3.A: Chapter 3 Review Questions-Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
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1. The purpose of the Hazard Communication Standard was to ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported into this country be evaluated and that information regarding any health hazards be transmitted to employers and their employees.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
2. Name the three means that the Hazard Communication standard uses to get information about health hazards into the hands of employers and their employees.
a. ________
b. ________
c. ________
3. Employers shall develop, implement and maintain at each workplace, a written Hazard Communication Program consisting of which of the following elements:
a. ________ Labels and other forms of warning.
b. ________ Safety Data Sheets.
c. ________ Employee training and information.
d. ________ List of known hazardous chemicals at the workplace.
e. ________ Methods used to inform employees of hazards.
f. ________ All of the above.
4. OSHA requires that employers provide employees with effective training on the hazardous chemicals in their workplaces within 6 months of their initial assignment, and whenever new hazardous materials are introduced into the workplace.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
5. The chemical manufacturer, importer, or distributor must ensure that each hazardous chemical is labeled, tagged or marked with which of the following before it enters the workplace:
a. ________ Identity of the hazardous chemical.
b. ________ Appropriate hazardous warnings.
c. ________ Name and address of chemical manufacturer importer or other responsible party.
d. ________ All of the above.
6. For portable containers which are used to transfer hazardous chemicals from one labeled container to the point of use, the containers need not be labeled.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
7. Chemical manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemicals must develop an SDS for each hazardous chemical they produce or import into this country.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
8. The employer must maintain in the workplace SDSs for each of the hazardous chemicals on site. SDSs must be ________ during each work shift, to employees when they are in their work area.
9. If employees are required to travel between workplaces during a shift, SDSs are permitted to be kept at the primary workplace facility.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
10. Among other items, the training for hazard communication requires that all employees be trained in the physical & health hazards associated with the chemicals in their work areas.
a. ________ True b. ________ False
11. List the primary elements and order the Hierarchy of Controls.