New hire safety orientation quiz: OSHA basics (12 questions)
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The OSHA basics a new employee meets in the first days on the job: the emergency action plan, exit routes, chemical labels and safety data sheets, fire extinguishers, PPE, first aid, forklifts, the OSHA poster and the right to report injuries. Free practice quiz with instant feedback; every explanation cites the 29 CFR paragraph it is based on. Use it at the end of your own orientation, which covers your site's specific hazards and procedures. Independent review material: not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA.
When must your employer review the emergency action plan with you?
At first assignment, when your role in it changes, and when it changes
Only after the first fire drill of the year, with the whole site present
Only if you are a supervisor or a designated fire warden on your shift
Once every five years, at the same time as the building fire inspection
Question 2 · Multiple choice · 90s · 1 pt
What must an emergency action plan include at a minimum? Choose the 3 correct answers.
How to report a fire or other emergency
Evacuation procedures and exit route assignments
How to account for all employees after evacuation
The insurance policy number of the building
Question 3 · True / False · 90s · 1 pt
Boxes may be stored in an exit route for a short time, as long as people can still squeeze past.
True
False
Question 4 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
When must you receive training on the hazardous chemicals in your work area?
Within the first year of employment, at a date the employer chooses
Only if you personally handle more than one gallon of product a day
Only if you ask for it in writing through your supervisor or HR
At initial assignment and when a new chemical hazard comes in
Question 5 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
Where should you be able to find the safety data sheet for a chemical you use?
At the supplier's head office only, by written request
In the safety manager's locked desk, released on request
In the workplace, readily accessible on every shift
Online at home, after the end of your shift
Question 6 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
Your workplace provides portable fire extinguishers for employee use. How often must employees be educated on using them?
Only once, at hiring
At hiring, then at least annually
Every five years
Never: only firefighters may use them
Question 7 · Multiple choice · 90s · 1 pt
PPE training must teach you at least which of these? Choose the 3 correct answers.
When PPE is necessary and what PPE is necessary
How to put on, take off, adjust and wear it
Its limitations, care, maintenance and useful life
Where to buy cheaper replacements
Question 8 · True / False · 90s · 1 pt
Before doing work that requires PPE, you must show that you understand the training and can use the PPE properly.
True
False
Question 9 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
There is no clinic or hospital near your workplace. What does OSHA require for first aid?
Someone trained in first aid, and supplies at hand
Nothing, as long as there is a phone to call 911 from
A registered nurse on site for every shift worked
An ambulance and driver parked on site at all times
Question 10 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
A coworker says you can drive the forklift on your first day because "it's easy". What does OSHA say?
Anyone over 18 may drive it without training
A state car driver's license is all you need
Only on the night shift, when traffic is lighter
Only after the employer trains and evaluates you
Question 11 · Single choice · 90s · 1 pt
What does the OSHA poster that employers must display tell you?
The company's injury and illness rate for the last ten years
The names of the employees who reported injuries this year
Your rights and duties under the OSH Act
The phone number of the insurer's workers' comp claims adjuster
Question 12 · True / False · 90s · 1 pt
Your employer may discipline you simply because you reported a work-related injury.
True
False
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