OSHA Focus 4
Fall Protection
Lumber
Construction Math
Level Plump & Square
100

While taking down an existing wall a worker accidentally cuts a live wire

Electrocution

100

The spot where a worker ties off

Anchor

100

When lumber bends or twist away from a flat plane

Warping

100

What is the square footage of a room that measures 11' X 19 "

209 SQFT

100

Exactly vertical

Plumb

200

A worker is working on the first floor, and a tape measure is dropped from a 3rd story window.  Hitting him in the head.  

Struct by

200

Starting at what height does OSHA mandate you must use fall protection?

Six feet

200

Dimensional lumber

Wood prepared for use in a building, which is two inches to less than five inches thick, and greater than two inches wide

200

A carpenter needs two pieces of blocking.  The first is  7 1/2" long and the second is 5 7/16". What is the total combine length?

12 15/16"

200

Weight to be supported

Load

300

While walking backwards carrying material a worker steps in a hole causing a broken ankle.

Falls

300

The piece of equipment that the worker wears in a fall restraint or fall arrest system

Full body harness

300

Timbers often scrap, used beneath or between layers of stacked material?

Dunnage

300

A worker measures a wall opening as 12 3/16". He needs to leave a1/8" clearance on each side. What length should the finished piece be?

11 15/16"

300

A condition in which two intersecting objects form a 90-degree angle?

Square

400

Attempting to walk around an excavator, a worker gets crushes by the counter weight and pushed against a dump truck

Caught Between

400

In the hierarchy of controls what is the safest form of fall protection ?

Eliminate the hazard

400

A hard and dense defect caused by an embedded branch of limb in a tree

Knot

400

A piece of lumber is 15 1/2" long. A 6 3/4" section is cut away. How much lumber remains

8 3/4"

400

The act of building something?

Construction

500

While working in an unprotected trench a worker is engulfed by soil that collapses

Caught in

500

What is the difference between fall restraint and fall arrest>

Fall restraint the worker cannot reach the edge or the hazard (like a dog leash)

500

The width of material removed during a cut

Kerf width

500

 A carpenter needs 16 1/2" of trim.  He already has a piece measuring 9 3/4".  How many more inches of trim are needed?

6 3/4"

500

What can happen if a support column is not properly plumbed

Collaspe