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HAZWOPER 40 - Lesson 1: Regulation Overview Latest 2023 Graded A+

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HAZWOPER 40 - Lesson 1: Regulation Overview Latest 2023 Graded A+ Who is NOT covered under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response section of OSHA? • A worker cleaning up hazardous waste sites • A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house • Anyone working with hazardous waste at TDS's • Someone responding to emergencies involving hazardous material releases ✔✔A family who is exposed to hazardous waste buried under their house When did hazardous waste legislation first start to go into effect? ✔✔1970s (October 21, 1976 - The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)) Which is NOT a source for OSHA standards? • Consensus standards • Propriety standards • Some federal worker protection laws • Work standard developed by the individual company ✔✔Work standard developed by the individual company What lists the general and permanent rules of federal agencies? • The Federal Register • The OSHA CD-ROM • The OSHA Manual • The Code of Federal Regulations ✔✔The Code of Federal Regulations The Hazard Communication Standard: • A. Is a broad general guideline suggesting how companies should handle chemicals • B. Was created in response to the need to protect workers from chemicals in the workplace • C. Requires employers to evaluate chemical hazards in their facilities and to communicate the hazard information to employees • D. B and C ✔✔D. B and C True how which one of these statements is NOT true? • OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration • The OSHA act resulted in the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA • Employers take all responsibility under the OSH Act • OSHA went into effect in 1971 ✔✔.. Which of the following is not an employer responsibility? • Cooperate with OSHA compliance officer • Post work-related injuries • Follow SOP's and where required PPE • Post OSHA poster in a prominent place ✔✔ The HazCom program must be written and available to employees. • True • False ✔✔True What sec. of OSHA covers hazardous waste operations and emergency response? • 49 CFR 1910. 120 • 29 CFR 1910.120 • 50 CFR 2020.13 • 17 CFR 1910.130 ✔✔29 CFR 1910.120 Which of the following is an employee right? • Be informed of your rights and responsibilities ✔✔ If OSHA considers a worksite response activity a "HAZWOPER Emergency Response" then employers and employees at the worksite performing emergency response must comply with: ✔✔HAZWOPER paragraph (q) and all other General Industry (1910) or Construction Industry (1926) standards The employer must try to eliminate the hazards to which employees are exposed by sequentially following these methods ✔✔Using engineering controls, following work practices, providing PPE A hazardous waste is____ toxic corrosive reactive all the above ✔✔All the above Risks to consider include but are not limited to: -exposures exceeding the permissible exposure limits and published exposure levels -explosion sensitivity and flammability ranges -oxygen deficiency -all the above ✔✔All the above Which of the following CFR are applicable the hazardous waste site work? -title 29 -title 40 -title 49 -all the above ✔✔All the above =

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