Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Comprehensive Flashcards
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The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established which fundamental worker right regarding workplace safety?
Answer: The right to a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm
The General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1)) of the OSH Act requires employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
In a quantitative risk assessment, 'risk' is most accurately defined as:
Answer: The product of the probability of an event and the magnitude of its consequences
Risk = Probability × Consequence; it combines the likelihood of an event with the severity of its outcomes to produce a quantitative risk measure.
Which ANSI standard governs the design, testing, and use of industrial safety helmets (hard hats)?
Answer: ANSI Z89.1
ANSI/ISEA Z89.1 covers requirements for industrial head protection, including Type I and Type II hard hats with Class E, G, and C electrical ratings.
A confined space is classified as a 'permit-required confined space' (PRCS) under OSHA 1910.146 when it:
Answer: Contains or has the potential to contain a serious safety or health hazard
A PRCS is any confined space that contains or has the potential to contain a serious safety or health hazard (atmospheric, engulfment, entrapment, or other recognized hazard).
Which leading indicator would be MOST useful for proactively measuring safety management system effectiveness?
Answer: Percentage of safety observations completed versus planned
Completion rate of planned safety observations is a leading indicator measuring safety activity before incidents occur, unlike TRIR, DART, and workers' comp costs which are lagging indicators.
Under OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134), what is required BEFORE an employee is fit-tested for a tight-fitting respirator?
Answer: Medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use the respirator
OSHA 1910.134 requires a medical evaluation (typically via OSHA's medical questionnaire) before fit testing or use of a tight-fitting respirator to ensure the worker can safely wear it.
The 'bow-tie' risk analysis method visually represents:
Answer: Hazard sources on the left (threats), the top event at center, and consequences on the right with controls on both sides
The bow-tie diagram places the critical event (top event) at center, threat/cause pathways on the left with prevention barriers, and consequence pathways on the right with recovery/mitigation controls.