CHST Professional Ethics and Legal Responsibilities of Safety Professionals 2

Question 1

Under OSHA's multi-employer citation policy, a general contractor that has supervisory authority over site safety and can require subcontractors to correct hazards is classified as which type of employer?

Accepted Answer

Controlling employer

Answer

A controlling employer has general supervisory authority over the worksite, including the power to correct or require others to correct hazards.

Question 2

A subcontractor's workers are exposed to an unguarded floor opening created by another trade. The subcontractor did not create the hazard and lacks authority to fix it. What is its minimum obligation to avoid citation as an exposing employer?

Accepted Answer

Ask the creating or controlling employer to correct it, inform its workers, and take reasonable alternative protective measures

Answer

An exposing employer must make reasonable efforts to have the hazard corrected, warn its employees, and use feasible interim protections.

Question 3

Within how many hours must an employer report a work-related fatality to OSHA?

Accepted Answer

8 hours

Answer

29 CFR 1904.39 requires fatalities to be reported to OSHA within 8 hours of the employer learning of them.

Question 4

A CHST is asked by a project manager to backdate a fall protection training roster for an employee who was never trained. What is the ethically correct response?

Accepted Answer

Refuse, because falsifying records violates professional ethics and may be a federal crime

Answer

Knowingly falsifying OSHA-required records is prohibited by Section 17(g) of the OSH Act and violates the BCSP Code of Ethics.

Question 5

Which OSH Act provision is used to cite an employer for a recognized serious hazard when no specific OSHA standard applies?

Accepted Answer

Section 5(a)(1), the General Duty Clause

Answer

Section 5(a)(1) requires employers to keep the workplace free of recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

CHST - Construction Health and Safety Technician Practice Test

CHST - Construction Health and Safety Technician Practice Test

CHST Professional Ethics and Legal Responsibilities of Safety Professionals 2