Safety Regulations
Trained employees of OSHA that conduct unannounced workplace visits to assess compliancy with OSHA regulations. They can issues fines and deadlines to fix hazards if violations are found.
Who are OSHA officers?
The abbreviation for Personal Protective Equipment.
What is PPE?
Environmental, hostile threat, and medical
What are types of emergencies?
Loose clothes, jewelry, long hair
What are items that can cause harm to a machine operator?
Comprehensive, 16-section documents that provide detailed information about the hazards of a chemical substance or mixture
What are Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)?
Established in 1970, this U.S. federal agency in the Department of Labor helps ensure safe and healthy working conditions for employees.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
The shared set of values, attitudes, and behaviors that make the health and well-being of workers the top priority in every daily action.
What is a culture of safety in the workplace?
A piece of emergency safety equipment used to flush harmful chemicals, dust, or debris from the eyes and face
What is an eyewash station?
The abbreviation for Operation and Maintenance Manual.
What is an O&M?
Physical hazards, health hazards, or environmental hazards.
What are the danger chemicals can pose?
The independent agency of the United States government that makes rules and limitations for pollutants in the air and water. It was founded by President Richard Nixon in 1970.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protective Agency)?
Costs include lost income, medical expenses, pain and suffering.
What are costs of accidents for employees?
A designated, safe path used to leave a building, area, or city during an emergency.
What is an evacuation route?
A critical safety mechanism used to immediately halt a machine's operation during a hazardous or life-threatening situation
What is an emergency stop (E-stop)?
A graphic symbol that communicates information visually, most notably used in the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) to standardize hazard warnings on chemical labels and safety data sheets worldwide.
What are pictograms?
The entity that studies worker safety and health, tests and approves safety gear like respirators, and gives advice to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.
What is NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)?
Costs include increased insurance costs, lost production, and lower productivity.
What are costs of accidents for employers?
A written document that outlines specific steps employers and employees must take to ensure safety during workplace emergencies.
What is an Emergency Action Plan (EAP)?
What is Lockout Tagout (LOTO)?
Standardized warning labels affixed to containers of hazardous chemicals to communicate specific health and physical safety risks. Mandated by OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
What are HazCom labels?
U.S. federal law passed to help local communities protect public health, safety, and the environment from chemical hazards.
What is EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act of 1986)?
Impact, penetration, compression, chemical, temperature, harmful dust, radiation, light, biological, electrical, mechanical.
What are types of hazards in the workplace?
An official written document that records the details of an injury, illness, property damage, or close call that happens on the job.
What is a workplace accident report?
Written, step-by-step instructions that explain how to safely operate, inspect, maintain, and shut down industrial equipment
What are Standard operating procedures (SOPs)?
The U.S. agency that regulates the disposal of industrial chemicals to limit the likelihood of environmental pollution.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?