IHSA Workplace Health & Safety Regulations 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A worker in a confined space rescue scenario refuses to enter without proper atmospheric testing. Under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146, this worker is exercising which right?
- Right to refuse hazardous work under imminent danger provisions (Correct answer)
- Right to demand a raise for hazardous duty
- Right to file a grievance with the union only
- Right to transfer to another department
Correct answer: Right to refuse hazardous work under imminent danger provisions
OSHA regulations protect workers' right to refuse work when there is reasonable belief of imminent danger to life or health.
Question 2: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employer must provide a 'reasonable accommodation' unless it creates what?
- Any additional cost to the employer
- An undue hardship on the business (Correct answer)
- A change to existing job descriptions
- A need to hire additional staff
Correct answer: An undue hardship on the business
ADA requires reasonable accommodation unless it would impose an undue hardship, considering the employer's size and resources.
Question 3: OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) applies to facilities that use highly hazardous chemicals at or above what threshold?
- Any amount present on site
- Threshold quantities specified in the standard's Appendix A (Correct answer)
- More than 1,000 pounds of any chemical
- Any chemical listed on the EPA's toxic release inventory
Correct answer: Threshold quantities specified in the standard's Appendix A
PSM applies when a listed highly hazardous chemical is present at or above the threshold quantity in OSHA's Appendix A.
Question 4: Which federal agency, in partnership with OSHA, administers the Mine Safety and Health Act for underground and surface mines?
- EPA
- MSHA (Correct answer)
- NIOSH
- DOT
Correct answer: MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforces safety and health regulations in mining operations.
Question 5: Under OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134), before an employee is fit-tested for a respirator, they must first receive:
- A written job hazard analysis
- A medical evaluation to determine fitness for respirator use (Correct answer)
- A supervisor's written approval
- Completion of a 40-hour HAZWOPER course
Correct answer: A medical evaluation to determine fitness for respirator use
OSHA requires a medical evaluation before fit testing to ensure the worker can safely wear a respirator.
Question 6: The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals requires labels to include which of the following elements?
- Chemical price and supplier warranty
- Signal word, hazard statement, pictogram, and precautionary statement (Correct answer)
- Worker Social Security numbers for tracking exposure
- Only the trade name and NFPA diamond
Correct answer: Signal word, hazard statement, pictogram, and precautionary statement
GHS labels must include a signal word, hazard statement, precautionary statement, pictogram, and product/supplier information.
Question 7: Under OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy, which employer type is responsible for hazards it creates, even if its own employees are not exposed?
- Exposed employer
- Creating employer (Correct answer)
- Controlling employer
- Correcting employer
Correct answer: Creating employer
The 'creating employer' bears responsibility for hazards it generates on a multi-employer worksite regardless of whose workers are exposed.
IHSA Workplace Health & Safety Regulations 3
A worker in a confined space rescue scenario refuses to enter without proper atmospheric testing.
Under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146, this worker is exercising which right?