RSP flashcards

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PDCA cycle

Plan-Do-Check-Act: Plan sets objectives and controls, Do implements them, Check monitors and measures, Act improves. ISO 45001 and ANSI Z10 both build safety management systems on this cycle.

TRIR formula

Total recordable incident rate equals the number of OSHA-recordable cases multiplied by 200,000 and divided by total employee hours worked, normalizing the rate to 100 full-time workers.

Leading indicator

A proactive metric such as near-miss reports, inspection completion, or training hours that predicts future safety performance, unlike lagging metrics such as injury rates that describe past outcomes.

Seven core elements

OSHA's Recommended Practices name management leadership, worker participation, hazard identification and assessment, hazard prevention and control, education and training, evaluation and improvement, and communication with contractors.

General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1): employers must furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm, applied when no specific standard covers the hazard.

OSHA 300A posting

The annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses must be posted in the workplace from February 1 through April 30 of the year following the recordkeeping year.

Consensus standard

A voluntary standard developed by bodies such as ANSI/ASSP, NFPA, or ISO that becomes enforceable only when adopted by reference or incorporated into regulation by an authority.

Incorporation by reference

The legal mechanism by which a regulation such as 29 CFR 1910.6 makes a published consensus standard mandatory and enforceable as part of that rule.

Risk score

Risk is typically calculated as severity multiplied by likelihood, then plotted on a matrix so hazards can be ranked and controlled in priority order.

HAZOP guide words

A process-hazard method that applies words such as no, more, less, reverse, part of, and other than to process parameters to identify hazardous deviations.

FMEA risk priority number

RPN equals severity multiplied by occurrence multiplied by detection; higher scores flag failure modes that need corrective action first.

Bow-tie analysis

A diagram pairing threats and preventive barriers on the left with consequences and mitigating barriers on the right, centered on a single top event.

Root cause analysis

Structured methods such as 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams, and fault trees that trace an incident beyond immediate causes to underlying management-system failures.

Fatality reporting deadline

Employers must report a work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours, and an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours.

First aid versus medical treatment

Injuries treated only with first-aid measures are not recordable; treatment beyond first aid, such as prescription medication or sutures, is recordable.

DART rate

Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred rate equals cases involving days away, restricted work, or job transfer multiplied by 200,000, divided by hours worked.

Kirkpatrick evaluation levels

Four training evaluation levels: reaction, learning, behavior, and results, moving from trainee opinion to measurable organizational outcomes.

Andragogy

Adult learning principles holding that adults need relevance, draw on prior experience, and prefer problem-centered, self-directed learning over passive lecture.

Measurable learning objective

A training objective stated with an observable action verb and a performance criterion so that achievement can be assessed rather than assumed.

HazCom training content

Under 1910.1200(h), training must cover detection methods, physical and health hazards, protective measures, and the written program including how to use safety data sheets.

OSHA PEL

Permissible exposure limit: the legally enforceable airborne concentration to which an employee may be exposed, generally expressed as an 8-hour time-weighted average.

Mixture PEL formula

For mixtures, divide each component's concentration by its limit and sum the results; a total above 1.0 means the exposure exceeds the limit.

Noise exchange rate

OSHA uses a 5-dB exchange rate, so 95 dBA halves allowable exposure time relative to 90 dBA; NIOSH uses 3 dB and is more protective.

Hearing conservation program

Required when noise exposure reaches the 85 dBA action level; includes exposure monitoring, audiometric testing, hearing protection, training, and recordkeeping.

Fire tetrahedron

Four elements required for combustion: fuel, oxygen, heat, and the self-sustaining chemical chain reaction. Removing any one element extinguishes the fire.

Fire classes

A ordinary combustibles, B flammable liquids, C energized electrical, D combustible metals, K cooking oils; extinguisher ratings must match the class involved.

Extinguisher travel distance

Under NFPA 10, Class A extinguishers must be within 75 feet of employees, and Class B within 30 to 50 feet depending on the hazard level.

Emergency action plan elements

29 CFR 1910.38 requires reporting procedures, evacuation or shelter actions, accounting for employees, rescue and medical duties, and alarm systems.

RCRA waste characteristics

Hazardous waste exhibits one or more of four characteristics: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity, which define characteristic hazardous waste under RCRA.

Waste hierarchy

Preferred order of waste management: source reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, then treatment and disposal as the last resort.

ISO 14001 aspects

An environmental management standard requiring organizations to identify environmental aspects, determine which are significant, and control their impacts through the PDCA cycle.

EPCRA Tier II reporting

Facilities storing hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities must submit annual Tier II inventory reports to state and local emergency planning officials by March 1.