Lesson 1
US Act that established the right to safety for workers in their workplace.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
When a short circuit in the air causes an explosion.
What is an arc flash?
Percentage of factory accidents and injuries caused by hazardous energy.
What is 10 percent?
The permissible exposure limit (PEL) applicable to workplace hazards.
What is noise?
Type of land disposal units that do not require liners or leachate collection and removal systems.
What are land treatment units?
Decides what types of PPE workers must wear.
Who is the employer?
The boundary point where qualified workers need approved plans to work on electrical equipment.
What is restricted approach?
Most likely to be hurt or killed by hazardous energy.
Who are those who service mechanical and electrical equipment?
The permissible exposure limit for an eight-hour workday.
What is 90 decibels?
The year that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) started regulating safe work environments for employees in the manufacturing industry.
What is 1970?
The number of deaths that occur in the manufacturing industry due to accidents with machinery.
What is 800?
The term for the boundary point around electrical equipment where only qualified workers are permitted to approach while wearing PPE and only if a breach is absolutely necessary.
What is the prohibited approach?
Brad is working on a very complex and dangerous piece of machinery on the factory floor. He realizes that he’s missing a part and needs to go to another location in the factory to get it. Because of the location on the machinery where he is working, he is not able to lock the machine while he steps-away. The Process Brad should follow before he leaves is...
What is tag the machine with a warning label.
The workplace hazard that is reduced when a worker reduces their grip on a power tool.
What is hand-arm vibration?
The Act that was created by the government that governs the proper disposal of hazardous waste.
What is The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?
The use of guards to protect workers from hazards when working on a machine.
What is machine guarding?
Term for the boundary point around electrical equipment where workers could be shocked by the equipment.
What is the limited approach?
An example of a confined space where workers can't be expected to work within for a long period of time.
What is a pipeline?
This many volts of electricity must be present for shock to occur.
What is above 50 volts?
The type of land disposal unit that is temporary and is required to have a leachate collection and removal system.
What are waste piles?
The parts of the machine where work is performed.
What is the point of operation on a machine?
Lockout and tagout procedures are designed to protect workers from...
What is hazardous energy?
The number of people in the United States that are exposed to workplace noise hazards each year.
What is 30 million?
The type of worker at the greatest risk of being injured by hazardous energy.
Who are Mechanical technicians?
In a fatal accident, the people who receives the workers' compensation.
Who are worker beneficiaries?