Acronyms
What is Job Safety Analysis?
The minimum clearance required in front of electrical panels.
What is three feet?
This is a barrier that prevents entry of the operator's hands or other body parts into the point of operation.
What is a machine guard?
This is one of the three emergency storm shelters that can be utilized during a tornado.
What is Quad 2 Central office, Quad 1 Multipurpose Room, or Quad 1 Library?
SDS
What is Safety Data Sheet?
The force that a guardrail must withstand without failure when applied in a downward or outward direction on the top rail.
What is 200 pounds?
This number is a measure of occupational safety and health, useful for comparing working conditions in workplaces and industries.
What is Recordable Incident Rate?
A class C fire extinguisher is meant to extinguish this type of fire.
What is an extinguisher for energized electrical equipment?
OSHA
What is Occupational Safety & Health Administration?
Forklift inspections are required at this frequency.
What is at least daily?
This is a detailed informational document prepared by the manufacturer of a hazardous chemical that describes physical and chemical properties and hazards of the product.
What is a Safety Data Sheet?
This is when a satellite accumulation area hazardous waste drum is required to be moved to a 90-day area.
What is within 3 days of being filled?
IDLH
What is Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health?
This is the height where a fixed ladder must have fall protection.
What is 24 feet?
This is a 4 digit number used to identify hazardous chemicals or classes of hazardous materials worldwide for transportation.
What is a UN/NA number?
This is the highest level of cut resistance offered by any glove according to ANSI standards.
What is Level 5 cut resistance?
PEL
What is Permissible Exposure Limit?
This is the IDLH for nitric acid.
What is 25 ppm?
This is an undesired electric discharge that travels through the air between conductors or from a conductor to a ground.
What is Arc Flash?
This is the Canadian equivalent of the US standard for safety glasses.
What is CSA Z94.3?