest system?
39. What is deceleration distance in a fall arrest?
40. What is free-fall distance in a fall arrest?
41. Short, flexible lines with connectors on each end are called what?
42. True or false: D-rings, buckles, and snaphooks are examples of deceleration devices.
43. What are used to connect lanyards to D-rings on a body harness?
44. True or false: a positioning device system is a fall arrest system.
45. Each employee working in a controlled access zone must be directed to comply with all instructions by whom?
46. Covers located in roadways and vehicular aisles shall be capable of supporting, without failure, at least how many times the maximum axle load of the largest vehicle expected to cross over the cover?
47. True or false: if an employee must lean through an opening to conduct hoisting operations, the employee must be protected by a personal fall arrest system.
48. True or false: a skylight is a hole which an employee must be protected from falling through.
49. True or false: a guardrail system is not an appropriate form of fall protection around skylights.
50. True or false: toeboards are not a method of falling object protection.
51. Can defective safety nets be used for fall protection?
52. If your inspection of fall protection equipment shows evidence of damage or defects on part of your personal fall arrest system, what should you do?
53. Which of the following best describes the purpose of an anchor (anchorage) in a fall arrest system?
54. Vertical lifelines or lanyards must have a minimum breaking strength of how many pounds?
55. Each employee should be attached to a separate vertical lifeline except during what?
56. Horizontal lifelines can be installed as part of a complete PFAS (personal fall arrest system) which maintains a safety factor of at least what?
57. If there is a hole covering, what should be written on the cover?
58. Warning line system: where is it used, and how far from the roof edge must it be erected?
59. Standard toeboard: how much clearance may it have above the floor (walking-working surface)?
60. What roof slope does 29 CFR 1926.500 define as a low-slope roof?
61. What does 29 CFR 1926.500 call a roof with a slope greater than 4 in 12?
62. How must each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels be protected?
63. On a low-slope roof 50 feet or less in width, what system may be used alone for roofing work?
64. When must an employer retrain an employee who has already been trained in fall protection?
65. What must the employer provide for employees in the event of a fall?
66. Since January 1, 1998, may a body belt be used as part of a personal fall arrest system in construction?
67. Since January 1, 1998, what type of snaphook may be used in a personal fall arrest system?
68. When a personal fall arrest system is used with a body harness, what is the maximum arresting force allowed on the employee?
69. A personal fall arrest system must bring an employee to a complete stop and limit the deceleration distance to how far?
70. Self-retracting lifelines that automatically limit free fall to 2 feet or less must sustain a minimum tensile load of how many pounds?
71. When mechanical equipment is used on a roof, how far must the warning line be from a roof edge that is perpendicular to the direction of equipment operation?
72. When control lines are used to set up a controlled access zone, how far from the unprotected or leading edge must they be erected?
73. What is the minimum vertical height of a toeboard on a construction site?
74. How often must safety nets be inspected for wear, damage and other deterioration?
75. What minimum tensile strength must dee-rings and snaphooks have?
76. To what minimum tensile load must dee-rings and snaphooks be proof-tested without cracking, breaking, or permanent deformation?
77. Who must prepare a fall protection plan under 29 CFR 1926.502(k)?
78. Where must a copy of the fall protection plan be kept?
79. Who must supervise the implementation of a fall protection plan?
80. When a personal fall arrest system is used at a hoist area, how must it be rigged?
81. What minimum nominal diameter or thickness must top rails and midrails have to prevent cuts and lacerations?
82. When must a guardrail top rail made of manila, plastic or synthetic rope be inspected?

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