Cardinal Rules
Hazardous Waste
General Safety
Acronyms
100

This is required when working at heights four feet or higher

What is fall protection?

100

The time period that a full and dated drum has before it must be moved to the central accumulation waste area

What is 90 days?

100

The most common cause of workplace injuries

What is Slips, Trips, and Falls?

100

The meaning of LOTO

What is Lock Out Tag Out?

200

Any process that can be a source of ignition when flammable material is present or can be a fire hazard regardless of the presence of flammable material in the workplace

What is a hot work?

200

The gallon limit of each type of waste in each satellite accumualtion area

What is 55-gallons?

200

Three-step response strategy designed to maximize safety and survival during an active shooter situation

What is Run, Hide, Fight?

200

The meaning of PASS

What is Pull, aim, squeeze, sweep?

300

Any manual transfer of a flammable liquid from or to a 5-gallon or larger container requires this practice

What is bonding and grounding?

300

The height that hazardous waste drums can be stack up to in the central accumulation waste area

What is 2-high?
300

The type of clothing designed to protect the wearer from injuries caused by extreme heat and flames

What is flame-resistant (FR) clothing? 

300

The meaning of JSA

What is Job Safety Analysis?

400

An employee may not use a powered industrial lift truck to raise another employee to elevation without this

What is a properly secured maintenance cage?

400

The state of a drum when the hazardous waste label should be dated

What is full?

400
A federal regulatory agency that assures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, outreach, education and assistance

What is OSHA?

400

The meaning of PRCS

What is Permit Required Confined Space?

500

Only maintenance personnel are permitted to access an electrical enclosure that results in exposure to this many volts

What is 50 volts?

500

The meaning of RCRA, the federal law that governs the management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste 

What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?

500

A potential hazard or incident in which no property was damaged, and no personal injury was sustained, but could have resulted in damage or injury given slightly different circumstances.

What is a near miss?

500

The meaning of PAPR

What is Powered Air-Purifying Respirator?