The Four Ws
What does OSHA stand for?
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What Organizations are not covered by OSHA?
What is Federal and State Governments
The most pressing type of violation is called?
What organization is responsible for promulgating legally enforceable standards
What is OSHA
How many employees must a company have to be required maintain injury and illness records?
What is 11 or more than 10.
What year was the OSH Act passed?
What is 1971
What enforcement agency is responsible for the safety of State Wokers in NYS?
Who is PESH
OSHA will keep industry ___________ confidential as outlined in the FIRM manual?
What is trade secrets.
It is the responsibility of ____________ to become familiar with standards applicable to their establishments.
Who is the employer
What industry is exempt from record keeping?
What is retail
Name three purposes of OSHA
•Reduce workplace hazards;
•Implement new or improve existing safety and health programs;
•Provide for research in solving occupational safety and health problems
•Establish employer and employee responsibilities for safety and health conditions.
•Build on employer/employee safety and health initiatives.
•Focus on occupational health to prevent diseases occurring in the work environment.
•Establish training programs to increase the number and competence of occupational safety and health personnel;
•Develop mandatory job safety and health standards and enforce them effectively;
•Develop record keeping and reporting requirements;
•Provide for the development, analysis, evaluation and approval of state occupational safety and health programs.
Who other than the government is not governed by OSHA?
Who is Family Farms and The Self Employed
A criminal penalty of __________ dollars may be levied against an individual for a willful violation that results in death?
What is 250K
The reashearch of many OSHA standards is carried out by what institute?
Who is NIOSH
Who besides OSHA has the right to examine any records kept by their employers regarding their exposure to hazardous materials, or the results of medical surveillance?
Who is the employee
What was the deadliest construction project in the last 200 years?
What is the Panama Canal
Who is the only government agency subject to OSHA fines?
Who is the postal service
A violation that is seen more than once will be considered a __________ violation?
What is Repeat
General standards that apply to any employer in any industry is a ___________ standard?
Horizontal
What rating must safety glasses posses?
What is Z87 or Z87+
What was the deadliest occupation covered by OSHA in 2017
Construction or Ag and Forestry
Who is defined as a "person engaged in a business affecting commerce who has employees, but does not include the United States or any State or political subdivision of a State"
Who is an employer
OSHA prohibits what by an employer against an employee that files a complaint?
The standard pertaining to construction are contained in what Part?
What is 1926
Who should you contact as an employee to report unresolved safety issues at your work place?
What is OSHA