Employee:______________________________
Date:__________________________________
HAZARD COMMUNICATION – TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1. The OSHA Hazard Communication standard provides for:
a. Training, labeling, and MSDSs.
b. Annual training, testing, and labels.
c. MSDSs but not labeling.
d. None of the above.
2. A flammable:
a. Is able to catch on fire and burn.
b. Will not burn.
c. Catches on fire easily and burns rapidly.
d. Both a and c.
3. A toxic or hazardous substance regulated under the OSHA standard is any substance
that has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to man through ingestion,
inhalation or absorption through any body surface.
True or False?
4. The NFPA and HMIS labeling systems rank hazards on a scale of __________ to
_________.
5. The material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for the chemicals at my facility are located at
_________________________________________.
6. The three common routes of entry into the human system for hazardous chemicals are:
________________, __________________, and _________________.
7. What protective measures are used to prevent exposure or a release?
a.
b.
c.
d.
PPE, gloves, safety glasses/goggles, face shields.
Secondary containments
Spill pallets and supplies
All of the above
8. MSDS stands for ?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Metal Stamping Document Standard
Material Safety Data Sheet
Material Standard for Developing Safety
Muscoskeleton Disorders
None of the above
9. OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard is based on a simple concept - that employees
have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are
exposed to when working?
True or False?
10. MSDSs must provide information regarding?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Physical and chemical characteristics
Health effects
Exposure limits
Carcinogenicity (cancer-causing)
All the above
HAZARD COMMUNICATION – TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
ANSWERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
a
d
True
0-4
Answer is plant specific
inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption
d
b
True
e