Welding Safety Flashcards
The time you spend learning & practicing _______ can save your life and the lives of others.
Safety procedures
In construction, keeping your work area clean and free of scraps or spills is referred to as______
Housekeeping
The federal agency whose mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America’s workers is the _______
Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)
A _________ inspection is conducted after an accident that requires hospitalization of three or more workers
Catastrophe
______________ must be reported to your supervisor.
All injuries, accidents, and incidents
The four leading causes of death in the construction industry include electrical accidents, struck by accident, caught in or caught between accidents and _______.
Falls
The process of hazard recognition, evaluation, and control is the foundation of an effective _______ program.
Safety
People should not be able to get past _______ barricades.
Protective
_______ are PPE used to prevent falls and protect workers to do fall.
Personal fall arrest system is
Metal ladders should not be used near ________.
Electrical equipment
If you lean a straight ladder against the top of a 16 foot wall, the base of the ladder should be _______ feet away from the base of the wall.
Four
On construction sites where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment or personal hoist is provided, _______ may be used.
Scaffolds
OSHA Construction standards require _________ foot candles of light in stairways.
5
The two basic types of scaffolds are ________.
Manufactured and rolling scaffold
The most common cause of death for equipment operators is _______.
Equipment rollover
To reduce the risks of workers being hurt or killed by falling materials, do not stack materials higher than a _________ height to base ratio.
4:1
A ____ is an ______ That is deeper than it is wide, and usually not wider than 15 feet.
Trench; excavation
Most cave-ins occur in trenches 5 to _______ feet deep and happen suddenly with little or no warning.
15
In every trench over 4 feet deep, there must be an exit every_________.
25 feet
Observing proper safety precautions when working with and around electrical current is important because the human body ______.
Can conduct an electrical current.
The minimum safe working distance from exposed electrical conductors _________.
Depends on the voltage.
What provides the best eye protection?
Safety goggles
The best shoes to wear on a construction site _______-approved.
ANSI
A ______ Has its own clean air supply.
Self-contained breathing apparatus
HazCom classifies all paint, concrete, and wood dust as ______ materials.
Hazardous
Under HazCom, if you spot a hazard on your job site you must ______.
Report it to your supervisor
Routes of exposure to hazardous material includes inhalation, ingestion and ______
Absorption
Work that is performed near a hazard but no direct contact with it is called _________.
Proximity
A confined space _________.
Has a limited amount of ventilation.
___________ must be present in the same place at the same time for a fire to occur.
Oxygen, heat, and fuel
