OSHA 10 flashcards
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- OSH Act signing year
- The Occupational Safety and Health Act was signed into law on December 29, 1970, and OSHA began operating on April 28, 1971.
- General Duty Clause
- OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) requires employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm where no specific standard applies.
- Section 11(c) protection
- Prohibits employer retaliation against employees for filing complaints, participating in inspections, or reporting injuries; complaints must generally be filed within 30 days.
- Fatality reporting time
- Employers must report work-related fatalities to OSHA within 8 hours and in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye within 24 hours.
- State plan requirement
- An OSHA-approved state plan must be at least as effective as federal OSHA in protecting workers; about half the states operate approved plans.
- Walkaround right
- An employee representative may accompany the OSHA compliance officer during a workplace inspection to help identify hazards and conditions.
- Focus Four hazards
- The four leading causes of construction fatalities: falls, struck-by, caught-in or -between, and electrocution.
- Fall protection trigger height
- General construction fall protection is required at 6 feet; scaffolds require it at 10 feet, and any height over dangerous equipment.
- Excavation protective systems
- Protective systems such as sloping, shoring, or trench boxes are required for excavations 5 feet or deeper and where a competent person finds a hazard.
- Overhead line clearance
- Maintain 10 feet from overhead power lines up to 50 kV, plus 0.4 inch per kV above 50 kV, unless lines are de-energized or guarded.
- Competent person
- A person capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards and who has authority to take prompt corrective action to eliminate them.
- Assured grounding program
- Requires testing cord sets and equipment before first use, after repairs, and at 3-month intervals, with written records of tests.
- Hard hat standard
- Head protection must meet ANSI Z89.1 and be replaced after a significant impact or when damaged.
- Susan Harwood grants
- OSHA grants that fund nonprofit organizations to develop and deliver free or low-cost safety and health training for workers and employers.
- OTI Education Centers
- OSHA Training Institute Education Centers deliver courses such as the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour outreach training programs.
- OSHA 10-hour course
- A voluntary outreach course of at least 10 contact hours covering hazard recognition; it is not a certification of competence.
- On-site consultation
- Free, confidential OSHA-funded service for small and medium employers that provides advice separate from enforcement inspections.
- NIOSH role
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conducts research and health hazard evaluations and is separate from OSHA enforcement.
- QuickCards
- Short OSHA fact sheets summarizing hazards and controls for specific tasks, available in English and Spanish.
- Spanish OSHA portal
- OSHA's Spanish-language website (osha.gov/es) provides translated publications, fact sheets, and posters for workers and employers.
- Training language rule
- Required safety training must be delivered in a language and vocabulary the employee understands, so Spanish materials support compliance.
- Caídas
- Spanish term for falls, one of the Focus Four construction hazards; Spanish QuickCards cover fall prevention methods.
- Golpeado por
- Spanish term for struck-by, a Focus Four hazard involving objects or equipment striking a worker.
- Atrapado entre
- Spanish term for caught-in or -between, a Focus Four hazard involving being crushed or trapped by equipment or materials.
- Electrocución
- Spanish term for electrocution, a Focus Four hazard involving contact with energized electrical sources.
- Equipo de protección personal
- Spanish term for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as hard hats, gloves, and safety glasses.
- OSHA 10-hour content
- The construction outreach course includes at least 1 hour on Introduction to OSHA and at least 6 hours on the Focus Four hazards.
- Training documentation
- Trainers should record attendance, topics covered, and hours; students receive a completion card from the authorized trainer.
- 1926.21 training requirement
- The construction standard requires employers to instruct employees in hazard recognition and avoidance and in applicable regulations.
- 1926.503 fall training
- Requires training for employees exposed to fall hazards on recognizing hazards and using fall protection systems correctly.
- Adult learning methods
- Effective safety training uses short lecture segments, hands-on demonstrations, case studies, and discussion of real worksite examples.
- Citation currency
- Presentation content should reflect current standards; outdated citations, such as pre-2017 walking-working surfaces rules, should be updated.