Safety Trained Supervisor Safety Trained Supervisor MCQ 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under OSHA's General Duty Clause, employers are required to provide a workplace free from:
- All possible risks
- Recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm (Correct answer)
- Any condition employees find uncomfortable
- Hazards listed only in specific OSHA standards
Correct answer: Recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm
The General Duty Clause requires employers to eliminate recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
Question 2: A Safety Trained Supervisor discovers a worker bypassing a machine guard. The FIRST action should be to:
- Document the violation and report at the next safety meeting
- Immediately stop the unsafe act and correct the behavior (Correct answer)
- Contact OSHA before taking any action
- Retrain the entire crew on machine guarding
Correct answer: Immediately stop the unsafe act and correct the behavior
An STS must immediately intervene to stop any unsafe act before addressing documentation or broader corrective actions.
Question 3: Which method of hazard control is considered MOST effective according to the hierarchy of controls?
- Personal protective equipment
- Administrative controls
- Engineering controls
- Elimination of the hazard (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Elimination of the hazard
Elimination removes the hazard entirely and is the most effective control at the top of the hierarchy.
Question 4: Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures are primarily designed to protect workers from:
- Slips and falls during maintenance
- Unexpected energization or release of stored energy (Correct answer)
- Chemical spills during equipment cleaning
- Ergonomic injuries from repetitive tasks
Correct answer: Unexpected energization or release of stored energy
LOTO procedures control hazardous energy — electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic — to prevent unexpected startup during servicing.
Question 5: An employee reports a near-miss incident. A safety-focused supervisor should:
- Dismiss it since no one was hurt
- Investigate it with the same rigor as an actual injury (Correct answer)
- Only log it if it involved a tool or machine
- Report it only if it recurs within 30 days
Correct answer: Investigate it with the same rigor as an actual injury
Near-misses are leading indicators of future accidents and must be thoroughly investigated to prevent actual injuries.
Question 6: Which type of workplace inspection is unannounced and conducted by OSHA in response to a reported hazard?
- Programmed inspection
- Complaint inspection (Correct answer)
- Follow-up inspection
- Unprompted audit
Correct answer: Complaint inspection
OSHA's complaint inspections are triggered by formal complaints from workers or their representatives about specific hazards.
Question 7: When conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), the process begins by:
- Selecting appropriate PPE for the job
- Breaking the job into its basic steps (Correct answer)
- Identifying all regulatory requirements
- Training workers on correct procedures
Correct answer: Breaking the job into its basic steps
A JHA starts by listing each sequential step of the job before hazards can be identified and controls assigned.
Safety Trained Supervisor Safety Trained Supervisor MCQ 2
Under OSHA's General Duty Clause, employers are required to provide a workplace free from: