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Whats the purpose of regulating hazardous materials transportation

Protect against the risks to life, property, and the environment that are inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in interstate, and foreign commerce.

Who is subjected to the regulation of hazardous materials law

When transporting in commerce, when offering the material for transpiration, whoever is involved in producing hazmat packaging, whoever prepares or accepts shipments, whoever is responsible for hazmat safety.

What is HIMIS and what does it stand far

A hazardous materials information system, its a color and number system used to signal degree of health hazard, flammability, and reactivity

NFPA 704 Hazard id system is what

Identifies the degree of severity of the health, flammability, and reactivity hazards of materials. Numbers range from 0-4

What do the numbers and colors mean

Blue is health, red is flame, yellow is stability, white is special

As you go up in the number the more scary it is

What are the classes and numbers associated with them

1 is explosives, 2 is gases, 3 is flammable liquids, 4 is flammable solids, 5 is oxidizers, 6 is poisons, 7 is radioactive, 8 is corrosives, 9 is miscellaneous.

What does the duty clause state?

It says that employers must find and correct any health or safety hazards even if they aren’t covered under any existing OSHA standard/law. If you don’t then you could get big fines or worse

Give examples of a few workplace hazards that your employer needs to look out for

Places where you could get amputations, concussions, crushing bones, burns, cancer ect.

What are things that usually get cited under general duty clause

extreme temps, workplace violence, ergonomics, combustible dust in locations, equipment safety

What needs to happen when commercial vehicles are parked

Two wheel chocks must be used to prevent the vehicle from rolling.

when to use chocks and where to place them

Chocks must be used at all times when loading or unloading trucks and tailers.

When parked on incline one placed on drivers side and other on passenger. when downhill do it on the side of the rear wheels

normal is one places on each side of front wheels

when at a dock place on on wheel wheel

Where are safety cones placed

Establish a circle of safety around the vehicle

As a driver what are you required to inspect before and after driving?

The exterior, the engine compartment, outside of the cab, inside of the cab, and all required documents

Why is it important to inspect your vehicle (3/4 reasons)

to make sure it can be safely operated and to protect others incase your vehicle is dangerous. If equipment is bad you can catch it before the problem gets worse.

Making sure cargo is properly loaded and safe.

In order to avoid violations

What does DVIR stand for

Driver vehicle inspection reports

What are the 3 possible outcomes when doing an insecption

The vehicle is fine, no defects

There are defects but the car is still safe to drive

Defects have been identified and the problems must be fixed before using

All chemicals must be delivered to the customer in what? and what must the shipping papers have on them

their original packaging. shipping papers have to have correct hazardous material information listed

What is the driver responsible for when related to hazardous material?

making sure the information listed is correct and complete, that the hazard class matches the original packaging. THEY MUST sign paper confirming that they think everything is accurate

What must the driver of hazadous material have at his reach. where should they be inside the cab

the shipping papers. visible to someone entering the cab or in a holder mounted inside the door

What is a POD related to shipping and where must it be returned to for how long

Proof of delivery and must be returned to the branch and filed in the hazard shipment folder held for two years at the branch.

what is a solvent and how can someone be exposed to it

Liquid capable of dissolving solids or liquids. direct contact, breathing vapors, puncture of skin, ingestion

What is SDS

safety data sheet

What is the definition of toxicity, what does the degree of harm depend on, what level do chemicals become hazardous

Substance ability to cause harm to living organisms. degree of harm depends on dose, duration of exposure, route of entry. chemicals can be hazardous even at low levels

Forms of toxic materials

gases, vapors, dusts, fumes mists

Relating to exposure limits, what are PEL's, TLVs, and TWA

PELs are permissible exposure limits, TLVs are threshold limit values, and TWA are time-weighted average

List ways of exposure measurement and monitoring

Air sampling, biological monitoring (blood, urine, breath), and personal exposure monitoring (through devices)

List ways to reduce exposure

ventilation, limiting time, proper handling, PPE, washing hands ect

What are some information on chemical

Common name, CAS number, chemical tracking ID, DOT ID and guide number

physical and chemical properties of chemicals

state, boiling and melting point, solubility, vapor pressure, flammability, reactivity

What is flashpoint

the lowest temperature at which a chemical ignites

what are some ways of extinguishing spills

water, foam, co2 or dry chemicals

Even an oil spill under a machine is worth what?

is worth using an absorbent pad to clean up

What are some ways to reduce hazards or risks in the workplace?

Inspection checklists, personal protective equipment, pre-task planning, job hazard analysis

Hazards in workplace can be anything from

Falls, impacts, crushed, loud noise, low freq, toxics, temps,

what is JHA

job hazard analysis, finding hazards and getting rid of them or minimizing them before the job is performed and before it has a chance to injure someone

ways to control hazard

elimination, substitution, engineering to isolate people from hazards

Accidents don’t what?

they dont “just happen”

What are the 4 steps to properly using ppe in the workplace

looks for potential hazards by using a hazard assessment, if they can’t be eliminated then you find out what PPe you need, provide the training for the ppe after supplying it to your workers, always recheck hazards and replace old damaged ppe to prevent hazards

PPE should be the last what?

Last line of defense

What should the first line of defense be when related to workplace hazards?

Engineering and administrative controls

What are the three C’s when related to spills

Control, contain and clean-up

How long must a person have water on their skin after being contaminated by a spill?

For 15 minutes

What are the 5 W’s of answering/asking a report/investifgating incident?

What, who, when, where why

What is a sprained caused by? often called a what. often caused by what?

Twisting or pulling a muscle or tendon, pulled muscle, lack of flexibility

List some ways to prevent a strain or sprain

Keep objects close to your body when moving, mind your posture, stay close to your work area instead of reaching, change work position, regularly strengthen and stretch. What your step!!

What is one of the most common serious work related injury or death?

Falling

What are OSHA rules around fall protection?

Fall protection must be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, 6 feet in construction and

What can you do to prevent employees from falling into floor holes?

Have a railing or toe-board, floor hole cover, safety harness is also nice

What does OSHA require employers to do?

having working conditions free of known dangers, keep floors clean and dry, provide PPE for free, train workers about known job hazards

Before using a ladder what should you use for? and for extension ladders

Look for defects, broken rungs or rails. looks at pulley, rope, and locks, look at footing pads to see if they still have good grop

what is 1:4 rule when relating to ladders?

for every 4 feet in height the ladder should be located one foot away from the base of the structure,

How far above surface should the ladder be?

3 feet

Where should your tools be when working on a ladder?

in a tool belt or pulled up and down up a rope

Keep your body in between what when using a ladder?

inbetween the rails

How old do you have to be to use a forklift?

18

All forklifts need to have what on them to provide what information about the forklift

a nameplate to tell you lifting capacity, vehicle weight, other details

Before you lift something with a forklift you must make sure of what?

The load is stable, not damaged and weighs less than the forklift can carry

How far should you insert your forks into the load? how low to the ground to travel with something loaded?

As far as possible, you can try to tilt it back to help too. 4-6 inches

what are the rules while using a forklift on an incline or decline?

the load should be on the uphill side of the incline, while on decline drive in reserve to help prevent loss of the load

What should you do when driving with a load that blocks your view?

view in reserve and try to use a spotter

Where should the forks be on an unattended forklift?

on the floor, car set to neutral, parking brake on

how far away can the operator be for the forklift to be considered unattended?

more than 25 feet away or out of direct sight

Can people be under or walk under a raised load of a forklift?

no