Walking-Working Surfaces Safety Training
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1. Hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces are responsible for many walking and working surface accidents.
Do your part to keep walking and working surfaces in your work area and throughout the workplace neat, orderly, and safe.
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2. To save time, it's a good idea to take shortcuts through areas not normally meant for foot traffic instead of using marked walkways.
Always used marked, permanent walkways. Don’t take shortcuts.
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3. Ladders should be inspected before each use.
Don’t use defective ladders. Take them out of service immediately, and report them so that they can be repaired or replaced.
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4. For safety, you need to use the railing only going down stairs.
Use the railing going upstairs and downstairs. You could trip and fall going up, too.
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5. What should you do if you can't eliminate a walking-working surface hazard by yourself?
Report any walking-working surface hazards you can’t safely correct yourself
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6. If you didn't cause clutter or spills on the floor, you have no responsibility for correcting the hazard.
Whether or not you caused a spill or left items lying around to be tripped over, anytime you see a walking-working surface hazard, you are responsible for correcting or reporting it. This applies to anywhere in the facility, not just your work area.
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7. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specific regulations that address walking-working surfaces.
OSHA has standards (29 CFR 1910 Subpart D) that detail safety requirements for walking-working surfaces in general industry workplaces.
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8. Common walking-working surface hazards include:
Clutter and spills on floors are common walking-working surface hazards, as are defective ladders, damaged or wet floors, cords or hoses across walkways, and poorly lit aisles and stairways.
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9. Accidents caused by walking-working surface hazards are rare in most workplaces.
Walking-Working surface hazards are among the most common accidents and cause many deaths a year.
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10. When a ladder is placed into position, ladder rungs, steps, and cleats must each meet all of the following criteria, EXCEPT ______.
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11. Good prevention practices against slips, trips & falls are:
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12. Three housekeeping practices that will help prevent slips, trips, & falls are:
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13. A standard railing consists of a top rail approximately ______ inches high, and intermediate rail, and posts.
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14. What should be the first step in reducing trips and falls in any workplace?
Proper housekeeping in office locations, on construction sites, and fixed work facilities is essential to prevent fires as well as injuries resulting from slips, trips and falls. All employees are responsible for ensuring that their work areas are clean and free from hazards.
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15. With a few exceptions, every open-sided floor or platform ______ feet or more above the adjacent level must be guarded by a standard railing.
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16. Did you watch the YouTube video titled " Walking & Working Surfaces”" prior to taking this quiz?
You must view the YouTube video titled "Walking & Working Surfaces" prior to receiving your certification (even if you received a passing score on this quiz).
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17. For safety, you need to use the railing only going down stairs.
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18. If you didn't cause clutter or spills on the floor, you have no responsibility for correcting the hazard.
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19. Which of the following is true of scaffolds?
An access ladder, overhead protection and keeping tools organized are all safety precautions that should be taken each time you access a scaffold.
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20. Why are toe boards required in addition to guardrails in many industrial situations?
The purpose of toe boards is to prevent objects, tools, and equipment from falling over an edge of a roof or platform. Toe boards also help protect workers from falling off elevated walking-working surfaces.
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21. Slips happen on surfaces that are slippery and is increased by these factors:
All places of the workplace, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are to be kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
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22. The most common causes for slips, trips & falls are:
Proper housekeeping in work and walking areas can contribute to safety and the prevention of falls. It is important to maintain a safe working environment and walking surface free of obstacles.
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23. Which type of ladder is a conductor electricity?
When working with electricity, electrical circuit or equipment, or near electric lines, ladder safety should be observed. Metal ladders should never be used when dealing with electricity. Always choose a nonconductive ladder made of wood or fiberglass.
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24. Scraps of paper, cardboard or discarded packing material can all cause you to slip and fall.
Incidents involving slips, trips, and falls can frequently result in serious disabling injuries. Always practice good housekeeping. Don’t leave loose objects on walking working surfaces. Never leave water or oil spills unattended. If they can't be cleaned up immediately, set up a barrier so that people know about the hazard.
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25. Regardless of the type of scaffold you're working on, you must use..........
The leading cause of worker fatalities in construction work is from falls. In addition to the over 100 deaths per year caused by falls thousands more construction workers are injured each year by them, according to OSHA statistics.
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26. It is okay to carry something while climbing a ladder?
Don’t carry tools, equipment, or material in your hands while climbing. Use a tool belt for small tools and a hoist line or gin wheel for lifting and lowering larger items. To use ladders safely, always maintain three points of contact. That means two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand on the ladder at all times.
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