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| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
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| 1910.12 | Hazard Communication Standard | ||||
| 1910.145 | Permit Required Confined Spaces | ||||
| 1910.147 | Control of Hazardous Energy | ||||
| 1910.151 | Subpart K Medical Services and First Aid | ||||
| 1910.38 | Emergency Action Plans | ||||
| 1910.39 | Fire Prevention Plans | ||||
| 1926.21 | Safety Training and Education | ||||
| 1926.23 | First aid and medical attention | ||||
| 1926.24 | Fire protection and prevention | ||||
| 1926.25 | Housekeeping | ||||
| 1926.26 | Illumination | ||||
| 1926.27 | Sanitation | ||||
| 1926.28 | Personal Protective Equipment | ||||
| 1926 Subpart K | Electrical | ||||
| 1910 Subpart M | Compressed Gas and Compressed Air Equipment | ||||
| 1910 Subpart D | Walking-Working Surfaces | ||||
| 1910 Subpart E | Exit Routes and Emergency Planning | ||||
| 1910 Subpart F | Powered Platforms, Man lifts, Vehicle-Mounted Work Platforms | ||||
| 1910 Subpart H | Hazardous Materials | ||||
| 1910 Subpart I | Personal Protective Equipment | ||||
| 1910 Subpart O | Machinery and Machine Guarding | ||||
| 1910 Subpart S | Electrical | ||||
| 1910 Subpart Z | Toxic and Hazardous Substances | ||||
| 1910.1020 | Access to employee exposure and medical records | ||||
| 1910.1030 | Bloodborne Pathogens | ||||
| 1910 Subpart N | Materials Handling and Storage | ||||
| 1926 Subpart AA | Confined Spaces | ||||
| 1926 Subpart CC | Cranes and Derricks in Construction | ||||
| 1926 Subpart E | Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment | ||||
| 1926 Subpart F | Fire Prevention and Protection | ||||
| 1926 Subpart F | Fire Protection and Prevention | ||||
| 1926 Subpart G | Signs, Signals, Barricades | ||||
| 1926 Subpart H | Materials Handling Storage, Use, and Disposal | ||||
| 1926 Subpart I | Hand and Power Tools | ||||
| 1926 Subpart J | Welding and Cutting | ||||
| 1926 Subpart N | Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors | ||||
| 1926 Subpart O | Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, Marine Operations | ||||
| 1926 Subpart P | Excavations | ||||
| 1926 Subpart X | Stairways and Ladders | ||||
| 1926.417 Subpart K | Lockout and Tagout of Circuits | ||||
| 1926.50 | Subpart D Medical Services and First Aid | ||||
| 29CFR1910 | OSHA Standards for General Industry | ||||
| 29CFR1926 | OSHA Standards for Construction | ||||
| Accident | An unexpected undesirable event | ||||
| AEGCP | Assured equipment grounding conductor program | ||||
| Anchorage | a structural support and attachment point anchored or attached to a building support designed to carry the weight or force of at least 5000lbs when a PFA latch/hook is attached to it. | ||||
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | ||||
| ANSI | Organization that works to ensure the safety and health of consumers, workers, and the protection of the environment while strengthening the position of the US within the global economy. | ||||
| Approach Distance | the minimum distance that a person and the longest conductive object he or she may contact cannot come in contact with | ||||
| Approved | listed and certified by a national recognized testing laboratory | ||||
| Arc | a continuous electrical discharge, while the similar electric spark discharge is momentary | ||||
| Arc Flash | Eye damage resulting from unprotected exposure of the eyes to the arc. | ||||
| Arrest | to check the course of; stop; slow down: | ||||
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | ||||
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials | ||||
| Attendant | the employee who stands by, at the entrance to the confined space, while an entrant is inside | ||||
| Authorized Person | a person authorized by an employer to perform a duty or function | ||||
| Banding | material(rope, plastic, steel) or tool used to strap or band materials together or fasten materials or equipment | ||||
| Biological Hazards | organisms or the products of organisms (e.g., tissue, blood, feces) that harm human health | ||||
| Bloodborne Pathogens | infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans | ||||
| Bulldozer | a large, motorized machine that travels on continuous tracks or large tires and is equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction or conversion work | ||||
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control | ||||
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | ||||
| Chemical Burns | Injury causes by solvents (parts cleaners), battery acid, and various other corrosive shop substances | ||||
| Chemical Hazards | hazards cause harm to human tissue or interfere with normal physiological functioning when they enter our bodies | ||||
| Classroom | usually an office-like area in a school or large repair facility, where students or mechanics can meet to increase their knowledge of auto service and repair | ||||
| Clearance | minimum safe distance | ||||
| Codify | arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code | ||||
| Cohesive | exhibiting or producing cohesion or coherence, sticking or stuck together, close together | ||||
| Combustible | able to catch fire and burn easily | ||||
| Communication | a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior | ||||
| Compliance | the action or fact of complying with a wish or command | ||||
| Compressed gas | A gas or mixture of gases having, in a container, an absolute pressure exceeding 40 psi at 70 deg. ... A gas or mixture of gases having, in a container, an absolute pressure exceeding 104 psi at 130 deg | ||||
| Confined Spaces | a space with limited entry and egress and not suitable for human inhabitants | ||||
| Consensus | an opinion that all members of a group agree with; all agree | ||||
| Controlled Access Zone | an area in which certain work, such as overhead bricklaying, may take place without the use of a guardrail system, personal fall arrest system or safety net system. The access to the area where the work is performed is strictly controlled. | ||||
| Controls | to direct the behavior of (a person or animal): to direct the actions or function of (something): to cause (something) to act or function in a certain way | ||||
| Coupling | a device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent parts or objects | ||||
| Cribbed | to line or support with a framework of timber; to confine or cramp | ||||
| Cross-Bracing | two tubular structures fastened in an X shape or diagonal position with opposite endpoints use to provide structural support | ||||
| Decelerate | reduce or cause to reduce in speed | ||||
| Designated Person | a person designated by an employer to perform a specific duty or function | ||||
| Double Cleated Ladder | a ladder similar in construction to a single-cleat ladder, but with a center rail to allow simultaneous two-way traffic for employees ascending or descending. | ||||
| Dump Body | part of a truck for loading materials such as dirt and debris that can be hydraulically raised to dump out the material | ||||
| Electrical Fire | can result when a "hot wire" (wire carrying current to component) touches ground (vehicle frame or body) | ||||
| Electrical Shock | An electric current passing through parts of your body, causing injury or death | ||||
| Emergency | a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment | ||||
| Endemic | (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. | ||||
| End Loader | heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery | ||||
| Engulfment | To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing | ||||
| Entrant | the employee who is permitted to enter the permit-required confined space | ||||
| Entrapment | the condition of being entrapped; the action or process of entrapping | ||||
| Exhaust Gas | The most common cause of toxic poison in an auto shop produced by an automobile engine | ||||
| Explosion | The rapid, almost instant, combustion of a material that causes a powerful shock waveto travel through the shop | ||||
| Explosive | any substance or device that can be made to produce a volume of rapidly expanding gas in an extremely brief period | ||||
| Extinguisher | an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. It is not intended for use on an out-of-control fire | ||||
| Fall Positioning Device | A system which utilize a body belt or body harness rigged in a manner which permits the employee to be supported on an elevated vertical surface, such as a wall, and work with both hands free. | ||||
| Fire Watch | Person who carefully watches for fires that may start in the area where the welding or cutting is done. | ||||
| Fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting | ||||
| Flagmen | a person(s) who gives signals with a flag, especially on railroad lines or during road construction | ||||
| Flammable | capable of being easily ignited and of burning quickly | ||||
| Formwork | The total system of support for freshly placed or partially cured concrete, including the mold or sheeting (form) that is in contact with the concrete as well as all supporting members including shores, reshores hardware, braces, and related hardware. | ||||
| Fuel Gas | any one of a number of fuels that under ordinary conditions are gaseous,many fuel gases are composed of hydrocarbons (such as methane or propane), hydrogen, carbon monoxide | ||||
| Fumes | Particles suspended in air, often produced by high heat. | ||||
| Gauge | the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure. | ||||
| Guard | a device worn or fitted to prevent injury or damage, a device used to separate an operator from the point of operation, energy transmission | ||||
| Guardrail | a rail that prevents people from falling off or being hit by something | ||||
| Hazardous Energy | energy sources like electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal or other sources found in machines and equipment that can be hazardous to workers | ||||
| Hazardous Materials | Waste material that poses great danger to the environment and to public health. | ||||
| Hazards | a source of danger: health risk | ||||
| Hot Work Permit | a special permit needed to allow hot work such as welding, grinding, etc in a confined space | ||||
| Housekeeping | Cleaning and organizing the work area. | ||||
| Hydraulic | denoting, relating to, or operated by a liquid moving in a confined space under pressure | ||||
| IIPP | Injury and Illness Prevention Plan | ||||
| Impalement | is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso | ||||
| Industrial Hygiene | a science concerned with the protection and improvement of the health and well being of workers in their vocational environment | ||||
| Key Block | device that blocks access to key or unlocking device | ||||
| Leading Edge | Where employees are constructing a leading edge six feet or more above lower levels. | ||||
| Limited Access Zone | An area alongside a masonry wall, which is under construction, and which is clearly demarcated to limit access by employees. | ||||
| Listed | Tested and approved by a NRTL | ||||
| Manifold | a system of headers and branched piping that can be used to gather or distribute fluids or gases | ||||
| Midrail | middle rail of a guardrail system, typically 18-19 inches high | ||||
| Mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful. | ||||
| Negative pressure-air purifying respirators | Respirators that remove dust and other airborne particles by drawing the contaminated air through a filter or cartridge in the respirator. These respirators may not filter out toxic fumes | ||||
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association | ||||
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | ||||
| Non-hazardous waste | Waste materials that can be disposed of through normal channels of collecting, transporting, and processing according to local, state, and federal regulations. | ||||
| NRTL | Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory | ||||
| Oily Rags | Soiled rags which should be stored in an approved safety can. | ||||
| Operable | able to be used | ||||
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | ||||
| Outside Work Area | adjacent to the garage overhead doors. In good weather, this area can be used for auto repairs | ||||
| Pan Stairs | a staircase has treads that are like a pan or dish that will receive cement fill | ||||
| PFA | A system which consists of an anchorage connectors, body belt, or body harness, and may include a lanyard deceleration device, lifeline, or combination of the above, used by an employee to arrest falls. | ||||
| Physical Hazards | the most widely recognized hazards and include contact with equipment or other objects, working at heights, and slipping | ||||
| Physical Injuries | Cuts, broken bones, strained backs | ||||
| Physiological Hazards | 'how" the body is used when it is performing work, activity, or task and the 'way' the work is done that results in soft tissue musculoskeletal disorders | ||||
| Platform | a level usually raised surface | ||||
| Pneumatic | containing or operated by air or gas under pressure | ||||
| Positive pressure respirators | Respirators that provide a clean flow of breathing air from a compressor or purifier. This positive flow of air travels through a hose into the welder's helmet. | ||||
| Potable | safe to drink; drinkable | ||||
| Powder Actuated | using a small, controlled explosion to drive a nail, stud, fastener | ||||
| Pre-Cast Concrete | Concrete members (such as walls, panels, slabs, columns, and beams), which have been formed, cast, and cured prior to final placement in a structure. | ||||
| Principled | acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong | ||||
| Programmatic | of the nature of or according to a program, schedule, or method | ||||
| Proof Test | a form of stress test to demonstrate the fitness of a load-bearing structure | ||||
| Proprietary | relating to an owner or ownership; content is owned;one that possesses, owns, or holds exclusive right to something | ||||
| Pyscho-Social Hazards | the social and psychological factors that negatively affect worker health and safety | ||||
| Qualified | demonstrated competency through education, training, acquired skill, certification of aforementioned | ||||
| Registered Professional Engineer | an engineer licensed to perform engineering design and services and registered with a certifying agency such as the state. | ||||
| Regulatory | serving or intended to regulate something | ||||
| Repair Area | includes any location in the shop where repair operations are performed, such as the shop stall, lift, alignment rack, and outside work area | ||||
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Act passed in 1976 in the United States to provide federal regulations for the proper and legal storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste. | ||||
| Respirable | able to be breathed in | ||||
| Respirator | Should be worn when working around any airborne impurities; must be worn when catalyzed paint products are applied in the shop | ||||
| Rigging | the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to move objects. ... it is the equipment such as wire rope, turnbuckles, clevis, jacks used with cranes and other lifting equipment in material handling and structure relocation | ||||
| Rigging | rigging lifting equipment made of cable, chain, rope or webbing | ||||
| Rung | a horizontal support on a ladder for a person's foot. | ||||
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | ||||
| Safety Inspection | Inspection of a welding station or welding area to detect damage to equipment or other unsafe conditions. | ||||
| Safety Related | pertaining to safe work practices necessary for keeping electrical workers safe | ||||
| SDS | Document that provides crucial information about a chemical or substance used in the workplace. | ||||
| Self-locking fastener | a device held in place by means of a serrated clinching ring, knurl, ribs, or hex head which prevents the fastener from turning in the host material, effectively locking it so that it can't be removed | ||||
| Shoring | the act of bracing or placing a supporting member that resists a compressive force imposed by a load; Shoring is a support system that utilizes a structure such as metal, hydraulic, mechanical or timber shoring system that supports the sides of an trench | ||||
| Shoring | the act of placing a supporting member that resists a compressive force imposed by a load | ||||
| Silica | silica is a common mineral found in the earth's crust. Materials like sand, stone, concrete, and mortar contain crystalline silica. | ||||
| Stall Area | is a small work area where a vehiclecan be parked for repairs | ||||
| Standards | an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations; a rule or rules | ||||
| Step Bolt | literally used as steps on steel communication and electrical transmission towers | ||||
| Stewardship | the job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property | ||||
| Strategy | a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim | ||||
| Subparts | smaller sections of the standards covering specific topics | ||||
| Surface Encumbrance | anything that is located on the ground in the area of the excavation that may get in the way or create a hazard for those working in the excavation or trench | ||||
| Surveillance | the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing | ||||
| Suspension | the system of devices (such as springs, couplings) supporting the upper part of a structure | ||||
| Sustainable | able to be maintained at a certain rate or level | ||||
| Synthetic | material, such as nylon or polyester | ||||
| Tag Line | a rope attached to a load during a lifting operation to allow a rigger to control swinging and/or rotation of a suspended load. | ||||
| Tetrahedron | known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertex corners | ||||
| Travel Restraint System | an assembly of components designed to prevent the employee from reaching an unguarded edge | ||||
| Tool Room | a shop area where larger pieces of repair equipment are stored;used to store shop tools, small equipment, and supplies, such as nuts, bolts, and oil. It is normally located adjacent to (next to) the repair area or classroom | ||||
| Unconfined Compressive Strength | the maximum axial compressive stress that a right-cylindrical sample of material can withstand under unconfined conditions | ||||
| Vector | an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism | ||||
| Wedge | a piece of wood, metal, or some other material having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them |