OSHA Basics
The agency created to protect workers’ safety and health
What is OSHA?
The right workers have to report hazards without punishment
What is whistleblower protection?
Something employers must provide to protect workers from hazards
What is PPE?
This protects your head from falling objects
What is a hard hat?
The height where fall protection is required in construction
What is 6 feet?
OSHA’s mission is to assure workplaces are safe and _____
What is healthful?
Information workers have access to about chemicals at work
What is the Right to Know?
Employers must record workplace injuries and these
What are illnesses?
Boots designed to protect toes from heavy impacts
What are safety-toe boots?
A system made of top rails and midrails to prevent falls
What are guardrails?
The official rules OSHA enforces are called these
What are standards?
A worker can request this if they think the job is unsafe
What is an OSHA inspection?
Employers cannot punish workers for reporting these
What are safety hazards?
Clothing that helps workers be seen by vehicles
What is high-visibility gear?
A full-body system used to stop a fall
What is a PFAS?
The law that says employers must provide a workplace free of recognized hazards
What is the General Duty Clause?
The amount of time workers have to report retaliation
What is 30 days?
Employers must post this after an OSHA inspection finds violations
What are citations?
PPE that protects lungs from dust or chemicals
What is a respirator?
The condition of hanging too long after a fall arrest
What is suspension trauma?
OSHA training is meant to prevent injuries, illnesses, and these
What are deaths/fatalities?
The right to training in a language workers can do this in
What is understand?
Employers must notify OSHA after a workplace fatality or this
What is hospitalization?
PPE stands for this
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
The #1 cause of OSHA construction citations
What is fall protection?