CSP flashcards

32 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.

Hierarchy of Controls

Ranking of hazard controls from most to least effective: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment, which is considered the last line of defense.

TRIR Formula

Total recordable incident rate equals the number of OSHA recordable cases multiplied by 200,000 and divided by total hours worked; 200,000 represents 100 full-time workers at 40 hours for 50 weeks.

DART Rate

Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred rate equals DART cases times 200,000 divided by hours worked, measuring recordable cases that caused time away, restricted duty, or job transfer.

Prevention through Design

Applying the hierarchy of controls during design of facilities, equipment, processes, and work methods so hazards are eliminated or reduced before construction and operation begin.

ISO 45001 PDCA Clauses

Clause structure: 4 context of the organization, 5 leadership and worker participation, 6 planning, 7 support, 8 operation, 9 performance evaluation, and 10 improvement.

ANSI/ASSP Z10

A U.S. national consensus standard for occupational health and safety management systems that provides a flexible framework for establishing, implementing, evaluating, and improving an OHSMS.

OH&S Policy Requirements

Top management must establish a policy including commitments to provide safe and healthy working conditions, prevent injury and ill health, fulfill legal and other requirements, and pursue continual improvement.

Management Review Inputs

Required inputs include audit results, compliance evaluation, incident and nonconformity data, worker consultation, stakeholder issues, and objective progress; outputs include improvement decisions and resource needs.

Hazard versus Risk

A hazard is a potential source of harm, while risk is the combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event and the severity of the harm it could cause.

Risk Matrix Scoring

A grid combining likelihood and severity ratings to produce a risk score; scores above the defined acceptability threshold require documented controls and reassessment of residual risk.

HAZOP Guide Words

Standard terms such as no, more, less, as well as, part of, reverse, and other than applied to process parameters to systematically identify deviations from design intent.

FMEA Risk Priority Number

RPN equals severity times occurrence times detection; the value ranks failure modes for corrective action, with higher numbers receiving priority, and is recalculated after controls are applied.

Lockout/Tagout Standard

29 CFR 1910.147 requires energy control procedures, lockout devices, employee training, and verification of a zero energy state before servicing or maintenance where unexpected energization could cause injury.

Permit-Required Confined Space

29 CFR 1910.146 requires evaluation, permits, attendants, entry supervisors, pre-entry atmospheric testing, and rescue capability for spaces with hazardous atmospheres, engulfment, or entrapment potential.

Fall Protection Trigger Heights

Construction requires fall protection at 6 feet or more under 29 CFR 1926.501; general industry requires it at 4 feet or more under 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D.

PPE Hazard Assessment

29 CFR 1910.132(d) requires employers to assess workplace hazards, select appropriate PPE, communicate selection decisions to employees, and certify the assessment in writing.

Leading versus Lagging Indicators

Leading indicators measure preventive activities such as inspections, near-miss reports, and training completion; lagging indicators measure outcomes such as injuries, TRIR, and DART rates.

Inspection versus Audit

An inspection verifies conformance to a defined requirement at a point in time; an audit is a systematic, independent, documented evaluation of the management system against criteria.

Corrective Action Verification

A corrective action is closed only after confirming it was implemented as planned and that it actually eliminated or reduced the cause of the nonconformity, verified through follow-up checks.

PDCA Improvement Cycle

Plan establishes objectives and controls, Do implements them, Check monitors and measures performance and conducts audits, and Act addresses nonconformities and drives continual improvement.

Root Cause

The management system deficiency that, if corrected, prevents recurrence of the incident; it is distinct from the direct cause, such as an unsafe act or condition.

Five Whys Technique

An iterative questioning method that repeatedly asks why a condition or event occurred, moving from the observed symptom down to a fundamental system cause.

OSHA Fatality Reporting

An employer must report a work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours of learning of it, using the telephone or the agency's online reporting system.

Amputation Reporting Time

Work-related amputations, in-patient hospitalizations, and losses of an eye must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours of the employer learning of the event.

Emergency Action Plan Elements

Minimum elements include reporting procedures, evacuation procedures and routes, employee accounting procedures, rescue and medical duties, and names or titles of contacts.

EAP Oral Plan Threshold

Employers with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the emergency action plan orally rather than in writing; employers with 11 or more must maintain a written plan.

Fire Prevention Plan

29 CFR 1910.39 requires a plan covering major fire hazards, handling and storage procedures, potential ignition sources, and maintenance of fire protection equipment.

Incident Command System

A standardized, modular response structure using common terminology, unified command, and a span of control of three to seven reporting elements to manage emergency incidents.

General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) requires employers to furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm where no specific standard applies.

OSHA 300 Log Exemption

Establishments with 10 or fewer employees and employers in designated low-hazard industries are partially exempt from routinely keeping OSHA injury and illness records.

SDS Sixteen Sections

Hazard Communication requires safety data sheets in a fixed 16-section format covering identification, hazards, composition, first aid, firefighting, handling, exposure controls, and disposal information.

State Plan Requirement

An OSHA-approved state plan must be at least as effective as the federal program and must cover state and local government employees within that state.