OSHA TRIVIA

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OSHA TRIVIA
And Other Interesting Tidbits..
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Where do OSHA Penalties go?

• Go to fight terrorism, make smarter smart bombs
  and safer airports.
• Are returned to the agency and increase their
  budget.
• Are used to determine bonuses for the Area
  Director and the compliance officers.
• Are donated to charity.

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MSDSs must be kept for

• The duration that the product is used.
• Recycling, in case you decide to use the product
  at a later date.
• Thirty years, if no air sampling was done.
• Both a and c.

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A Final Order occurs when

• The Judge signs the decision or Formal Settlement
  agreement
• Both parties have signed the Informal Settlement
  Agreement
• Fourteen federal working days after the citation
  is issued
• All of the above
• Only 1 and 2

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MSDs are

• Material Safety Data sheets
• Musculoskeletal diseases
• Multiple standard deviations
• Material standard data sheets

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You can pay OSHA violations by

• Cash
• Check
• Visa, Mastercard and Discover
• Chickens, geese and ducks
• Your first born child
• Both 2 and 3

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Who can declare Imminent Danger?

• A complainant
• An OSHA compliance officer
• A U.S. District Court Judge
• An OSHA Area Director
• All of the above
• Only 3 and 4

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission is

• The group that reviews and sets OSHA standards.
• A three judge panel.
• A group of Administrative Law Judges.
• A separate part of OSHA.
• All of the above
• 1, 2 and 3
• 2 and 3

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A Petition for Modification of Abatement is

• A letter to the AD indicating that you intend to
  change your method of abatement.
• A letter requesting an extension of time to
  correct a violation.
• Is sent to and granted by the Review Commission.
• Must be posted for 3 days.

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An articulating boom platform

• Is a conventional method of fall protection
• Is a type of scaffold.
• Requires tethering at 6 feet off the ground.
• Can always use the tethering point for fall
  arrest.
• Makes a good catapult.

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OSHA can shut down an entire workplace by

• Showing up for an inspection
• Declaring Imminent Danger
• Getting a restraining order from the local
  sheriff
• Bringing in Federal Marshalls
• Getting a restraining order from the U.S.
  District Court
• None of the above

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After how many years from a Final Order can
OSHA issue a Repeat violation?

• One year
• Two Years
• Three years
• Four years
• Five years
• There is no limit

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After you have signed a settlement agreement and
are still within the 15 day period you can

• Contest the Citations.
• Call the AD and plead for more time to correct a
  violation or violations.
• Request a further reduction in penalty.
• Call the AD and declare the agreement null and
  void.
• Do nothing.

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If you can walk into a confined space without
contorting your body or using a ladder, it is
probably not a confined space

• Yes
• No

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Which of the following is not a conventional
means of fall protection?

• Nets
• Ladders
• Guard rails
• Fall arrest systems

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For abatement reporting after an OSHA violation
is issued

• Send a statement to OSHA that everything has been
  abated 30 days after the abatement is complete.
• Put tags on all mobile equipment that was not
  cited.
• Post abatement plans, documents and certification
  near the violating equipment
• All of the above
• Both 2 and 3. 6. Both 1 and 2

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Which statement is probably true?

• I like OSHA
• OSHA is my friend
• OSHA is a four letter word
• Why am I reading this?

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