OSHA 1915

Question 1

who is responsible for compliance with 29 cfr 1915 regulations?

Answer 1

the employer

Question 2

applicability of 1915?

Answer 2

All ship repair, ship building and ship breaking employments and related employments

Question 3

who is responsible for the competent person?

Answer 3

the employer

Question 4

define ship repair

Answer 4

any repair of the vessel such as alterations, conversions, installations, cleaning , painting and maintenance

Question 5

define hazardous substance

Answer 5

substance that is explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritant or otherwise harmful and likely to cause injury

Question 6

define competent person

Answer 6

a person designated by the employer to recognize and evaluate employee exposure and unsafe conditions and able to initiate precautions to ensure safety.

Question 7

define hot work from subpart A

Answer 7

riveting, welding, burning , or other fire or spark producing operations

Question 8

define cold work

Answer 8

any work that is not hot work

Question 9

Rules for designation of competent person site and describe the rules

Answer 9

1915. 7(b)
1916. one or more must be designated unless subparts B, C, D and H are always carried out by marine chemist.
1917. exception, the employer may designate any person who meets applicable portions of “criteria for CP” in certain situations

Question 10

Under what situations is a Competent Person not required to meet all the criteria in 1915.7(c)

Answer 10

1. repair work on small boats where the combustible gas indicator tests are only required for fuel tank leaks or flammable paints below deck
2. building of wood vessels where precautions for using flammable paints is only required
3. ship breaking where there is no fuel or oil or flammable hazard
4. tests and inspections performed to comply with 1915.35(b)(8) painting: inspection of cables, no connections within 50ft, not overloaded and suspended with no stress & 1915.36(a)(5) flammable liquids: liquid solvents, paint, preservative coatings, highly volatile and flammable , see previous.

Question 11

what knowledge shall the competent person have?

Answer 11

1. ability to understand and carry out any written or oral instructions left by the marine chemist, cg auth. person, or CIH
2. knowledge of subparts b,c,d and H and be able to perform all test and inspections required
3. knowledge of structures, locations, and space designations
4. ability to calibrate test equipment and interpret results
5. ability to determine the need for further testing by the marine chemist, cg auth. person, or CIH
6. able to maintain records

Question 12

What shall be recorded by competent person?

Answer 12

location, time, date, location of inspected spaces, operations performed, test results and any instructions

Question 13

where are records by competent person to be located

Answer 13

posted in immediate vicinity of affected operations while work is in progress

Question 14

how long are CP records kept?

Answer 14

3 months from the completion date of the specific job

Question 15

define dangerous atmosphere

Answer 15

an atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, injury, acute illness , inability to self rescue

Question 16

define enter with restrictions

Answer 16

a space where entry is only permitted if engineering controls, ppe, or time is specified

Question 17

define hot work from subpart B

Answer 17

any activity involving riveting, welding, burning, the use of powder actuating tools or similar fire producing operations.

Grinding, drilling, abrasive blasting or similar spark producing ops are hot work EXCEPT when such operations are isolated physically from any atmosphere containing more than 10% of LEL of a flammable or combustible substance .

Question 18

define IDLH

Answer 18

atmosphere that poses immediate threat to life or may result in acute or immediate severe health effects

Question 19

define inerted atmosphere

Answer 19

1. oxygen in space maintained at a level equal to or less than 8.0% or 50% of amount required to support combustion , whichever is less
2. space is flooded with water and head space is less than 10% lel

Question 20

define lel

Answer 20

it’s the minimum concentration of vapor in air below which propagation of a flame does not occur in the presence of an ignition source

Question 21

define oxygen deficient

Answer 21

less than 19.5%

Question 22

define oxygen enriched

Answer 22

22% or more oxygen

Question 23

OSHA safe for hot work

Answer 23

1. oxygen does not exceed 22%
2. flammable vapor concentration less than 10%
3. residues in space not capable of producing an atmosphere exceeding the oxygen or lel previously stated , under current conditions , in presence of hot work .
4. adjacent spaces: cleaned, inerted or treated sufficiently to prevent the spread of fire