FALL PROTECTION
4 FEET - General Industry
6 FEET - Construction Industry
What height is fall protection required?
Micro-organisms in the blood, such as viruses, bacteria, or parasites, that can cause disease.
What are blood borne pathogens?
The OSHA standard, also known as the Right-to-Know act, that ensures workers have information about the chemicals they work with.
What is hazard communication?
Created by combining oxygen, fuel, and an ignition source.
What is a fire?
A soft, flexible naturally occurring material that was often used for insulation and sound-proofing due to its non-combustible and noise-absorbing properties.
What is asbestos?
Can only be used for body positioning, not fall arrest.
What are body belts?
HIV
HEPATITIS B (HBV)
HEPATITIS C (HBC)
What are blood borne pathogens?
The term used to describe the state--solid, liquid, aerosol, or gas--that a chemical may be.
What is the physical characteristic?
The type of fire involving wood, cloth, paper, plastic, or other general combustibles.
What is a Class A fire?
The primary exposure concern when working around asbestos containing materials.
What is inhalation?
Must be capable of supporting 5000 lbs. per connected person.
What is an anchor point?
Contact with contaminated sharp objects or needles, broken skin, or mucous membranes.
What are modes of transmission?
Contains important information about chemicals, such as compositions, hazard information, PPE recommendations, and first aid information.
What is a safety data sheet (SDS)?
The class of fire associated with electrical equipment.
What is a Class C fire?
This can dramatically compound the effects of asbestos exposure, paralyzing the body's natural defense systems.
What is smoking?
Includes an anchor point, connector (lanyard/SRL) and full-body harness.
What is a personal fall protection system?
The concept that includes treating all blood/bodily fluids as infected, using proper PPE and cleaning/decontaminating surfaces immediately.
What are universal precautions?
Required for all chemical containers, except those under exclusive control by the user that will be empty by the end of the work shift.
What is a chemical label or label?
Can be used to extinguish these types of fires:
General Combustibles (i.e. paper, wood)
Liquids/Grease (i.e. gas, oil)
Electrical
What is an ABC Extinguisher?
Asbestosis, Lung cancer, Mesothelioma
What are asbestos-related health hazards?
A task that should be completed before each use.
What is equipment inspection?
Used to disposed of liquid/semi-liquid bodily fluids, contaminated sharps, and materials with caked or dried blood.
What is a (red) bio-hazard bag?
The chemical characteristic represented by a "skull and cross bones" symbol.
What is toxic?
The method commonly used to describe proper fire extinguisher use.
What is P.A.S.S.?
Asbestos material that has been disturbed and is airborne creating an inhalation hazard.
What is friable material?