Basic Construction Site Safety

What does the term SDS stand for ? 

• Safety Data Sheet 
• Scaffold Disposition Sheet 
• Safety Disposal Site 
• Safety Decontamination Shower

What does OSHA stand for? 

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Occupational Strategy and Hazard Association
• Occupational Studies and Hazards Administration
• Occupational Studies on Hazards and Accidents 

What does the term PPE stand for ? 

• Personal Preferred Equipment 
• Personal People Extinguisher 
• Personal Protective Equipment 
• Poison Protective Equipment

Who is ultimately responsible for on the job safety? 

• Your parents 
• Job site safety coordinator 
• Yourself 
• OSHA worker 

A barrier with yellow and purple markings indicates a ________.

• Fire hazard 
• Fall hazard
• Radiation hazard
• Confined space hazard 

The person primarily responsible for your safety is  

• Your foreman 
• Your instructor
• Yourself 
• Your employer

Which of the following is most likely to produce flying objects ? 

• Using a chipping hammer
• Using a screwdriver 
• Painting a wall
• Climbing a ladder

A __________ is the conducting connection between electrical equipment or an electrical circuit and the earth. 

• Ground 
• Power surge 
• Voltage drop 
• Electromagnetic pulse 

What type of gloves would be the proper selection for handling hard wood cribbing ? 

• Cotton gloves 
• Neoprene rubber gloves  
• General purpose leather gloves 
• Nitrile rubber gloves 

An equipment or process powered by compressed air is _______________ . 

• Turbined 
• Wind tunneled 
• Pneumatic 
• Force flowed