Special safety equipment and protective clothing that protects against hazards encountered in the workplace is collectively known as...
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
100
Process that promotes employee and contractor communication of workplace material and chemical hazards, precautions and controls. Overall objective is prevention of workplace injury and illness.
What is Hazard Communication?
100
Frequency at which eyewashes are inspected
What is weekly?
100
Report a minor incident
What is always?
100
Action that should be done with the back as straight and as vertical as possible to avoid excessive strain on back muscles and vertebrae
What is lifting?
200
Required when skin may be exposed to harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts or punctures, fractures and amputations.
What is hand and arm proctection (gloves)?
200
Sheets obtained from manufactureres, importers, and distrubuters to meet hazard determination requirements for each chemical in the workplace.
What are Safete Data Sheets (SDS)?
200
Frequency at which safety showers are inspected
What is monthly?
200
Smell or taste a chemical
What is never?
200
Type of hazard with an uncontrolled flow can cause personal injury, overheating of wires and equipment or ignition of combustible material
What is an electrical hazard?
300
Required when there is a potential to encounter hazards such as flying debris, chemical splashes and harmful light.
What is eye and face protection (goggles)?
300
Three hazard categories indicated on a NFPA Label or HMIS Label.
What are flammability (potential to cause a fire), reactivity (potential to cause violent reactions) and toxicity (potential to cause illness)?
300
Frequency at which PPE should be inspected
What is before each use?
300
Wear steel toed safety shoes
What is it depends?
300
Type of hazard with a risk of injury if equipment has be to be moved, because storage facility may not be adequate, and equipment may not be designed for safe handling
What is a mechanical hazard?
400
Required when an employee is exposed to industrial noise above 85dBA or electrical work involving an arc flash hazard.
What is ear protection (ear plugs)?
400
Between an acid with a pH of 3 and a base with a pH of 13, which is more corrosive?
What is the base?
400
Frequency at which fire extinguishers should be inspected
What is annually?
400
Store chemicals in a flammable cabinet
What is it depends?
400
May cause deep burns, damage to central nervous system, stoppage of breathing, ventricular fibrillation of the heart and cardiac arrest
What is an electrical hazard?
500
Form that is completed to identify hazards for each work task and must be reviewed when changes occur to the work task or work environment.
What is PPE Hazard Assessment Form?
500
The most significant route of exposure
What is inhalation?
500
Frequency at which emergency alarms are tested
What is annually?
500
Leave hoods and other ventilation systems running during a shut-down procedure
What is always?
500
Sharp edges, run-in points, catch points, shear points, pinch points, and squeeze points are examples of