OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What is OSHA?
The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.
What is safety?
Danger or risk.
What is a hazard?
Unsafe work conditions that may cause injury.
What are safety hazards?
The act that started OSHA
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?
This is what PPE stands for.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
The six main types of hazards.
These injuries from emotional and mental stressors can cause health problems, especially when the employee is exposed to them long-term
What are workplace hazards?
The president that initiated OSHA
Who is President Nixon?
Three examples of PPE.
What are Gloves, Hi-Vis vests, Footgear, Respirators, Hard hats, Hearing Protection, and clothing? (Any mentioned three)
Injuries that are usually caused by repetitive work being in an awkward position to perform a physical task lifting heavy objects or a combination of all of these factors are examples of _______.
What are ergonomic hazards?
The official OSHA Job Safety and Health poster says _____ ____ _____.
What is It's the Law?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
What is NIOSH?
The agency that can regulate people with workplace hazards who are not covered by OSHA, is also a military branch.
What is the Coast Guard?
The hazard that may cause ergonomic injuries as well.
Employers do this when they are training employees for dangerous jobs.
What is giving instructions in an understandable language?
They are covered by OSHA.
Who are most private sector employers and Federal Government workers?
OSHA helps by educating employers and employees about the following.
What are toxic chemicals, deadly safety hazards, job hazards of high-risk jobs, best practices through compliance assistance?
Users of chemicals should consult a ______ for safe handling, disposal, and First-Aid procedures.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
The OSHA mission.
What is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance?