Ag Apps - Shop Safety

Accidents among farm workers most often involve:

• burns

• drowning

• falls

• machinery

Color coding is used in the shop to:

• alert people to dangers and hazards.

• create panic in the case of an emergency.

• make the shop look bright.

• keep the floor clean of dust.

Which is the most important reason for all people in a shop to always wear safety glasses and goggles?

• Improve their vision and reading ability

• Meet OSHA requirements

• Protect their eyes from the ultraviolet rays of welding equipment

• Protect their eyes from dust and flying objects

Which color is used on signs that identify a piece of shop equipment that is broken and should not be operated?

• Blue

• Orange

• Red

• Yellow

Most materials will burn if they are made hot enough in the presence of:

• Dust

• Ice

• Oxygen

• Water

Fire can always be prevented or stopped by eliminating:

• combustible gases in the area.

• congestion in the shop.

• improper storage of fuels.

• any item in the fire triangle

Any instrument with all increments shortened according to proportion is a:

• compass

• T square

• protractor

• scale

If a person’s clothes catch on fire, the best action is to:

• call the fire department before trying to put out the fire.

• have the person run out of the shop.

• spray the person with a fire extinguisher.

• wrap the person in a blanket to smother the fire.

Which is easy to remove from the shop so that it will be a safer place to work?

• Exhaust fans

• Oily rags

• Power tools

• Welding Equipment

What is an important part of the fire triangle?

• Fuel

• Igniting

• Smoke

• Water