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Employers are required to record (on the OSHA log) every injury that occurs at work.

The difference between a JHA and a JSA is that a JHA is for high hazard industries and a JSA is for “safer” industries. 

A problem with selecting safe eyewear is that there are no good standards to use as guidelines?

DART _______ DAFWI

It is good practice to use emergency stops (E-Stops) to lockout a machine as they effectively stop the machine from running.

“Loudness” is a function of sound intensity, which is a function of                                                  pressure squared (I

While physical and atmospheric hazards are considered for the determination of whether or not a space is a permit-required confined space, configuration hazards such as sloping walls, were left out of the confined space standard due to pressure from the agriculture industry which felt that this would place an undue economic burden on the industry.

This unguarded shaft is…   

When calculating days away from work only count business or scheduled working days.

For recordkeeping, OSHA counts calendar days rather than missed scheduled work days because it is a better measure of severity (e.g., a better measure of the impact of the injury).