Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry

OSHA 500

Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry

Pre-Test

1. Can the controlling employer be cited whether or not their own employees are exposed?

(a) True

(b) False

2. What is a key element of a comprehensive safety and health program?

(a)Identification of control of hazards.

(b)Tool box meetings.

(c)Exchange Haz Com Program

(d)OSHA Poster.

(e)None of the above

3. On a MULTI-EMPLOYER worksite, penalties for employers with no exposed employees will be calculated by using the exposed employees of all employers as the number of employees for probability assessment.

(a) True

(b) False

4. The four hazards which are relevant to a focused inspection, include: falls, electrocutions, struck-by, and caught in-between.

(a) True

(b) False

5. Employers are required to have a program in which frequent and regular safety and health inspections are made by a competent person.

(a) True

(b) False

6. Employers are not responsible for instructing each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, but he/she does have instruct them on the regulations which are applicable to his/her work environment.

(a) True

(b) False

7. Each employee who is constructing a leading edge 5 feet or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems ?

(a) True

(b) False

8. On Residential Construction, when the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use the conventional fall protections including: guard rails, safety nets, and personal fall arrest systems, the employer shall develop and implement a:

(a) System of interventions designed to protect employees at the moment the appear to be falling

(b) Fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.

(d) None of the above.

9. A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 12 inches or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided.

(a) True

(b) False

10. Fixed ladders shall be provided with cages, wells, ladder safety devices, or self-retracting lifelines where the length of climb is less than 24 feet (7.3 m) but the top of the ladder is at a distance greater than 24 feet (7.3 m) above lower levels.

(a) True

(b) False

11. No scaffold shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered except under the supervision of competent persons.

(a) True

(b) False

12. When free-standing mobile scaffold towers are used, the height shall not exceed ______times the minimum base dimension.

(a) Five times

(b) Six times

(d) Four times

13. In steel erection operations, when bolts or drift pins are being knocked out, means shall be provided to keep them from falling.

(a) True

(b) False

14. In steel erection operations, when rivet heads are knocked off, or backed out, means shall be provided to keep them from ______.

(a) bouncing

(b) falling

(d) sticking

(e) none of the above.

15. The employer shall be responsible for the development of a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of the construction and demolition work, and he shall provide for the firefighting equipment as specified in this subpart. As fire hazards occur, there shall be no delay in providing the necessary equipment.

(a) True

(b) False

16. Not more than ______gallons of flammable or ______gallons of combustible liquids shall be stored in any one storage cabinet. Not more than three such cabinets may be located in a single storage area. Quantities in excess of this shall be stored in an inside storage room.

(a) 50 & 100

(b) 40 & 150

(d) none of the above

17. Portable heaters, including salamanders, shall be equipped with an approved automatic device to shut off the flow of gas to the main burner, and pilot if used, in the event of flame failure. Such heaters, having inputs above 50,000 B.T.U. per hour, shall be equipped with either a pilot, which must be lighted and proved before the main burner can be turned on, or an electrical ignition system.

(a) True

(b) False

18. All construction equipment cab glass shall be ______glass, or equivalent, that introduces no visible distortion affecting the safe operation of any machine covered by this subpart.

(a) Clear

(b) Stained

(d) Rust resistant

(e) None of the above

19. Employers can use any motor vehicle equipment having an obstructed view to the rear, whether or not it is equipped with a reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding noise level.

(a) True

(b) False

20. No grounded conductor shall be attached to any terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity.

(a) True

(b) False

21. A written description of the employers assured equipment grounding conductor program, including the specific procedures adopted by the employer, shall be available at the ______for inspection and copying by the Assistant Secretary and any affected employee.

(a) Home office

(b) Employees house

(d) GC's headquarters

(e) None of the above

22. Condition of tools. All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or the employee, shall be maintained in a safe condition.

(a) True

(b) False

23. All hand-held powered platen sanders, grinders with wheels 2-inch diameter or less, routers, planers, laminate trimmers, nibblers, shears, scroll saws, and jigsaws with blade shanks one-fourth of an inch wide or less may be equipped with only a positive ______control.

(a) Toggle switch

(b) Trigger finger

(d) On Off

(e) All of the above

24. "Limited access zone" means an area alongside a masonry wall, which is under construction, and which is clearly demarcated to limit access by employees.

(a) True

(b) False

25. No construction loads shall be placed on a concrete structure or portion of a concrete structure unless the employer determines, based on information received from a person who is competent in structural design, that the structure or portion of the structure is capable of supporting the loads.

(a) True

(b) False

OSHA 500

Trainer Course in OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry

Pre-Test Answers

1. Can the controlling employer be cited whether or not their own employees are exposed ?

(a) True

REFERENCE: OSHA Field Information Reference Manual (F.I.R.M.) III-28 (C) 6.

2. What is a key element of a comprehensive safety and health program?

(f)Identification of control of hazards.

REFERENCE: OSHA Instruction STD 3-1.1 Appendix A -Employers Safety & Health Program.

(a) True

REFERENCE: OSHA Field Information Reference Manual (F.I.R.M.) III-29 (C) 6 (c).

4. The four hazards which are relevant to a focused inspection, include: falls, electrocutions, struck-by, and caught in-between.

(a) True

REFERENCE: August 22, 1995 Jim Stanley memorandum: Focused Inspection in Construction. Action 3.

5. Employers are required to have a program in which frequent and regular safety and health inspections are made by a competent person.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.20 (b)(2)

(b) False

REFERENCE: 1926.21 (b)(2)

(b) False

REFERENCE: 1926.501(b)(2)

(b) Fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.

REFERENCE: 1926.501 (b)(13)

(b) False

REFERENCE: 1926.1051(a)

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.1053(a)(18)

11. No scaffold shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered except under the supervision of competent persons.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.451(a)(3)

12. When free-standing mobile scaffold towers are used, the height shall not exceed ______times the minimum base dimension.

(d) Four times

REFERENCE: 1926.451(e)

13. In steel erection operations, when bolts or drift pins are being knocked out, means shall be provided to keep them from falling.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.752(b)(1)

14. In steel erection operations, when rivet heads are knocked off, or backed out, means shall be provided to keep them from ______.

(b) falling

REFERENCE: 1926.752(c)(2)

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.150(a)(1)

(c) 60 & 120

REFERENCE: 1926.152(b)(3)

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.153(8)

18. All construction equipment cab glass shall be ______glass, or equivalent, that introduces no visible distortion affecting the safe operation of any machine covered by this subpart.

REFERENCE: 1926.600(a)(5)

19. Employers can use any motor vehicle equipment having an obstructed view to the rear, whether or not it is equipped with a reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding noise level.

(b) False

REFERENCE: 1926.601(b)(4)

20. No grounded conductor shall be attached to any terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.404(a)(2)

REFERENCE: 1926.404(b)(1)(iii)(A)

22. Condition of tools. All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or the employee, shall be maintained in a safe condition.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.300(a)

(d) On Off

REFERENCE: 1926.300(d)(1)

24. "Limited access zone" means an area alongside a masonry wall, which is under construction, and which is clearly demarcated to limit access by employees.

(a) True

REFERENCE: 1926.700(a)(4)

(b) False

REFERENCE: 1926.701(a)