General Safety
This is the most important thing a contractor can do to help us protect the campus community from their work/jobsite.
What is control access to their jobsite so others cannot intentionally or accidentally enter the jobsite? *
This, rather than hazard recognition, is typically the issue when it comes to fall hazards.
What is complacency, inattention, rushing, distraction, etc?
This is typically when cave-in protection is required inside an excavation.
What is 5 feet? *
This is when we should be requesting asbestos surveys from EH&S.
What is before any project where building materials that commonly contain asbestos will be disturbed? *
These are work processes that could create a temporary ignition source, thus would require safe hot work procedures, including the completion of a hot work permit. (5 possible answers)
1. What is welding?
2. What is grinding?
3. What is brazing?
4. What is soldering?
5. What is using a torch? *
This is what we do if an OSHA inspector arrives on a jobsite to conduct an inspection.
What is immediately contact our supervisor and Andrew Conner, who will then contact EH&S for an Opening Conference? *
This is the minimum acceptable height for guardrails or equivalent barriers for them to be considered adequate fall protection.
What is 39" from the walking/working surface? (42" plus or minus 3") *
1. What is sloping or benching?
2. What is shoring?
3. What is shielding (i.e. a trench box)?
These are the two reasons it is critical to use caution to not come in contact with or disturb laboratory chemicals or equipment when working in a lab space. (2 possible answers)
1. What is we don't want to be exposed to potentially dangerous chemicals or equipment that we are unfamiliar with?
2. What is we don't want to disrupt laboratory operations? *
These sections of a step (A-frame) ladder should never be climbed or stood upon. (3 possible answers)
1. What is the top step?
2. What is the top plate?
3. What are the rear horizontals or braces?
These are three things we can do to ensure our own safety on a contractor's jobsite. (3 possible answers)
1. What is wear appropriate PPE?
2. What is get oriented to the jobsite prior to entry?
3. What is use caution and be aware of our surroundings? *
These are three forms of fall protection we commonly see on campus. (3 possible answers)
1. What is a guardrail system or equivalent barrier?
2. What is a personal fall arrest or personal fall restraint system?
3. What is a warning line system? *
This is the maximum distance a worker can be expected to travel to get to a means of egress from an excavation, like a ladder or ramp.
What is 25 feet?
These are documents created by the manufacturer, importer, or distributor of a hazardous chemical that contractors should have on hand when working on campus.
What are safety data sheets or SDSs? *
This is how often a competent person must inspect scaffolds for visible defects. (2 possible answers)
1. What is before each work shift?
2. What is after any occurrence which could affect a scaffolds structural integrity? *
This is our role when it comes to safety on a contractor's jobsite. (4 possible answers)
1. What is keep ourselves safe?
2. What is keep the rest of the campus community safe?
3. What is ensure the safety and security of university property?
4. What is address concerns from the campus community with the primary contact? *
This is the trigger height for when fall protection is required by regulation. (5 possible answers)
1. What is 4 feet for general industry/maintenance?
2. What is 6 feet for construction activities?
3. What is 10 feet for scaffold work?
4. What is 15-30 feet for certain structural steel work?
5. What is at all times above hazardous machinery, equipment, or other serious hazards? *
These are the four soil classifications recognized by OSHA. (4 possible answers)
1. What is stable rock?
2. What is type A (most cohesive)?
3. What is type B?
4. What is type C (least cohesive)? *
Equipment used to cut, grind, or otherwise breakdown concrete, asphalt, cements, or brick must be equipped with an integrated dust collection system or an integrated water delivery system to prevent the release of this.
What is respirable crystalline silica? *
These are the three situations where lockout tagout procedures must be used. (3 possible answers)
1. What is when a guard or other safety device must be removed or bypassed?
2. What is any time a worker must put any portion of their body in the danger zone?
3. What is when there's a chance, no matter how small, that the unintended start up or release of energy could harm workers or anyone else? *
These are OSHA's Focus Four hazards, the four hazards categories that kill more workers in the construction industry than any others. (4 possible answers)
1. What are falls?
2. What is electrocution?
3. What is struck by?
4. What is caught in? *
Along with an appropriate anchor point, harness, and connector (lanyard), these are the three things that must also be considered when a worker is using a personal fall arrest system. (3 possible answers)
1. What is fall clearance?
2. What are arresting forces?
3. What is emergency rescue?
These are some red flags in an excavations, signs that an excavation might be at risk of collapsing. (4 possible answers)
1. What is accumulated water?
2. What is sloughing or undermining?
3. What is excessive vibration adjacent to the excavation?
4. What is excessive surcharge loads? *
These are the five conditions OSHA defines as hazardous atmospheres. (5 possible answers)
1. What is a hazardous concentration of flammable materials?
2. What is a hazardous concentration of combustible dusts?
3. What is less than 19.5% or more than 23.5% oxygen?
4. What is a hazardous concentration of toxic or hazardous materials?
5. What is an atmosphere that is IDLH?
These three criteria make a space a confined space per OSHA's definition. (3 possible answers)
1. What is large enough and so configured that someone can enter and perform work?
2. What is has limited means for entry or egress?
3. What is not intended for continuous human occupancy? *