OSHA 10 Test Answers 2023

The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is:

To send every worker home whole and healthy every day

Electricity travels in closed circuits, and its normal route is through a conductor.

Electric shock occurs when:

Your body becomes part of the circuit

Workers need to take which of the following common-sense steps to protect

themselves from falls through skylights and roof and floor openings?

Never sit on, lean against, or step on a skylight lens or any covering placed over a

hole in a roof or floor

Guard or securely cover all holes created or uncovered before leaving a work area

Always use a PFAS when working over an unguarded or uncovered opening more

than six feet above a lower level

The two steps for avoiding hazards that are always taken before the need for PPE is

considered are:

Workplace and engineering controls

The three main scaffold types are aerial lifts, supported scaffolds and:

suspended scaffolds

Because using cranes or derricks to hoist personnel poses a serious risk to the

employees being lifted, any cranes and derricks that hoist personnel must:

Be placed on a firm foundation and be uniformly level within 1 percent of level

grade

Move the personnel platform slowly and cautiously and have rotation-resistant rope

with a safety factor of 10

Have all brakes and locking devices set when the occupied personnel platform is in

stationary position