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TAG GROUP: Health & Safety

Daily Quiz (631)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal to strengthen rules that protect people from exposure to two toxic chemicals, phenol, isopropylated phosphate and what?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published proposed updates to which standard, which helps consumers and purchasers for facilities find products made with chemical ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment?

At the beginning of November, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a commitment of more than $211 million in funding to enhance ___ safety efforts across the U.S.

A new fire-retardant paint became the first to pass the Bushfire Attack Level 40 standard testing, due in part to chemicals added into the paint that produce what to deflect heat from the fire?

Today, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is holding a meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee, which will, in part, provide updates on the OSHA __ standard rulemaking initiative.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a proposal to ban all uses of __ to protect against serious health risks for workers.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is reportedly asking the U.K. government to reassess current drinking water standards as it aims reduce the levels of what in Britain’s drinking water?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched a $7.5 billion credit assistance program for ___ safety projects.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an initiative to protect workers from __ exposure in the stone fabrication and installation industry.

Emergency Management Planning and Assistance researchers are developing what, which can be repaired and recycled, as well as flame-retardant and mechanically strong?

The U.S. Green Building Council launched its draft for the new LEED v5 rating system for Operations and Maintenance of existing buildings, which will adopt minimum requirements on what?

True or False: Under the new rule proposed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, regulator stations are not required to be designed with secondary pressure relief valves.

If passed, a Florida heat standard would require construction and agriculture companies with five or more employees to give them 10-minute breaks in the shade every two hours on days when the heat index hits __ degrees Fahrenheit.

A coalition of industry groups have written a letter asking President Joe Biden’s administration to rescind its recent proposal to tighten what standards?

A recently published study has concluded that young Black children living in racially segregated U.S. neighborhoods face a heightened risk of potentially brain-damaging exposure to what?

True or False: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army rejected a final amendment to the 2023 definition of “waters of the United States.”

The Alexandria Fire Department in Virginia issued a public warning about a __ spill that had contaminated waterways.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would restore and extend overtime protections to __ salaried workers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began work to remove and dispose of hazardous materials from properties affected by the wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, which scorched a combined __ square miles.

New York residents are calling for lab testing for what, which have been falling off the elevated subway station at Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City?

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced ___ in funding through quick release Emergency Relief funds for Lahaina, Hawaii, in response to the wildfires.

Catalyst-coated ___ have been designed to transform indoor air pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds, into harmless composites.

Under the Toxic Substances Control Act section 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to review new chemicals within how many days to assess the potential risks to human health?

True or False: Because per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances do not vary widely in structure and physical-chemical properties, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it would not require additional testing on PFAS.

A team of polymer chemists developed a sustainable, ___ method for removing per- and polyfluorinated substances from water.

True or False: Engineers at the University of Bath in England developed a new kind of polymer-coated membrane that can separate chemicals for air purification.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced that the City of Flint has met requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act for ___ years straight.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule to update regulations to provide greater clarify and enhance effectiveness with the modern what?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $58 million grant program to protect children at school and childcare facilities from lead in what?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to protect workers from exposure from what?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a revised risk determination for ___ through the Toxic Substances Control Act, evaluating it as a whole chemical substance.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to protect workers from exposure from what?

A study conducted by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment reports to have found that some coatings for what can potentially be harmful to the environment?

The International Maritime Organization announced that they have adopted a new strategy on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships, with a goal of reaching net zero emissions from international shipping close to what year?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to strengthen requirements for the removal of what hazards to protect against childhood exposure?

True or False: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposal meant to amend the reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas systems under the agency’s reporting program.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that at least how much of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one of more types of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule to require comprehensive reporting on all six fiber types of what under the Toxic Substances Control Act?

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into the potential impacts of a workplace what on small business?

Parts of Broward County, Florida, were placed under quarantine after a __ that can harm building exteriors, including plaster, stucco and paint, was spotted in the area.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule to update the Toxics Release Inventory chemical list to identify how many additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances subject to reporting requirements?

A proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Labor regarding classification of an __ contractor may be finalized in October.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed risk management ban on most uses of what?

In May, California air regulators voted to ban the use of what in a variety of applications due to high toxicity?

A study examining the presence of metals in what common West African meal recently led to the investigation of corrosion?

A new, thin film made of __ has been developed to mitigate the transfer of pathogens on high-traffic objects.

An executive order that mandates the ___ of federal buildings was recently introduced by Indiana Representative Jim Banks to be codified.

A Harvard study found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Revision annually generates ___ in health benefits.

True or False: The Supreme Court ruled to permit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate water pollution into wetlands areas under the Clean Waters Act.

New York plans to require a ban on fossil fuel equipment in the construction of new buildings starting in what year?

New research from Stanford University suggests that one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Alberta, Canada, was caused by ___ injected underground by oil and gas operators.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it has begun a National Emphasis Program to prevent what in the construction industry?

Researchers from the University of Houston have created a new site monitoring system to enhance what at job sites?

True or False: Workers Memorial Day, which honors workers whose jobs claimed their lives, began in 1970.

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a ban on most uses of what, used in both industrial and commercial settings, under the Toxic Substances Control Act?

True or False: President Joe Biden vetoed a congressional resolution that targeted blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s updated “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.

Samples from a creek and estuary in Sidney, British Columbia, show what is believed to be a __ spill.

A bill sponsored by Illinois State Senator Linda Holmes would establish a program to safety dispose of what in the state?

A resolution was vetoed that targeted blocking which of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s updated rules?

Legislation introduced in Rhode Island could create ___ installation regulations for most new construction projects in the state.

A recent report from the International Energy Agency found that the global energy sector produced nearly ___ million tons of methane emission in 2022, an increase from the year prior.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that responds to how many petitions?

An international conference will return for its second year this September in Sweden to discuss challenges, solutions and approaches toward __ prevention.

A research group found that proton-form __ have an excellent inactivation effect against influenza and COVID-19.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published the final rule amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for what types of facilities?

The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced a proposal for first-ever national drinking water standard for how many per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances?

True or False: The U.S. Army Corps discovered severe corrosion to a pump in the New Orleans flood protection system.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a memorandum emphasizing the need for states to assess the potential __ risks at drinking water systems to protect public drinking water.

France is appealing the annulment by the European Court of Justice regarding the classification of what?

The European Commission released two proposed directives to improve the protection of works from health risks linked to exposure to lead and what?

After __ years of construction, a new water treatment facility has opened in the City of Wausau, Wisconsin, making water for residents free of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

In Australia, a delivery truck lost control and rolled over onto its side, spilling six tons of what onto the highway?

A proposal from the California Air Resources Board would ban the use of what in decorative plating by 2027?

A report from national transportation research nonprofit TRIP showed that which state’s transportation system is still in need of road and bridge improvements, as well as safety and capacity upgrades?

The Singapore Government is considering issuing limits on ___ emissions in building products and household furnishings.

Researchers at Bournemouth University developed and patented a new ___ sensor to improve safety and reliability of large structures.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to strengthen key national ambient air quality standards for what?

The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently awarded a $125,000 grant for the development of a standardized method to characterize the release of ___-based coatings.

Each state in the United States has its own shade of yellow paint for what?

Abrasive products and brushes manufacturer Weiler Abrasives recently expanded its SPOT Safety Training Program for how many focused training modules?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in a press release that it has finalized a revision to the Toxic Substances Control Act risk determination for which chemical substance?

Which state announced plans to issue new environmental permitting rules regarding flood-control efforts?

True or false: In abrasive blasting work, 100-micron-sized dust particles are respirable and therefore dangerous to health.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a nearly $700 million plan to remove all lead water pipes in which U.S. city?

An unnamed manufacturer sent its antimicrobial coating to EMSL Analytical Inc. for testing and found that the coatings remained effective for how long?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently gave its final approval to remove how many dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon?

In October, the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on classifying employees and what?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited a metal coatings company at its New Jersey manufacturing site for how many violations?

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its approval of the Standard Test Method to Measure Volatiles from radiation curable ___ monomers, oligomers, and blends and thin coatings made from them.

True or False: The Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup plan for groundwater at the Cosden Chemical Coatings Corporation Superfund site was officially approved.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed an amendment to ___ regulations, which will affect programs under the Clean Air Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has finalized a revision to the risk determination for which pigment?

Which state has the lowest percentage of bridges on the National Highway System classified in “poor” condition?

Viaducts along Central Park in Chicago have been water blasted after testing found high levels of what?

True or False: The National Infrastructure Advisory Council was established in 2008.

In August, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released its final environmental impact statement on the Klamath River Renewal project, which will ultimately cost how much?

Which state recently introduced a new program for lead-based paint hazard inspection to address LBP hazards in older housing units?

In August, what type of 10-year-old bridge collapsed in Norway?

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was providing training scholarships to increase the number of certified individuals to remove what?

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reportedly developed a biodegradable system to replace __ found in agricultural products, paints and cosmetics.

Construction engineering company SK ecoplant is working with CMD Group to produce low-carbon construction materials by recycling what?

An Iowa public pool closed earlier this year because of what type of paint defect?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed an update to its cleanup plan for the Cosden Chemical Coatings Corporation Superfund site, which would inject what directly into the aquifer?

A farmer in Norfolk, England recently used what to whitewash the glass roofs of greenhouses?

In March, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rulemaking to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts for the first time in __ years.

The Christchurch City Council in New Zealand recently found that ___, coming from the Bromley Wastewater Treatment Plant, has affected lead paint on nearby properties.

True or False: 15 of the 25 most dangerous jobs in the U.S. reported in 2020 were the positions in the construction industry.

To address heat-related illness and death among construction workers, the Construction Injury Prevention Act in Texas would require at least one paid 15-minute rest break every __ hours.

New York legislature recently passed a bill for the ___ industry, with the goal of better protecting workers.

California’s recent legislation to protect employees from ultrahigh heat lays out specific workers’ rights regarding outdoor work in temperatures exceeding __.

In July, the Canadian government published a renewed agenda that focuses on what types of emissions to improve air quality?

While construction is currently halted due to safety concerns, when finished, the estimated $1.1 billion Harbor Bridge will span ___ miles.

Street crews and city officials recently applied the first-ever cool pavement coating in _____________ as part of a $1 million project to combat heat and address heat-related illness and death.

True or False: The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

Decorative paints company Coral, an AkzoNobel-owned brand, has recently developed a _________-repellent coating to fight against dengue fever in Brazil.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company was recently cited by the California Public Utilities Commission for failing to correct what type of corrosion protection system?

What color were the paint flakes found in a Maryland neighborhood from work on a nearby television tower?

True or False: Recent medical studies on workplace lead exposure show that adverse health effects could occur in adults at higher blood lead levels than what was previously recognized.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced $520 million in funding available to protect low-income households from ______________.

True or False: A recently scrapped red, white and blue paint job proposal for Air Force One from former President Donald Trump would contribute to excessive temperatures on the plane.

Which of the following companies was not a recipient of the first test order for the EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act under the National Testing Strategy for PFAS substances found in commercial firefighting foam and other uses?

What is the non-abrasive cleaning method used where laser energy is focused and absorbed by the surface to produce favorable modifications?

The European Space Agency is studying titanium oxide materials for what kind of coating on the International Space Station?

At the end of May, a mural artist in Florida was rescued from the ___________ he was working on after the motor on his lift equipment failed.

Scientists have modelled a polysulfide coating made from waste products to absorb what kind of pollution from water?

Established in 1993, what is the “safe” blood lead level value specified under OSHA’s Lead Standards?

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have developed a nontoxic coating for medical implants that uses what metal?

The replacement bridge for the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh, which collapsed in January, will be constructed using what material?

True or False: 29 CFR 1910.146 is the OSHA standard that regulates work in permit-required confined spaces, including the use of plural-component spray application equipment.

A research team from Northwestern University developed a sponge to clean polluted waters and can absorb ___ times its weight in oil.

According to a recent study, city streets are safer for pedestrians when the asphalt roadways are painted with art, reducing the rate of car crashes involving pedestrians or cyclists by what percentage?

When is NSF 600, a new health requirement requiring all coatings in contact with potable water to meet new, lower extraction levels, slated to go into effect?

What color paint was recently spilled by a truck on Kelly Avenue in Edmond, Oklahoma?

The New York City Department of Buildings reports that building construction-related incidents in the city have dropped what percentage compared to 2020?

The newly launched National Emphasis Program requires OSHA inspectors and compliance assistance specialists are to engage in proactive outreach and technical assistance on days when the heat index is above what temperature?

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently released a report on the commercial availability and current uses of ________ found in various paints, coatings and varnishes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed rule to prohibit ongoing uses of the only known form of _______ currently imported into the United States.

True or False: The First Judicial Department of the New York Appellate Division ruled that Lloyd’s of London and other insurers were not liable to pay over $100 million into a California abatement fund regarding the sale of Dutch Boy lead paint by NL Industries.

A broken pipeline in Edwardsville, Illinois, leaked roughly how many gallons of crude oil last month?

True or False: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently proposed a new regulation to set maximum containment levels in drinking water for two forms of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid.

This year, the American Society of Civil Engineers released a new evaluation framework regarding _______ damage and potential fire ignitions.

A team of researchers from Texas A&M University recently presented a new type of coating that could limit the __________ of wood used in construction.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will oversee the cleanup of how many total acres of the Beck’s Lake Superfund site?

In 2019, Cleveland City Council passed a law mandating the obtainment of _____-safe certificates fore rental properties, landlords and property owners by March 1, 2023.

Last month, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the launch of a new program to improve _____ quality in buildings.

A condominium in south Minneapolis experiencing cracks in the hallways and common areas between the third and tenth floors is made up of two former _________.

An additive developed by a research team from the Korea Institute of Materials Science increased a resin’s antibacterial properties by 99.99% and its antiviral properties by more than how many times?

A recent study published by the Swiss-based Environmental Action has found that paint accounts for what percentage of microplastics in the world’s oceans and waterways?

True or False: The restoration of an historic mill building in Altoona, Pennsylvania, required lead paint removal.

True or False: The largest dam removal in United States history is scheduled to begin in spring 2023.

An estimated ____ gallons of waste product associated with the manufacture of paint was spilled by truck hauling company, Action Enterprise, while leaving a coatings plant in Illinois last month.

True or False: The filing and mandatory testing requirements of imported paint and coatings in China has been revoked as a result of a recent order.

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was requested to reconsider its final risk evaluation regarding:

True or False: Leaseholders will have to pay for costs associated with cladding work from the United Kingdom’s Building Safety Bill.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a new fact sheet regarding the hazards related to the use of preservative coatings in ___________ processes.

During a winter storm last month in Texas, what kind of energy was used to provide additional power to the state’s grid?

A final ban for consumer and residential uses of lead-based paints was issued in what year?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently issued a Consolidated Notice, allotting funding for ________.

The recently released Problematic and Unnecessary Materials Report identified __ plastic packaging items that are “not currently reusable, recyclable, or compostable at scale.”

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a draft scope document detailing the latest risk evaluation for the use of ___, which was named as one of the first ten chemicals to undergo risk evaluation in June 2016.

Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that by applying a thin-film ___ coating, SARS-CoV-2 could be more easily inactivated or destroyed.

A modular steel bridge has recently been constructed to connect two Louisiana communities after which bridge was destroyed by Hurricane Ida in August?

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are currently investigating Tesla regarding complaints about the company’s ___.

A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration prioritizes heat-related interventions on days when the heat index exceeds what?

In 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reached a settlement with companies that had been using blasting materials containing trace amounts of what?

According to the White House, approximately ___ American households are served by a lead service line or pipe.

According to a recent Maintenance Tips article in JPCL, what is the temperature at which structural steel will lose half of its load-bearing strength in the event of a fire?

At the beginning of November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a notice to improve compliance of the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule and _____ Act.

True or False: Software firm Trimble recently announced the release of a robotic dog with a 3D laser scanner, which would help users navigate challenges in the environment.

The October 2021 California oil spill incident resulted in at least ____ gallons of oil, or 3,000 barrels, to be released into the ocean.

True or False: Following the derailment of Amtrak’s Empire Builder train, railroad safety experts believe it is unlikely that the accident was caused by human error.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration published an emergency temporary standard requiring employers with 100 or more employees implement a COVID-19 vaccination by which 2022 date?

According to a JPCL author, this modification to a sewage environment is the most widely used method of corrosion protection:

The White House Council on Environmental Quality announced its plans to reinstate regulations concerning major infrastructure projects as part of which policy?

In September, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a new training initiative that teaches safe work practices for what?

True or False: An explosion in Ohio earlier this year led to the loss of roughly 30% of all alkyd resins.

In California, homes and businesses are responsible for how much of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions?

True or False: Building emissions in the U.S. currently make up 43% of the nation’s total emissions.

When is the NSF/ANSI/CAN 600: “Health Effects Evaluation and Criteria in Drinking Water” standard scheduled to take effect?

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced plans to better combat ___ exposure, both indoors and outdoors.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced recently that it would grant $11.6 million in grants, marking the __ year that the grant money increased.

The Boston City Council recently approved a new ordinance that requires all buildings larger than 20,000 square feet to eliminate carbon emissions by when?

True or False: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently applied for a patent on a new testing advice to create anti-reflection systems.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently issued a temporary emergency statement requiring employers with more than 100 employees ensure their workforces are either fully vaccinated or that unvaccinated employees provided negative COVID-19 tests how often?

The EPA recently announced its plan to better protect public health and the environment through the regulation of what type of pollution?

The EPA announced that it intends to change what can and cannot be risk evaluated beginning with a screening-level approach for ___ and water fenceline assessments.

What type of protection violations for workplace safety standards have been at the top of the safety violation list for the past decade, prompting the recent “Weekend Work” initiative in Colorado?

After a truck crashed into a pedestrian bridge in Washington, D.C., a fuel leak led to how many gallons of diesel fuel to spill into nearby drains?

During the fire that ravaged Notre Dame in 2019, how many tons of the cathedral’s lead roof burned?

In June, a 1.5-million-gallon water tank exploded at which water facility in Lemoore, California?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order for what type of coating?

The Washington State Department of Ecology is scheduled to propose its decision on whether to prohibit PCB levels in paint in:

True or false: In May, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and several companies that produce or use blasting materials containing trace amounts of beryllium were unable to reach a settlement regarding communications about the beryllium rules.

On May 20, the National Association of Home Builders hosted the first-ever:

True or false: A recently published study linked paint-stripping chemical methylene chloride to less deaths than what has previously been acknowledged by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently released this free tool to help researchers, employers, workers, practitioners and policymakers understand and improve workers’ health:

According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, of the 85 deaths tied to paint-stripping chemical methylene chloride that researchers examined, what percentage of them took place in the workplace?

In April, the Yenkin-Majestic Paints plant experienced an explosion, resulting in one fatality and numerous injuries. Where is the plant located?

To be used in food service, railcar linings must meet strict compliance requirements set forth in:

In March, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission completed its first-ever climate change review for the replacement of ___ miles of Northern Natural Gas Co.-owned natural gas pipeline that was built in the 1940s and 1950s.

What state recently became the sixth in the nation to create a worker protection unit?

In the wake of a recent extension, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will now be seeking public input on the Revised Lead and Copper Rule until:

In March, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a national emphasis program focusing on _________ efforts for companies that put the largest number of workers at risk of contracting COVID-19.

According to the 2021 Dangerous by Design report recently released by Smart Growth America, the number of pedestrians struck and killed by drivers nationwide over the last decade has increased:

True or False: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has completed multiple climate change reviews over the course of its history.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced the dates for this year’s National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The eighth annual event is slated to take place:

Earlier this year, China REACH went into effect, which aims to streamline the registration process for new _______ going into the country.

True or false: A report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Inspector General issued in February revealed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration did not provide the level of oversight needed to keep workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction employment numbers in February fell by about 61,000, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors America of new government data released in March. The AGC cited continued weakness in new nonresidential projects and what else as a primary driver?

USDOL’s OSHA recently revealed its annual top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2020. What was the year’s most frequently cited standard?

What is the MUC for an employee wearing a half-mask air purifying respirator (APF=10) in an atmosphere full of sulfur dioxide gas (PEL=5 ppm)?

True or false: All respirator filters and cartridges used in the workplace must have a “TC Number.”

True or false: In offshore oil and gas platform projects, ATEX 138 is the directive for workplace safety.

True or false: California’s AB 685 law identifies and defines three jobsite COVID-19 triggering events and provides notification requirements for each.

Physiological monitoring platform Kenzen is testing out a new, wearable smart device to monitor the following except:

How many lives were lost in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill off the U.S. Gulf Coast?

What is the OSHA standard dictating requirements for respiratory protection, including guidelines for respirator selection, fit, testing, maintenance, care and more?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final risk evaluation for n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), showing that there are unreasonable risks to workers and consumers in _____ out of 37 conditions of use.

True or false: California’s AB 685 law allows for state regulators to shut down jobsites should Cal/OSHA determine that the workplaces pose a risk of an “imminent hazard.”

The U.S. Department of Labor has recently made adjustments to the Occupational Safety and Health administration’s civil penalty amounts, increasing maximum penalties for serious and other-than-serious violations from $13,494 per violation to?

What state recently launched a state-wide emphasis program to reduce employee exposures to respirable crystalline silica and prevent silicosis?

Fire-resistant coatings are designed:

True or false: At the end of December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released for public comment a proposed set of updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act’s Fees Rule.

In December, the EPA announced the final rule to lower the clearance levels for the amount of lead that can remain in dust on floors and windowsills after lead abatement. What are the correct new clearance levels?

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its annual reminder to specific employers to submit the required injury and illness date for 2020 by:

What alliance aims to draw attention to the need for more action on lead paint and other sources of lead exposure?

Throughout FY 2020 (Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted how many inspections in response to worker complaints, injuries and fatalities, and referrals impacted by COVID-19?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report for 2019, the construction industry saw how many fatal injuries?

In a new study by the University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment, a team of academics and industry partners are looking at how mass timber could be used in what type of construction?

What pigment did the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently release a revised draft risk evaluation for?

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings published its “Fact Sheet: Use of Hazardous Materials including Flammables in Confined Spaces” at the request of the Chemical Safety Board after what deadly fire?

What two associations recently announced the renewal of their alliance?

What U.S. university was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant to develop a safer ladder?

Women represent what percentage of the construction labor force?

Spray painting in a shipyard environment presents which hazards?

A study found that which areas are the most impacted of an overtired worker?

True of false: HAPS stands for "health analysis protocols."

True or False: The General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act describes the general duties of a safety and health specialist.

True or false: A parapet clamp is for holding multiple ladders on a roof rack.

True or false: Any product that claims to kill microorganisms must be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency.

According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), what is the most common work-related injury in the construction industry?

True or false: Earlier this year the European Union published a regulation to classify titanium dioxide as a suspected carcinogen by inhalation.

A deadly fire in Georgetown, Colorado, killed several protective coating workers. In what kind of structure did this tragedy occur?

In an air abrasive blasting system, the blast hose ID should be at least how many times the size of the nozzle orifice to achieve productive blasting results?

Working at what height invokes OSHA's Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard?

True or false: Coatings can be a source of elevated exposure to crystalline silica.

Fumes from aluminum and other metals and their alloys generated during thermal spraying are unpleasant to smell and could cause flu-like symptoms for hours or days. What is this condition called?

True or false: 10 ppm is the maximum level of carbon monoxide allowed by OSHA in breathing air for supplied-air respirators.

True or false: Lower explosive limit is defined as the concentration at ordinary ambient temperatures of a compound in air above which an explosion will not occur if the mixture is ignited.

Silica sand particles become respirable at what diameter?

True or false: HUD publishes fire resistance ratings of archaic building materials.

What is the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for crystalline silica per cubic meter of air, averaged over an eight-hour shift?

In what region are scientists developing anti-viral surface coatings to combat COVID-19?

True or false: OSHA allows the use of only an irritant or an odor for qualitative fit testing of half mask respirators.

True or false: Abrasive blast workers are regularly exposed to noise in excess of 140 dBA.

Intumescent coatings must contain an acid source, a carbon source and what other component?

True or false: OSHA recently issued two new qualitative respirator fit testing protocols.

True or false: Countries are not required to adopt the Global Harmonized System (GHS) used to communicate the toxicological hazards of products .

True or false: Mathers Ratings are sometimes used to report the opacity of air pollution emissions.

True or false: An analysis of safety data sheets (SDS) for both polyurethane coatings and coatings classified as being non-isocyanate-containing revealed that there was no substantial difference between personal protective equipment requirements in the SDSs for the two types of coatings.

True or false: OSHA was created in a Republican presidential administration, while the EPA was established during a Democratic presidential administration.

True or false: OSHA issued two new protocols for respirator fit testing in the Fall of 2019.

True or false: Breathing grade compressed air (Grade D, as specified by the Compressed Gas Association) must contain 23.5-25% of oxygen by volume.

True or false: According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers administrative controls to be the least desirable among all the available control types.

OSHA has developed regulations on abrasive blasting in how many industries?

True or false: APC is the acronym—used frequently in VOC regulations—for both architectural coatings and coatings for industrial structures.

Which of the following respirator types is classified by OSHA as an engineering control?

True or false: The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard is aligned with a UN chemical labeling system.

True or false: UL1709 is the test that provides a method of determining the flammability characteristics of exterior, non-load-bearing wall assemblies/panels.

True or false: OSHA is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.

True or false: Tests of fire resistive materials are conducted in real fire conditions.

True or false: Paint and coating manufacturing is one of the targeted industries in OSHA’s revised National Emphasis Program for respirable crystalline silica.

What organization offers the credential, Certified Building Enclosure Commissioning Provider?

True or false: The EPA recently proposed an amendment to the Lead and Copper Rule, aimed at improving how communities test for lead in drinking water, as well as spurring quicker response times if problems become evident.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is a unit of what larger organization?

True or false: OSHA cannot issue a citation unless one of its regulations has not been violated.

What substance was being discussed when a PaintSquare reader wrote the following: “Abrasive blasting creates inhalation hazards for the blaster as well anyone within the zone of influence no matter what kind of media you use"?

True or false: According to the EPA, the national level of inhalable particles in the air, based upon monitoring at 121 sites, has decreased 26% between 1990 and 2018.

True or false: According to NIOSH, engineering controls include the use of personal protective equipment.

True or false: With respirator use during abrasive blasting, the approved air hose from the respirator manufacturer must be used.

True or false: For work in hazardous environments, OSHA requires work practice and engineering controls to mitigate the hazards before respiratory protection is employed.

What organization offers the Spanish-language manual, Manual De Seguridad Y Campo De Salud?

True or false: The breathing air of a supplied air respirator can be a potential inhalation hazard to abrasive blasters.

True or false: Although OSHA has authorized use of drones for inspections, the agency has not confirmed their actual use.

True or false: Recently, the European Commission officially decided to classify titanium dioxide in its powder form as not suspected of causing cancer to humans.

True or false: OSHA has stated that where the definition of a Construction Industry versus a General Industry confined space is unclear, compliance with the Construction Industry confined space standard will also be considered to be compliance with the General Industry confined space standard.

True or false: Particles of concrete dislodged from a concrete substrate by abrasive blasting do not pose any inhalation hazards.

True or false: Breathing-grade compressed air (Grade D, as specified by the Compressed Gas Association) must contain at least 25% oxygen by volume.

Among these workplace hazards, which one is not one of OSHA’s “Fatal Four?”

Of 8,400 classrooms for 3-K through first grade in New York City, how many were found to be contaminated with lead paint during inspections in 2019?

What organization conducts research on safety and health issues and provides technical assistance to OSHA?

True or false: In fiscal year 2018, OSHA investigations of whistleblower complaints decreased from complaints investigated in the previous year.

True or false: A manufacturer’s claims that a microbicidal coating kills 99.9% of certain infectious bacteria does not require verification testing by the EPA.

True or false: Some of the toxic health effects of methylene chloride can occur after a very short, acute exposure.

True or false: Abrasive blast workers are not regularly exposed to noise in excess of 120 dBA.

True or false: Bitrex can be used for respirator fit testing.

In a private survey of architects and hospital administrators, what was the least important attribute of wall coatings for hospitals?

Who said: “There was some pining for the old, forgiving lead-based paints, but the data clearly shows that modern coatings outclass the old technology and certainly have achieved and even exceeded environmental and worker-safety goals that initially seemed so challenging.”?

True or false: European authorities are studying the possibility that titanium dioxide may be a carcinogen to humans.

Opacity observations of air pollution emissions are sometimes reported using what rating system?

True or false: While OSHA’s Construction Industry standards require that abrasive blasting respirators be worn during abrasive blasting operations, its General Industry standards do not have this requirement.

In a recently published guidance document, the American Industrial Hygiene Association named and described four, often chronic, construction site health hazards: high temperatures, air contaminants, noise and what fourth hazard?

True or false: NIOSH is the organization that defines the content of Grade D breathing air, required in CFR 1910.134 for supplied air respirators.

True or false: Saccharin is not accepted by OSHA as an agent for qualitative fit testing of respirators.

True or false: Abrasive blasting of concrete substrates can produce silica sand inhalation hazards.

True or false: OSHA's Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard requiring controls for fall hazards is not invoked until work is conducted at a height of 10 feet or higher.

True or false: All dust is dangerous to breathe and abrasive blasting, whether it is wet abrasive blasting or dry abrasive blasting, generates dust above the PEL recommended by NIOSH and enforced by OSHA, says a JPCL writer.

True or false: Contractors who ignore OSHA fines can be put in jail.

How are the number of OSHA’s field inspections expected to change in the next two years?

True or false: OSHA administers the whistleblower provisions of more than 20 whistleblower statutes.

What special regulatory treatment is given to solvents with negligible photochemical reactivity?

Ventilation is what form of control to mitigate the hazard of air pollutants in the workplace, according to NIOSH?

Among the top 10 violation types in 2018, where on the list did "personal protective and lifesaving equipment—eye and face protection” place, according to an OSHA announcement?

True or false: OSHA has an unlimited look-back window in determining if a company has committed a repeat violation.

According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

True or false: According to a PaintSquare blogger, respiratory protection plans are usually properly implemented.

True or false: A worker with tree nut allergies was apparently killed by inhaling walnut shell particles from an abrasive blasting operation.

True or false: The EPA, after banning the sale of methylene chloride paint strippers to consumers, has established a training, certification and limited access program for contractors who wish to continue to use the stripper.

True or false: According to OSHA, the “Fatal Four” leading causes of construction industry fatalities are falls, electrocution, being struck by an object and crushing.

True or false: OSHA has used drones for inspection of worksites.

True or false: According to OSHA, inhalation hazards that can be derived from a concrete substrate when abrasive blasting include asbestos and silicates but not silica sand.

True or false: OSHA has been petitioned to create a standard on worker exposure to high heat.

True or false: Abrasive blast cleaning workers are regularly exposed to noise in excess of 120 dBA.

True or false: OSHA can issue a citation even if one of its regulations has not been violated.

True or false: Workplace fatalities increased slightly in 2017.

True or false: Neither the irritant smoke test nor the banana oil test are quantitative fit test methods for air-purifying and supplied-air respirators.

True or false: OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment before an employer can use administrative or engineering controls to eliminate or reduce the workplace hazard of contaminated air.

True or false: According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, “occupational skin diseases are the second most common type of occupational disease.”

True or false: The maximum level of carbon monoxide allowed by OSHA for breathing air used in air-supplied respirators is 10 ppm.

The threshold limit value of a chemical substance is set by what organization?

Which of the following causes of construction worker fatalities is not among the top four, according to OSHA statistics for 2014?

True or false: According to a write-up on PaintSquare, failure to ensure that Grade D breathing air is supplying a blast hood is the top failing in implementing a respiratory protection plan.

True or false: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated that male construction industry workers are the least likely to commit suicide among all industries.

True or false: Manufacturers of supplied air respirators must acquire approval for these products from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

What is an example of an engineering control, according to OSHA, during cleaning or painting operations in an enclosed space?

True or false: For a supplied-air respirator, OSHA requires Grade D air with an oxygen content of 19.5 to 23.5 percent.

True or false: OSHA cannot propose monetary penalties against another federal agency for failure to comply with its standards.

True or false: A recent Durability + Design poll found that 90 percent of respondents said the painting industry is properly educated on the potential of hearing loss caused by solvent exposure, as described by OSHA.

True or false: Threshold limit values on exposure to chemical substances are legally binding limits.

True or false: HAPS is an acronym for hazardous air particulates.

True or false: OSHA recently announced the awarding of funds to the Finishing Trades Institute, Mid-Atlantic Region, for fall-protection training for 300 youth and apprentices in the finishing trades.

True or false: ANSI/NSF 61 addresses the health effects of coatings for potable water tanks but not coatings performance issues.

True or false: The anhydrous calcium chloride test for measuring moisture in concrete slabs is a quantitative rather than a qualitative test.

True or false: NIOSH announced on Aug. 22 that it posted on its website FAQs and training videos offering guidance on OSHA’s new silica rule.

True or false: Lyndon Johnson signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, establishing OSHA.

True or false: Non-sparking tools can produce sparks.

A high-efficiency particulate air filter removes over 99 percent of particles larger than what size?

True or false: NIOSH conducts research on health and safety and provides assistance to OSHA.

True or false: The recent cable failure on the James B. Edwards Bridge, in Charleston, South Carolina, was not caused by corrosion, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation.

True or false: FRCMs is the acronym for gypsum-based or cementitious fire-resistant materials.

True or false: OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard, adopted in 2016, reduces the permissible exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air as an eight-hour time-weighted average.

True or false: UHP technology has been modified to create specialized firefighting equipment.

OSHA has developed regulations on abrasive blasting in the marine and construction industries, and in one other. What is it?

True or false: Opacity observations of air pollution emissions are sometimes reported using the Kasmirsky Scale.

True or false: According to OSHA regulations, Threshold Limit Values are required limits on exposure to airborne contaminants.

True or false: NIOSH created the PM10 standard.

True or false: Tests determined that the cladding panels—aluminum sheets with a polyethylene core—were the only possible cause of the rapid flame spread during the Grenfell Tower fire in London.

True or false: According to NIOSH, hearing loss is the most common work-related injury in the construction industry.

True or false: Exposure to solvents used in paints can cause hearing loss.

True or false: The maximum level of carbon monoxide allowed by OSHA in breathing air for supplied-air respirators is 50 ppm.

True or false: SHAPP is the abbreviation for the emission standard set by the EPA to cover exposure to hazardous air pollutants in steel fabrication and paint shops, among other facilities.

True or false: The number of worker fatalities declined by more than half from 1971, when OSHA was established, to 2016.

True or false: Of the 10 OSHA violations cited most often in 2017, four involved climbing, rigging and fall protection.

In the first six months of enforcement of OSHA’s new silica rule (through April 17, 2018), how many companies have been cited for violating the rule?

True or false: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, establishing OSHA.

True or false: According to an EPA risk assessment, the dangers of methylene chloride exposure include death; certain cancers; and liver, kidney and reproductive toxicities as a result of both short, acute exposure and years of occupational exposure.

True or false: A recent NIOSH study concluded there is a definitive correlation between occupational noise exposure and heart disease.

True or false: In abrasive blasting work, 100-micron-sized dust particles are respirable and therefore dangerous to health.

Which of the following entities has filed a lawsuit against OSHA over the issuance of its beryllium rule?

True or false: The banana oil test is recognized as a quantitative fit test of an air-purifying respirator.

True or false: NIOSH conducts research on safety and health issues and provides technical assistance to OSHA.

True or false: OSHA’s Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard is invoked when a worker operates at a height of 10 feet or greater.

True or false: Whether you are wet blasting or dry blasting, you must use a Type CE supplied-air respirator.

True or false: Of seven problems with air-fed respirator usage, the one listed first in a recent PaintSquare blog is not ensuring that the respirator is being supplied with Grade D breathing air.

What organization publishes the Supervisor’s Safety Manual for painting contractors?

True or false: There are three broad sources of potential inhalation hazards from abrasive blasting, according to a JPCL article.

True or false: OSHA requires every supplied-air respirator user to understand the hazards the respirator protects him or her from, but it does not require the user to understand how to maintain the respirator.

In abrasive blasting work, how small do dust particles have to be to make them respirable and therefore dangerous to health?

True or false: According to a published study, elevated exposure to crystalline silica does not result when it is present in coating materials being removed by blast cleaning.

True or false: A respiratory protection program administrator in a company does not need to be certified by OSHA as a program administrator.

True or false: OSHA has developed four sets of regulations on abrasive blasting in four primary industries: general industry, maritime, transportation and construction.

True or false: Replacement parts for air-supplied respirators, if they are not from the original manufacturer, must be approved by NIOSH.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is an agency of what U.S. cabinet department?

Which of the following alternatives is an engineering control for an air-contaminant workplace hazard?

The Toxic Substances Control Act, enacted in 1976, was updated in what year?

True or false: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now enforcing the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, but will not require compliance with the general industry and maritime version of the standard until June 2018.

True or false: According to a recent JPCL article, over 350 workers die each year as a result of falls when working at heights.

True or false: Respirable hazardous materials may be produced in some thermal spraying operations.

True or false: SSPC’s new Industrial Coating Safety Management Training course is an advanced level course.

True or false: A hot work permit must be acquired from OSHA to conduct work in confined spaces when the temperature in the space is or is anticipated to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

True or false: OSHA has extended the date of enforcement of its respirable silica exposure rule by six months.

What is an example of an engineering control, according to OSHA, during cleaning or painting operations in an enclosed space?

In how many countries, not including the U.S., does SSPC have chapters?

Respirators must be approved by what agency?

True or False: According to NIOSH, use of personal protective equipment is the least desirable in the hierarchy of hazard controls.

Where do many toxic and oxygen-displacing gases accumulate in confined spaces?

True or false: According to a recent D+D In Depth article, there are no standards for durable color performance of field-applied coatings with bright colors, such as Safety Red.

True or false: A recent decision by a state supreme court has established that companies are not liable if members of an employee’s household are sickened by secondhand asbestos exposure.

True or false: As of 2016, hazard communication lapses dominated the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's annual list of the most frequently cited federal workplace safety violations in the U.S. for five years in a row.

OSHA has developed how many sets of regulations on abrasive blasting?

What type of respiratory protection is required for air abrasive blasting?

True or false: The EPA’s definition of a VOC is an “air pollutant known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects, such as reproductive effects or birth defects, or adverse environmental effects.”

Which of the following types of contaminants, introduced in the vicinity of a person wearing a half-mask respirator to determine if it fits properly, are allowed by OSHA for quantitative fit testing?

Which of the following alternatives is an engineering control for an air-contaminant workplace hazard?

What is the leading cause of workers’ compensation claims, according to a safety association cited in a D+D article?

True or false: A conductivity meter is normally used to check for oil contaminants on blast abrasives.

True or false: The health effects of exposure to titanium dioxide (TiO2) have recently come into question in a study carried out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

True or false: Sick building syndrome is the same as “building-related illness.”

According to the ASTM definition, what is the function of a fire-retardant?

True or false: Accelerated testing of exterior coatings containing nanoparticles, conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has produced data about the release of nanoparticles into the environment that may help in assessing the health and environmental impacts from these releases.

True or false: A study published in The Lancet estimated that 4,600 deaths worldwide were caused by silicosis in 2013.

According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

According to the EPA, what is the diameter of particles that are respirable?

True or false: Permissible exposure limits and threshold limit values are legally binding limits.

True or false: Abrasive blast workers are regularly exposed to noise levels of 90-100 decibels.

True or false: OSHA’s work practice controls to minimize exposure to hazardous materials, such as toxic dust, include good housekeeping.

True or False: The California Supreme Court has established that companies are liable if members of an employee’s household are sickened by secondhand asbestos exposure.

What instrument would you use to measure a floor's traction?

True or false: OSHA cannot propose monetary penalties against another federal agency for failure to comply with its standards.

True or false: The new OSHA action level for exposure to crystalline silica has been reduced from 100 micrograms per cubic meter to 25 micrograms per cubic meter, time-weighted average in an 8-hour period.

In abrasive blasting work, how small do dust particles have to be to make them respirable?

True or false: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for developing and enforcing mandatory job safety and health standards.

In 2017 what is likely to be ”the most challenging and impactful regulatory change affecting the industrial coatings industry since the OSHA Lead Standard,” according to a JPCL article?

True or false: Abrasive blast workers are regularly exposed to noise in excess of 120 dBA.

True or false: Common HAPs include xylene, styrene and toluene.

True or False: According to the EPA, HAPS stands for hazardous abrasive pollutants.

Recommendations in SSPC-Guide 12 on lighting of industrial coating projects, formerly derived from the now defunct ANSI/IES, Practice for Industrial Lighting, have been replaced with recommendations from what state’s specification on bridge construction?

What is the abbreviation for the emission standard set by EPA to cover exposure to hazardous air pollutants in steel fabrication and paint shops, among other facilities?

Abrasive blast cleaning to remove lead-based paint is governed by what EPA regulation?

In OSHA’s hierarchy of hazard controls, which one is the least effective?

OSHA estimates there are approximately how many ladder injuries each year?

True or false: In the NIOSH hierarchy of hazard controls, administrative controls are preferred over use of personal protective equipment.

What is the name of the provision in OSHA standards that is used in inspections where there are no specific standards applicable to the particular hazard involved?

True or false: OSHA estimates that its new “Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction” standard will save over 600 lives and prevent 900 new cases of silicosis each year.

With regard to coating regulations, LADCO and OTC have what in common?

True or false: Air abrasive blast workers are regularly exposed to noise in excess of 120 dBA.

True or false: OSHA’s new Construction Industry Standard on exposure to crystalline silica establishes a PEL of 100 micrograms of silica per-cubic-meter of air at an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA).

True or false: Both General Industry and Construction Industry standards promulgated by OSHA require that abrasive blasting respirators be worn during abrasive blasting operations.

Opacity observations of air pollution emissions are sometimes reported using what rating system?

True or false: A body belt with a lifeline connected to a secure anchorage is accepted as a safe personal fall arrest system by OSHA.

True or false: OSHA can issue a citation even when one of its regulations has not been violated.

According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

Which of the following alternatives is an engineering control for an air-contaminant workplace hazard?

What is the new permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica, in micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift?

True or false: A person hanging in a harness after a fall can die from suspension trauma if the rescue is delayed.

True or false: OSHA can’t issue a citation unless one of its regulations has been violated.

What organization conducts an annual assessment of structurally deficient bridges in the U.S.?

True or false: OSHA and NIOSH are divisions of the U.S. Department of Labor.

True or false: A recent PaintSquare blog suggested that OSHA’s confined space rules should by applied voluntarily to blasting and painting containment structures.

According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

Five painters died and three were injured in a 2007 confined space accident in what type of facility?

True or false: OSHA stated that where the definition of a Construction Industry versus a General Industry confined space is unclear, compliance with the new Construction Industry confined space standard will also be considered to be compliance with the General Industry confined space standard.

True or false: OSHA is expected to ban the use of silica sand as a blasting abrasive in 2016.

True or False: Jet fire tests are used to determine the heat-insulating capabilities of intumescent coatings in hydrocarbon fires.

True or false: A respiratory protection program administrator in a company must be certified by OSHA as a program administrator.

What is the source of the specification for Grade D breathing air?

True or false: Respirator types suitable for use in Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) atmospheres do not include a combination full-facepiece pressure-demand supplied-air respirator (SAR) with auxiliary self-contained air supply.

What organization requested that SSPC issue guidance addressing hazards in confined spaces as a result of the Xcel Energy Penstock fire in Georgetown, CO?

According to OSHA's recent announcement, what was the most cited safety violation to date in 2015?

True or false: OSHA’s proposed “Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds,” which has been long awaited, will not cover the construction or maritime industries.

Ventilation is classified by OSHA as what kind of hazard control?

OSHA requires controls for fall hazards when workers are working at what height or higher?

True or False: Passive fire protection materials are sometimes evaluated in a jet fire test.

True or False: Federal agencies are not required to comply with the same health and safety standards as private-sector employers.

True or false: According to OSHA, inhalation hazards that can be derived from a concrete substrate when abrasive blasting include asbestos, silicates, silica sand and Portland cement.

True or false: According to NIOSH, hearing loss is the most common work-related injury.

True or false: OSHA cannot issue a citation unless one of its regulations has been violated.

What agency tests and approves respirators for use in the workplace?

The National Floor Safety Institute makes what claim about slips and falls in the workplace?

With respect to coatings, what are HAPS?

True or false: SSPC’s environmental exposure zones are listed and described in Volume 1, Good Painting Practice, of the Steel Structures Painting Manual.

True or false: OSHA’s new rule on working in confined spaces in construction will take effect on August 3, 2015.

True or false: Permissible exposure limits and threshold limit values are legally binding limits.

True or false: According to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), slips and falls are the leading cause of workers’ compensation claims.

According to a recent JPCL article, why is respiratory protection one of the violations most cited by OSHA?

True or false: The American Industrial Hygiene Association conducts research on safety and health issues and provides technical assistance to OSHA.

What is the term used to describe particulate mass (dust) less than 10 micrometers in diameter?

True or false: Non-sparking tools can produce sparks.

In what waters did an offshore platform disaster occur, resulting in the death of 167 men?

True or false: OSHA requires federal agencies to comply with its regulations.

True or false: Architectural floor coatings have a VOC limit of 50 g/l in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).

True or false: It is likely that the VOC level for the same coating, as reported on product data sheets, will be different in Europe from the one reported in the United States.

True or false: Short-term exposure limits (STELs) to hazardous chemicals are measured as a time-weighted average exposure over 8 hours.

According to a study published in The Lancet, how many deaths worldwide were caused by silicosis in 2013?

The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in what year?

True or false: Persons designated as Program Administrators of a company’s respiratory protection program must be trained and certified by OSHA.

Why does the EPA make some solvents exempt from VOC calculations?

What is the name of the provision in OSHA standards that is used in inspections where there are no specific standards applicable to the particular hazard involved?

The International Maritime Organization developed the Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Dedicated Seawater Ballast Tanks (PSPC) as an amendment to what regulation?

True or false: OSHA’s General Duty Clause requires employees to comply with safety standards and regulations.

True or false: According to the American Chemistry Council, OSHA is regulating the permissible exposure limits of 99% of the 8,300 chemicals used in significant amounts in the workplace.

What agency created the PM-10 standard?

True or false: More than 95 percent of OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) on hazardous chemicals in the workplace were updated in 2013-2014.

True or false: In the lexicon of the EPA, HAPs stands for hazardous air particulates.

What is an example of an engineering control, according to OSHA, during cleaning or painting operations in an enclosed space?

True or false: OSHA was established during a Republican administration.

True or false: OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard is invoked when workers are at heights of 6 feet or greater.

True or false: Most of OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) on hazardous materials have been updated since their inception.

What occurred on the Piper Alpha?

True or false: OSHA requires that replacement parts for air-supplied respirators must come from the original manufacturer.

True or false: NFPA 33, Standard for Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials, provides ventilation guidelines for containment structures used on bridges during painting operations.

True or false: If a coating has 50 grams per liter or less of VOCs, it is said to be HAPS-free.

Breathing grade compressed air (Grade D, as specified by the Compressed Gas Association) must contain what percentage of oxygen by volume?

What organization publishes the “Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Materials for Structural Steel”?

In what area of safety did OSHA issue the most citations in fiscal year 2014?

True or false: The EPA has decided to abandon its development of a lead-safe Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule for public and commercial projects.

Which of the following types of contaminants, introduced in the vicinity of a person wearing a half-mask respirator to determine if it fits properly, are allowed by OSHA for qualitative fit testing?

True or false: Ethanol is corrosive and highly water soluble, according to the EPA.

All respiratory protection equipment used in the workplace must be approved by what organization?

In what U.S. Cabinet-level department is transmission pipeline safety regulated?

True or false: OSHA’s work practice controls to minimize exposure to hazardous materials, such as toxic dust, can include, in most instances, job rotation.

True or false: According to a recent Applicator Training Bulletin in JPCL, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 lists and describes the responsibilities of both employers and employees for safety in the workplace.

True or false: Passive fire protection materials are sometimes evaluated in a jet fire test.

True or false: If ventilation is used on a worksite to mitigate safety hazards, it is classified by OSHA as personal protective equipment.

The approval of what agency is required for supplied-air respirators?

OSHA requires controls for fall hazards when workers are at what height or higher above the ground or lower level?

What U.S. President signed into law the Environmental Protection Act, establishing the EPA?

True or false: OSHA has developed three sets of regulations on abrasive blasting in three primary industries: general industry, maritime, and construction.

True or false: Many toxic and oxygen-displacing gases are heavier than air and accumulate at the bottom of confined spaces.

High-pressure, supplied-air respirators are given an Assigned Protection Factor of 25 by NIOSH. What does this 25 mean?

True or false: OSHA can issue a citation even when one of its regulations has not been violated.

Before a worker enters a permit-required confined space, OSHA requires testing of the atmosphere in the space to determine which of the following?

True or false: OSHA’s Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard is invoked when a worker operates at a height of 10 feet or greater.

True or false: OSHA now forbids the use of silica sand as a blasting abrasive.

What is the maximum level of carbon monoxide allowed by OSHA in breathing air for supplied-air respirators?

The revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, which went into effect in May 2012, requires training of employees on new label elements and safety data sheet formats by what date?

The IMO ban on use of tributyltin in antifouling systems for ships was adopted in 2001. In what year did the ban go into force in the United States?

Which of the following was not cited by SSPC as a reason for developing Paint 44, Coatings for Concrete Wastewater Structures?

Respirators must be approved for use by what organization?

What is the source of potential inhalation hazards that blasters face in air abrasive blasting operations?

True or False: Polished concrete, when properly processed, will meet or exceed the slip-coefficient of friction requirements of ANSI/NFSI.

True or False: In August this year, OSHA issued a proposed rule banning use of crystalline silica as a blasting abrasive.

True or False: OSHA classifies supplied-air respirators as engineering controls.

What is the name of the collection of northeastern states and the District of Columbia working together to reduce ground-level ozone?

LEED v4 makes its official debut at the Greenbuild Show in November. What was the previous version of LEED called?

Why is crystalline silica sand more likely to cause silicosis when it is used for abrasive blasting, as opposed to when it blows around on a beach?

The worker blood lead level established for triggering an OSHA inspection was reduced in 2012 to what?

True or false: Federal contractors are facing new hiring rules regarding women and people with disabilities.

True or false: OSHA’s 2008 National Emphasis Program on Crystalline Silica explicitly identified abrasive blast cleaning as a high-exposure activity.

True or False: OSHA has lowered the permissible exposure limits on crystalline silica.

Which of the following agents is not accepted by OSHA for respirator fit testing?

What is the abbreviation for the emission standard set by EPA to cover exposure to hazardous air pollutants in steel fabrication and paint shops, among other facilities?

True or false: OSHA recently announced a National Emphasis Program on isocyanates.

True or False? Threshold Limit Values (TLVs), representing the maximum levels of airborne contaminant that can be inhaled for a working lifetime by almost all workers without injury, are recommended rather than required limits.

Inside a confined space, where do solvent vapors normally collect?

True or False? In abrasive blasting work, a dosimeter is used to measure exposure to blasting dust.

True or false? For a supplied-air respirator, OSHA requires Grade D air with an oxygen content of 15 percent to 19.5 percent.

What U.S. president signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, establishing OSHA?

According to NIOSH, the hierarchy of hazard controls considers which one of the following to be the least desirable?

What organization recently issued recommended exposure limits to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers?

True or False: In the lexicon of the EPA, HAPS stands for hazardous abrasive particles.

True or false: According to an OSHA study of painting contractor violations conducted in 2006-2007, the OSHA Required Fall Protection Rule (1926.0501) was the one most often violated.

True or false: In the International Building Code, air and vapor barriers are not required to pass NFPA 285 fire test of wall assemblies containing combustible materials.

True or false: Some fire-resistant, intumescent coatings are used on wood substrates.

What is the acronym, used frequently in VOC regulations, for architectural and protective coatings?

What is the name of the provision in OSHA standards that is used in inspections where there are no specific standards applicable to the particular hazard involved?

True or false: According to OSHA, permissible exposure limits (PELs) and Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) are both required limits on exposure to airborne contaminants.

Which of the following alternatives is an engineering control for an air-contaminant workplace hazard?

What agency is in charge of testing and certifying respirators?

True or false: One main reason for OSHA’s 2012 revision to the Hazard Communication Standard was to harmonize it with global hazard communication standards.

True or false: The EPA has initiated action to reconsider expansion of its RRP Rule (Renovation, Repair and Painting) into commercial in addition to residential buildings, in order to limit the dangers of exposure to lead-based paint.

True or false: Working at a height of 6 feet invokes OSHA’s Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard (29 CFR 1926 Subpart L).

When did, or will, OSHA’s latest rules for residential fall protection (approved in 2010) take effect?

What is the main reason OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard this year?

True or false: SSPC published a surface preparation standard, now discontinued, describing flame cleaning of steel.

What organization tests for the health effects of coatings in contact with potable water?

What organization conducts research on safety and health issues and provides technical assistance to OSHA?

According to OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard, when are employers required to have trained employees on new labeling and safety data sheet formats?

What is the main subject of the EPA’s RRP rule?

EPA estimates that coal- and oil-fired power plants produce what percent of acid gas emissions in the United States?

Now that the United States has taken official action to adopt the International Maritime Association’s treaty banning tributyltin antifoulings, what percentage of the world’s shipping tonnage is covered by the treaty?

Abrasive blast workers are regularly exposed to noise in excess of what level?

True or False: Federal agencies must comply with the same health and safety standards as private-sector employers.

True or false: The California Supreme Court recently upheld the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s authority to enact air-quality rules on architectural coatings, even if compliance with the rules requires technology not yet developed.

What organization defines the content of Grade D breathing air, required in CFR 1910.134 for supplied air respirators?

What is the name of the test that provides a method of determining the flammability characteristics of exterior, non-load-bearing wall assemblies/panels?

Five painters died and three were injured in a 2007 confined space accident in what type of facility?

What agency produced the first VOC limits on colorants for architectural and industrial maintenance coatings?

True or False: OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard 29CFR1910.1200 in March 2012 to align it with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

True or false: A federal appeals court recently ruled that EPA must reinstate the provision for families without young children or pregnant women to “opt out” of the requirement in the lead paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule.

What is the “opt-out” provision of the EPA’s Lead Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule, now being debated in Congress?

True or False: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the research division of OSHA.

What gives OSHA the authority to impose sanctions and fines for workplace hazards not described in OSHA regulations?

Breathing grade compressed air (Grade D, as specified by the Compressed Gas Association) must contain what percentage of oxygen by volume?

The most common category of OSHA citations issued against fabrication, galvanizing, abrasive blasting, and coating application facilities involves:

What is included in OSHA's General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act?

The “opt-out” provision that the EPA removed from the lead-paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule allowed which of the following?

True or false: A body belt with a lifeline connected to a secure anchorage is accepted as a safe personal fall arrest system by OSHA.

Which of the following are dangers that can be encountered when working in a confined space?

True or false: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for developing and enforcing mandatory job safety and health standards.

High pressure, supplied-air respirators used for abrasive blasting normally have an Assigned Protection Factor of 25. What does this NIOSH rating mean?

What is the most important reason for a lanyard to be flexible when it is used with a lifeline and safety harness?

Manufacturers of supplied air respirators must acquire approval for these products from what agency?

Inside a confined space, where do solvent vapors normally collect?

Where are you most likely to find oxygen-deficient air?

True or false: The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health prepares and publishes standards on safety in the workplace.

Which US President signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, establishing OSHA?

True or False: All nuclear plants must follow the same training protocols for in-house and contract painters.

According to OSHA, what is the primary problem with this marine scaffolding assembly?

When does OSHA require that an aerial lift operator undergo retraining?

Which US President signed the Environmental Protection Act, establishing the now-controversial EPA?

In abrasive blasting work, how small do dust particles have to be to make them respirable and therefore dangerous to health?

What is the source of the specification for Grade D breathing air?

Which of the following statements about Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for coatings is true?

True or false: The EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule now requires third-party clearance testing after painting or remodeling to assure dangerous levels of lead have been eliminated.

True or false: Respirators suitable for use in Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) atmospheres can include a combination full facepiece pressure demand supplied-air respirator (SAR) with auxiliary self-contained air supply.

If you are using a supplied-air respirator for protection during abrasive blast cleaning, when is it OK to take it off?

True or false: The EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule dealing with lead paint removal applies only to residential structures constructed before 1968.

True or false: Federal law requires that Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), also know as a Product Safety Data Sheet, be published by coating manufacturers for their products, and that employers have these data sheets on hand in the workplace.

Among the choices below, what is the best tactic for ventilating a confined space containing paint solvents?

What is the minimum oxygen content of air suitable for breathing?

Who produces product and application data sheets?

True or false: OSHA can cite an employer only if workplace hazards violate specific OSHA regulations.

What are the South Coast Air Quality Management District's VOC limits on industrial maintenance coatings?

Abrasive blast cleaning to remove lead-based paint is governed by what EPA regulation?

Skylights on roofs that do not meet OSHA regulatory requirements for hole covers need to have what OSHA-mandated safeguard?

What organization conducts research on safety and health issues and provides technical assistance to OSHA?

What safety precautions does OSHA require when work is conducted from swing stages 10 feet or more above the ground?

Working at what height invokes OSHA's Construction Industry Fall Protection Standard (29 CFR 1926 Subpart L), requiring controls for fall hazards?

An individual using power tools to remove lead-containing paint is wearing a full face respirator with P100 (HEPA) filters and has been fit-tested using the banana oil method. What is the allowable lead exposure level for this worker, according to OSHA Standards?

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What does OSHA's General Duty Clause require?

True or false: ANSI/NSF 61 addresses coatings performance issues as well as the health effects of coatings for potable water tanks.

True or false: This scaffold is compliant with OSHA requirements.

True or false: OSHA classifies respirators as engineering controls.

Which of the following imposes the most stringent VOC rules on architectural and industrial maintenance coatings?

Why are fireproofing materials such as intumescent or cementitious coatings used on structural steel in buildings?

Safety hazards of a permit-required confined space, according to OSHA, include one or more of the following conditions.

True or false: New rules recently issued by the EPA on lead paint removal involve residential and some institutional structures.

True or False: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the enforcement division of OSHA.

Which of the following types of coatings is not subject to a VOC limit of 50 grams per liter under Rule 1113 of the South Coast Air Quality Management District?

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