CAL OSHA Chapter 2 Flashcards
CAL OSHA is governed by who?
Occupational safety & health standards board. 7 members appointed by the governor. Board is within the Department of Industrial Relations.
Division of Occupational Safety & Health
DOSH is run by the occupational safety and health standards board to carry out duties. Dosh publishes booklets covering min safety orders of the construction field. Dosh can investigate the cause of any injuries or deaths which occur in the state. they an enter any place of employment may subpoena witnesses and take testimony.
Tool Box Safety Meetings happen when?
supervisors hold meetings once every 10 working days. management must have monthly meetings.
When Dosh receives a complaint about an unsafe work environment how long does it have to investigate ?
asap but no later than 3 working days after receipt of a complaint. Non serious must be investigated no later than 14 calendar days after complaint is reported.
Labor Statistics Research
Every employer, insurance company/ doctor attending an injured employee has to file to LSR, serious injury illness or death shall be made immediately by the employer to DOSH by telephone or telegraph.
If an employee is laid off or discharged for refusing to work under violation of the safety code or safety order.
the employee may take action to claim wages for the time he is laid off or discharged because he refused to work. employee must notify his employer that he is going to make a claim with the labor commissioner within 30 days after being laid off/ discharged.
building definition
any multifloor building other than a structural steel framed building, more than two tories high in the course of construction.
Flooring facts for 13 ft and 16ft
If the span of the floor exceeds 13ft and intermediate beam is used to support the temp flooring.
Spans not to exceed 16 ft may be covered by 3 inch planks without a beam.
planked floors exceeding 25 ft
there shall be provided intermediate flooring or safety nets which are not to exceed 30 ft below a floor where work is being done
True or False
Men working below riveting gangs shall at all times be protected from falling objects by having a planked floor between them and riveting gangs.
TRUE
planked floors shall hold how much weight per sqft
25lbs
All flooring and roof openings shall be covered or guardrailed. violation of this section is a ?
Misdemeanor
Scaffolding is more than 7 1/2 ft above the ground or floor its shall have ?
safety rail/ wood or other rigid material
TRUE or FALSE
Platforms or floors of such suspended scaffold shall not be less than 14 inch in width and shall be free from knots or cracks
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
The use of lean to scaffolds, aka Jack scaffolds as support for scaffolds, is a misdemeanor ?
TRUE
Pole Scaffolds
are the usual type used in construction of a building, the base of the upright poles rest on the ground and are not suspended. All wooded pole scaffolds over 60ft heigh must be designed by a licensed civil engineer.
Light Trade Scaffold
used by carpenters, lathers, shinglers, painters, plasterers, sheet metal works and other trades not using heavy tools. Platforms must be a min of 20 inch wide and max 10 ft long.
Heavy Trade Scaffold
used by bricklayers, stoe masons, stone cutters, concrete workers and other trades using heavy tools. platforms must be a min of 4 ft wide and max 7 ft long.
7 1/2 ft above the ground or floor you need what?
Railings
Horse Scaffolds
can be used in various sizes and heights but are limited to 10 ft in height. lumber used on this has to be selected lumber grade. Distance between horse supporting a platform must not exceed 10ft for light trades. 7 1/2 for heavy trades. for spans up to mac 10 ft planks no smaller than 2”x10”. planks shall overlap at all supports by at least 6 inch.