Part 1
The organization of a company’s management, including reporting procedures, supervisory responsibility, and administration.
A person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions that are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.
What is a Competent person
Capable of easily igniting and rapidly burning; used to describe a fuel with a flash point below 100°F (38°C).
What is Flammable
Equipment or clothing designed to prevent or reduce injuries.
What is Personal protective equipment (PPE)
An agency of the US Department of Labor. A law that applies to more than 111 million workers and 7 million job sites in the United States.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
According to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that results in personal injury and/or property damage.
What is an Accident
Incidental grounding of a conducting electrical wire.
What is a Ground Fault
Capable of easily igniting and rapidly burning; used to describe a fuel with a flash point at, or above, 100°F (38°C).
What is Combustible
This is created when the whole company sees the value of a safe work environment.
What is Safety Culture
Per the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an unplanned event that does not result in personal injury but may result in property damage or is worthy of recording.
What is an Incident
Powered by fluid under pressure.
What is Hydraulic
A document that must accompany any hazardous substance. Identifies the substance and gives the exposure limits, the physical and chemical characteristics, the kind of hazard it presents, precautions for safe handling and use, and specific control measures.
What is Safety data sheet (SDS)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard that requires contractors to educate employees about hazardous chemicals on the job site and how to work with them safely.
What is Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Standard
A narrow excavation made below the surface of the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide, with a maximum width of 15 feet (4.6m).
What is a Trench
Powered by air pressure, such as a pneumatic tool.
What is Pneumatic
A device that provides clean, filtered air for breathing, no matter what is in the surrounding air.
What is a Respirator