Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Comprehensive Flashcards

Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), which section of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contains information about first-aid measures?

Answer: Section 4

Section 4 of the GHS-aligned SDS covers first-aid measures for exposures via inhalation, skin, eyes, and ingestion.

A safety professional is calculating the Hazard Ratio (HR) for a chemical exposure. If the measured airborne concentration is 150 ppm and the OSHA PEL is 200 ppm, what is the HR?

Answer: 0.75

Hazard Ratio = exposure concentration / OEL = 150/200 = 0.75, indicating exposure is below the PEL.

Which hierarchy of controls level is considered MOST effective at reducing workplace hazards?

Answer: Elimination

Elimination physically removes the hazard from the workplace and is the most effective level of the hierarchy of controls.

The ANSI Z10 standard on Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems requires organizations to use which management model?

Answer: Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle

ANSI Z10 is structured around the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) continuous improvement cycle for OHSMS.

When conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), which step comes FIRST?

Answer: Select the job to be analyzed

The first step in a JHA is selecting the job to analyze, typically prioritizing high-risk, high-frequency, or incident-prone tasks.

Which OSHA standard requires employers to provide workers with the right to access their own exposure records and medical records?

Answer: 29 CFR 1910.1020

29 CFR 1910.1020 (Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records) gives workers the right to review their personal exposure and medical records.

In fault tree analysis (FTA), what does the symbol for an OR gate indicate?

Answer: Any one of the input events is sufficient to cause the output event

An OR gate in FTA means the top event occurs if ANY one of the input events occurs, representing parallel failure paths.