Safety Professional's Reference and Study Guide Flashcards
Five Levels of Kirkpatrick’s Training Evaluation Method
- Reaction
- Learning
- Behavior
- Results
- Return on Investment
Occupational Safety and Health Act
(1970) Assure safe and healthful working conditions for working people
General Duty Clause
An employer shall furnish a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to its employees
Other-than-serious Violation
Violation that has a direct relationship to job safety and health but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm
Serious Violation
A violation where there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result
Willful Violation
A violation that the employer intentionally and knowingly commits or the employer is aware that a hazardous condition exists and makes no reasonable effort to eliminate it
Repeated Violation
A violation of any standard, regulation, rule, or order where, upon reinspection, a substantially similar violation is found and the original citation has become a final order
Failure to Abate Violation
Failure to correct a prior violation
29 CFR 1910.1200
Hazard Communication Standard
To ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are classified and that information concerning the classified hazards is transmitted to employers and employees
29 CFR 1910.1030
Blood-Born Pathogens Standard
Occupational exposures to blood or other potentially infectious materials present in the workplace
Blood-borne pathogens
Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and cause disease in humans (i.e., HBV, HIV)
How long should medical records be kept for employees?
Duration of employment plus 30 years
How long should training records be kept for employees?
3 years
29 CFR 1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy
Covers the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or start-up of the machines or equipment or the release of stored energy could cause injury to employees
Affected Employee
An employee whose job requires them to operate or use a machine or equipment on which servicing or maintenance is being performed under LOTO, or whose job requires them to work in an area in which such servicing or maintenance is being performed
Authorized Employee
A person who LOTO machines or equipment in order to perform maintenance or service
Energy-isolating Device
A mechanical device that physically prevents the transmission or release of energy
Hot Tap
A procedure used in the repairs, maintenance, and services activities that involves welding on a piece of equipment under pressure
Lockout
The placement of a lockout device on an energy-isolating device ensuring that the device and the equipment being controlled cannot be operated until the lockout device is removed
Lockout Device
A device that utilizes a positive means (lock, key or combination type) to hold an energy-isolation device in a safe position and prevent the energizing of a machine or equipment
Normal Production Operations
The utilization of a machine or equipment to perform its intended production function
Tagout
The placement of a tagout device on an energu-isolating device to indicate that the device and the equipment being controlled may not be operated until the tagout device is removed
Tagout Device
A prominent warning device (tag and means of attachment) which can be securely fastened to an energy-isolating device to indicate that the device and the equipment being controlled may not be operated until the tagout device is removed
How often should an inspection of the energy control procedure occur?
Annually
29 CFR 1910.146
Confined Space Entry Standard
Requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces
Acceptable Entry Conditions
Conditions that must exist in a permit space to allow entry and to ensure that employees involved with a permit-required confined space entry can safely enter into and work within the space
Attendant
An individual stationed outside one or more permit spaces who monitors the authorized entrants and who performs all attendant’s duties assign in the employers program
Authorized Entrant
An employee who is authorized by the employer to enter a permit space
Confined Space
A space that is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and performed assigned work, has limited or restricted means for entry or exit, and is not designed for continuous occupancy
Engulfment
The surrounding and effective capture of a person by a liquefied or finely divided solid substance that can be aspirated to cause death by filling or plugging the respiratory system or that can exert enough force on the body to cause death by strangulation, constriction or crushing
Entry Permit
The written or printed document that is provided by the employer to allow and control entry into a permit space and that contains the information required in the standard
Entry Supervisor
The person responsible for determining if acceptable entry conditions are present at a permit space where entry is planned, for authorizing entry and overseeing entry operations, and for terminating entry as required in the standard
Hazardous Atmosphere
An atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, impairment of ability to self-rescue, injury, or acute illness
Immediate Danger to Life and Health (IDLH)
Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life or that would cause irreversible adverse health effects or that would interfere with an individual’s ability to escape unaided from a permit space
Isolation
The process by which a permit space is removed from service and completely protected against the release of energy and material into the space
Oxygen-Deficient Atmosphere
An atmosphere containing less than 19.5% oxygen by volume