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OSHA 30 Module 2.2

OSHA is the primary agency responsible for regulating workplace safety and health in the United States. Its mission is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions through enforcement of standards and by providing education and assistance. OSHA standards cover general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture. OSHA has reduced workplace fatalities by 50 percent since its founding, and less experienced workers have more accidents.

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OSHA 30 Module 2.2

OSHA is the primary agency responsible for regulating workplace safety and health in the United States. Its mission is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions through enforcement of standards and by providing education and assistance. OSHA standards cover general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture. OSHA has reduced workplace fatalities by 50 percent since its founding, and less experienced workers have more accidents.

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module 2 OSHA

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration


What is the primary agency responsible for regulation of safety
OSHA
and health in the work place
to assure safe/healthful working conditions by setting and enforc-
What is OSHA's mission? ing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and
assistance
-general industry
-construction
OSHA standards are divided into four groups
-Maritime
-Agriculture
True or False: OSHA has reduced workplace fatalities by 50
True
percent since it was founded.
True or False: less experienced workers have more accidents -
employees with less than 1 year experience are 40 percent more True
likely to be injured
a codification of all the rules/regulations of executive departments
Code of federal regulations CFR
and agencies of the US federal government
requires employers to protect workers from foreseeable hazards
General duty clause
not specified by other OSHA standards/rules
states that an employer must provide a working environment
which is free from recognized hazards that might cause death or
Public law 91-596 section 5 (a) part 1:
serious physical harm to employees: safety is responsibility of the
employer
states each employee shall comply with occupational safety and
health standards and all rules,regulations,and orders issues pur-
Public law 91-596 section 5 (b) part 2:
suant to this act which are applicable to his own actions and
conduct: safety is also the employee's responsibility
OSHA record keeping form 300 a work-related injury and illness record keeping form/log
a summary of the summary of the work-related injury and illness
OSHA record keeping form 300A
record keeping form/log
a form used to record information related to indi-vidual cases of
OSHA record keeping form 301
work-related injury or illness
maintain written records of exposure for 30 years and certain
medical records for the duration of an employee's employment
OSHA standard 1910.1020 requires employers to
plus 30 years as well as to notify affected employees of the
records' existence and availability.
An employee has the right to obtain which of the following? results of monitoring and testing
A formal document, providing workers and emergency personnel
with information about the properties, procedures, and first aid
Material safety data sheet MSDS
measures when working with and around hazardous materials is
called a(n)
True or False: safe work permits ensures that qualified individuals
True
are equipped for dangerous conditions
Which citation carries the highest penalty? willful violation

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