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This government organization which regulates safety in the workplace
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A form of hazard control that entails changes to work process, policies, training, or rules designed to reduce exposure to hazards.
What are Administrative Controls
19.5% if the minimum percentage of this when testing the atmosphere in a confined space
What is Oxygen
An event that has led to some degree of harm
What is an Accident
When using an extension ladder this is how many feet it should extend above the top surface
What is 2 Feet
An employer-funded access to short-term psychological counselling to help employees to cope with personal problems is called this
What is an Employee Assistance Program
The concentration of a substance that should never be exceeded in a workplace.
What is the Exposure Limit
Work which produces heat and/or sparks from cutting, brazing or welding
What is Hot Work
The process of determining what caused an incident and identifying ways of preventing its recurrence.
What is an Accident or Incident Investigation
These are required to be included: product information, hazardous ingredients, physical data, fire & explosion hazard, reactivity data, toxicological properties, preventive & 1st aid measures, preparation info.
What is a Safety Data Sheet
These provide for workers right to know about occupational hazards to participate and in decision-making around Occupational Safety issues
Safety Laws/Legislation
The process of determining which identified hazards need to be addressed most urgently.
What is Hazard Assessment
Oily rags should be stored here
What are Self-Closing Metal Containers
The four ways chemicals can get into a workers’ body: inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption, and skin penetration, is called what.
What are Routes of Entry
When a broken ladder is found we do this with it
What is Tag it Out
These are programs that construct goals and performance measures related to safety
What are Safety Plans/Programs
These are modifications to the workplace, equipment, materials, or work processes that reduce workers’ exposure to hazards.
What are Engineering Controls
Temperature at which a fuel gives off enough gases to burn
What is the Flash Point
An event, that was almost an accident
What is a Near Miss
During a snow and ice event you should take extra what when traveling
What is Time
Training for workers to assist when another worker may be injured until medical personnel arrive
What is 1st Aid and CPR
Irritation of the skin that often begins with a rash and can lead to severe itching, burning, flaking, cracking, blistering, and bleeding.
What is Dermatitis
A powered vehicle designed to lift and transport palletized materials
What is a Powered Industrial Lift Truck (Fork Lift)
This is the most common injury in the workplace
What are Hand Injuries
After working with hazardous materials, you should always do this with your hands
What is Wash Your Hands