hazwoper Flashcards

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1. Under 29 CFR 1910.120, what is the "buddy system"?
2. HAZWOPER defines decontamination as which of the following?
3. A maintenance worker absorbs a small solvent spill in their own work area at the time of release. Is this an emergency response under HAZWOPER?
4. True or false: under HAZWOPER, a typical fire brigade is a HAZMAT team.
5. Which of the following is included in HAZWOPER's definition of a health hazard?
6. What does IDLH stand for, and what does it mean in 1910.120?
7. Below what oxygen percentage by volume does HAZWOPER consider an atmosphere oxygen deficient?
8. What is "post emergency response" under 29 CFR 1910.120?
9. Who is the site safety and health supervisor on a hazardous waste site?
10. HAZWOPER defines a small quantity generator as one that generates no more than how much hazardous waste in a calendar month?
11. An employer's emergency response operation is not covered by paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(iv). Which paragraph of 1910.120 must it comply with?
12. Where must the site safety and health plan be kept?
13. When must pre-entry briefings required by the site specific safety and health plan be held?
14. Who must perform the preliminary evaluation of a site's characteristics, and when?
15. If positive-pressure SCBA is not part of the initial entry ensemble but respiratory protection is warranted, what must employees carry during initial site entry?
16. The preliminary site evaluation does not produce enough information to identify the site's hazards. What minimum protection is required for initial entry?
17. During initial site entry, which instruments does 1910.120 give as examples for monitoring the air for IDLH conditions?
18. When must site control procedures be implemented on a hazardous waste clean-up site?
19. Which of the following is NOT a minimum element of the site control program: site map, site work zones, buddy system, or a list of off-site subcontractors?
20. Can an untrained employee supervise field activities on a hazardous waste site?
21. What initial training does HAZWOPER require for general site workers such as equipment operators and laborers at an uncontrolled hazardous waste site?
22. A land surveyor is on a hazardous waste site only occasionally for a specific limited task. What is their minimum initial HAZWOPER training?
23. A worker with 24-hour HAZWOPER training becomes a general site worker in an area that requires respirators. How much more training do they need?
24. Beyond the initial worker training, how much additional training must on-site managers and supervisors directly responsible for hazardous waste operations receive?
25. What must an employee receive after completing the required HAZWOPER training and field experience?
26. How much refresher training must HAZWOPER-trained site employees, managers and supervisors receive?
27. A certified HAZWOPER worker moves to a new site. What training is required before site entry?
28. What qualification does 1910.120(e) require of trainers?
29. Which hazardous waste site employees must be in the medical surveillance program because of respirator use?
30. How often must covered employees normally receive HAZWOPER medical examinations?
31. A covered employee is leaving the job and last had a HAZWOPER medical exam eight months ago. Is an exit exam required?
32. Who pays for HAZWOPER medical examinations?
33. True or false: the physician's written opinion given to the employer may include diagnoses unrelated to occupational exposures.
34. Which OSHA standard sets the retention period and criteria for HAZWOPER medical surveillance records?
35. May an employer rotate employees as a way to comply with permissible exposure limits on a hazardous waste site?
36. Which engineering controls does the 1910.120(g) note give as examples that may be feasible on a hazardous waste site?
37. What respiratory protection is required when exposure levels create a substantial possibility of immediate death or impair the ability to escape?
38. When must totally-encapsulating chemical protective suits (Level A) be used?
39. Under 1910.120(g), what must a totally-encapsulating suit be capable of?
40. Which of these must the written PPE program address: work mission duration, or the employee's commute time?
41. What air monitoring is required upon initial entry to a hazardous waste site?
42. Which situation triggers periodic monitoring under 1910.120(h)?
43. After clean-up begins, which employees must the employer monitor under 1910.120(h)?
44. Are contractors working outside the operations part of a hazardous waste site covered by 1910.120?
45. How must unlabelled drums be treated on a hazardous waste site?
46. What must be kept available in areas where spills, leaks or ruptures of drums may occur?
47. What must be used to estimate the location and depth of buried drums before excavation?
48. True or false: employees may stand on drums to reach containers stacked higher on the pile.
49. Where must the controls for drum opening, monitoring and fire suppression equipment be located when drums are opened?
50. A drum on site is visibly bulging. What does HAZWOPER require?
51. How must drums containing packaged laboratory wastes be treated until characterized?
52. A worker notices crystalline material on a container. How must its contents be handled?
53. When may bulking of hazardous wastes be done?
54. When must the decontamination procedure be developed, communicated and implemented?
55. Who must monitor decontamination procedures to determine their effectiveness?
56. An employee's non-impermeable clothing becomes wetted with a hazardous substance. What must they do?
57. What must a commercial laundry that decontaminates protective clothing be told?
58. Where does the emergency response plan for a hazardous waste clean-up site belong?
59. Per Table H-120.1, what is the minimum illumination for first aid stations, infirmaries and offices?
60. True or false: drinking water on a temporary hazardous waste site may be dipped from its container.
61. When must the employer provide showers and change rooms at a hazardous waste site?
62. What initial and refresher training does 1910.120(p) require for new employees at RCRA treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facilities?
63. Under 1910.120(q), who becomes the individual in charge of the site-specific Incident Command System?
64. Emergency responders face an inhalation hazard. What must they wear, and who can reduce that protection?
65. How must operations in hazardous areas be performed during an emergency response?
66. During an emergency response, who may alter, suspend or terminate activities judged to be an IDLH or imminent danger condition?
67. May responders swap SCBA cylinders between different approved SCBA units during an emergency?
68. A crane operator who is not the employer's own employee is called in temporarily for emergency support work. What does HAZWOPER require before they participate?
69. A first responder at the awareness level discovers a release. What action are they trained to take?
70. First responders at the operations level are trained to respond in what way?
71. Which emergency responder level approaches the point of release to plug, patch or otherwise stop it?
72. Which responder acts as the site liaison with Federal, state, local and other government authorities?
73. What minimum training must an on scene incident commander receive under 1910.120(q)?
74. How often must emergency responders trained under 1910.120(q)(6) receive refresher training?
75. Which PPE level is selected when the greatest level of skin, respiratory and eye protection is required?
76. Which PPE level gives the highest level of respiratory protection with a lesser level of skin protection?
77. Level C protection relies on what kind of respirator, and when is it appropriate?
78. What is Level D protection?
79. Appendix E recommends what student-instructor ratio for hands-on training in Level A or Level B PPE?

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