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  1. How much time do you have to call OSHA with an accident, fatality, or 3 or more employees to the hospital?
  2. An employer must notify OSHA within how many hours after a fatality (death) has occurred? A. 8 hours B. 24 hours C. 5 days D. 30 days
  3. What is the minimum weight for a scaffold to support?
  4. What item is placed on a 300 Log, and through what dates must it be posted?
  5. What height do you have to have railing on stairs?
  6. What is the number of fire extinguishers needed on a 5 story building with 1000 sq ft floors?
  7. SF needed for fire extinguishers: how much protected building area can each 2A fire extinguisher cover?
  8. If a trench is 2 feet deep without any shoring, what can be done to bring it into compliance?
  9. At what depth do you typically need a trench box?
  10. How far away must spoil be placed away from an excavation?
  11. A minimum clearance of ____ feet must be maintained from the edge of excavation for the purpose of preventing material from falling into the trench.
  12. Where do you need ladders in an excavation?
  13. Test excavations more than ____ deep for O2 and hazardous gases.
  14. Describe the term "competent person".
  15. How far past the roof should a ladder extend?
  16. Ladder ratio: extension ladders are positioned on a __:__ ratio, or approximately 75° angle of inclination.
  17. OSHA's construction standards are contained in part ____.
  18. All employers covered by the OSHA Act are covered by part __________ regulation, which required employers to record and report injuries and illnesses.
  19. When the employer receives an OSHA citation, it must be: A. Contested and filed with the courts B. Copied and mailed to each worker C. Posted for 3 days or until the violation is fixed D. Signed and returned to OSHA
  20. The creation of OSHA provided this important right to workers: A. The right to equal employment opportunities B. The right to pension benefits C. The right to privacy D. The right to a safe and healthful workplace
  21. Among the rights related to OSHA recordkeeping, workers have the right to review: A. All first aid treatment forms B. All worker's compensation forms C. Medical and exposure records for all workers D. OSHA 300 Logs and OSHA 300A Summaries
  22. During an OSHA inspection: A. Employers determine which workers are interviewed B. You have the right to talk to the inspector privately C. You may not describe safety and health concerns you have to the inspector D. Worker representatives are not permitted to accompany the inspector
  23. The right of workers to be safe and healthy while on the job, without fear of punishment is spelled out in: A. OSHA standards B. Section 11(c) of the OSH Act C. State laws D. The General Duty Clause
  24. Typically, how long does an employee have to file a complaint with OSHA, when the employee has been discriminated against for reporting a safety or health hazard? A. 3 days B. 10 days C. 30 days D. 60 days
  25. You can request to remain anonymous when OSHA presents a complaint to your employer. A. True B. False
  26. OSHA requires that employers pay for which of the following personal protective equipment (PPE)? A. Hard hats B. Logging boots C. Uniforms D. Weather-related gear
  27. Employers covered by OSHA's standards must display an "It's the Law" poster. What does this poster address? A. Employee dress code B. Hourly wages C. Hours of operation D. Safety and health information
  28. A space that meets the definition of a confined space and contains other recognized serious safety and health hazards is what? A) a confined space B) a permit-required confined space C) a non-permit-required confined space D) not a confined space
  29. Entering a permit space can prove fatal for an employee when the O2 level is below ______ and above _______.
  30. T/F: Permit required confined spaces contain or have the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.
  31. T/F: Permit required confined spaces contain a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant.
  32. T/F: Permit required confined spaces have an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls, or a floor which slopes and tapers to a smaller cross section.
  33. T/F: Permit required confined spaces contain any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.
  34. Entry permits must be approved and cancelled by the: a. entrant b. employer c. attendant d. entry supervisor
  35. Entry permits must be filed and retained for a minimum of: a. 1 year b. 2 years c. 5 years d. 6 months
  36. When must you tie off in steel erection?
  37. Congress and the President signed the Williams - Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act in what year?
  38. A case is recordable when:
  39. How are the 30 hours of the OSHA 30-Hour Construction Outreach course divided between required, elective and optional topics?
  40. According to OSHA's Construction Industry Procedures, who is the 30-hour Construction Outreach program intended for?
  41. What should Construction Outreach training emphasize, according to OSHA's 2024 procedures?
  42. How long is the Focus Four Hazards module in the 30-hour Construction course, and how much of it must cover falls?
  43. Which required 30-hour Construction topic may include job-site inspections, accident investigations and how to conduct safety meetings?
  44. Which 1-hour topic is required in the 30-hour Construction course alongside Introduction to OSHA, Managing Safety and Health, Focus Four, PPE and Health Hazards?
  45. In a 30-hour Construction class, how many elective topics must be presented, and what is the minimum length of an elective topic?
  46. What is the minimum time for the Foundations for Safety Leadership elective in the 30-hour Construction course?
  47. Can CPR and first aid training be counted toward the hours of an OSHA Construction Outreach class?
  48. What is the daily limit on student contact hours in an Outreach class, and what is the fewest calendar days a 30-hour class can take?
  49. After a Construction Outreach class ends, how long does the trainer have to submit the OSHA Outreach Training Report (OTPR) to the ATO?
  50. How long must an Outreach trainer keep Construction class records?
  51. Does completing OSHA 30-Hour Construction Outreach training satisfy the training required by a specific OSHA standard?
  52. How much construction safety experience must a person have to become an authorized Construction Outreach trainer?
  53. How often must an authorized Outreach trainer complete a trainer update course?
  54. Under 29 CFR 1904.7, which outcomes make a work-related injury or illness recordable?
  55. When recording days away from work on the OSHA 300 Log, do you count the day the injury occurred?
  56. Is there a maximum number of days away from work an employer must count for one case on the OSHA 300 Log?
  57. Who must certify the OSHA 300A annual summary?
  58. Between which dates must the OSHA 300A annual summary be posted?
  59. An establishment had no recordable cases this year. What goes on the OSHA 300A summary?
  60. How quickly must an employer report a work-related fatality to OSHA?
  61. How quickly must an employer report a work-related in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye to OSHA?
  62. Which toll-free number can an employer call to report a fatality or severe injury to OSHA?
  63. A worker is hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident on a public street or highway. Must the employer report it to OSHA?
  64. Must an employer report to OSHA a hospital stay that involves only observation or diagnostic testing?
  65. Under 29 CFR 1926.20, who makes the frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials and equipment?
  66. What must happen to machinery or equipment that does not comply with OSHA construction standards?
  67. Under 29 CFR 1926.20, who may operate equipment and machinery on a construction site?
  68. If an employer fails to provide PPE to several employees or fails to train several employees, how may OSHA count the violations?
  69. What does 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) require the employer to instruct each employee in?
  70. How does 29 CFR 1926.32 define a competent person?
  71. How does 29 CFR 1926.32 define a qualified person?
  72. What is the required top-rail height of a construction guardrail system?
  73. What force must a guardrail top rail withstand without failure?
  74. What force must midrails and screens on a guardrail system withstand?
  75. May steel or plastic banding be used as a top rail or midrail?
  76. What is the greatest distance a safety net may be installed below the working surface?
  77. May a body belt be used as part of a personal fall arrest system?
  78. What load must an anchorage for personal fall arrest equipment support?
  79. What is the maximum arresting force a personal fall arrest system may put on a worker wearing a body harness?
  80. How far may a worker free fall in a personal fall arrest system, and what is the maximum deceleration distance?
  81. Where must the attachment point of a full body harness be located?
  82. May a personal fall arrest system be tied off to a guardrail system?
  83. What must an employer arrange for in case a worker falls and is caught by fall arrest equipment?
  84. How must a floor-hole cover be marked to warn of the hazard?
  85. What load must a hole cover in a roadway or vehicle aisle support?
  86. What must the written certification record for fall protection training contain?
  87. Name a situation in which 29 CFR 1926.503 requires fall protection retraining.
  88. What load must each scaffold and scaffold component be able to support?
  89. Above what height must a worker on a scaffold be protected from falling?
  90. When must scaffolds be inspected for visible defects, and by whom?
  91. When must a ladder, stair tower, ramp or other proper means of access be provided to a scaffold platform?
  92. Who must supervise erecting, moving, dismantling or altering a scaffold?
  93. For a supported scaffold placed in service after January 1, 2000, what is the allowed top-rail height range?
  94. When must a construction stairway have a handrail and stairrails?
  95. At what angle from horizontal must construction stairs be installed?
  96. In a trench 4 feet or deeper, how far may a worker have to travel laterally to reach a ladder, stairway or ramp?
  97. How close to the edge of an excavation may spoil piles, materials and equipment be kept?
  98. When must excavations and protective systems be inspected, and by whom?
  99. When must the atmosphere in an excavation be tested before workers enter?
  100. A utility company does not respond within 24 hours to a request to locate underground lines. May the employer begin excavating?
  101. Under 29 CFR 1926.652, when is a cave-in protective system not required?
  102. Under sloping Option 1 of 29 CFR 1926.652, what is the steepest allowed slope?
  103. May workers stay inside a trench shield while it is installed, removed or moved vertically?
  104. What is OSHA's permissible exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica in construction?
  105. What is the action level for respirable crystalline silica?
  106. How often must a silica written exposure control plan be reviewed, and who carries out the job-site inspections that implement it?
  107. When must an employer offer silica medical surveillance to a construction worker?
  108. Under the silica standard, when may dry sweeping or dry brushing be allowed?
  109. Under Table D-2 of 29 CFR 1926.52, how long may a worker be exposed to 100 dBA per day?
  110. When noise exceeds Table D-2 levels, what must the employer use first?
  111. How many 2A fire extinguishers does a construction building area need?
  112. Where more than 5 gallons of flammable liquid or 5 pounds of flammable gas is used, what extinguisher is required and how close?
  113. A dump truck with an obstructed rear view must back up on a jobsite. What is required?
  114. How often must jobsite motor vehicles be checked for safe operating condition?
  115. Before crane work near power lines, what distance triggers the power line safety options in 29 CFR 1926.1408?
  116. Under the 20-foot clearance option for crane work near power lines, what kind of tag lines may be used?

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