Q 01/05

OSHA is an agency within which part of the US federal government?

A) Commerce

B) Homeland Security

C) Health and Human Services

D) Labor

Answer · why

D) Labor

Its sister research agency, NIOSH, sits in a different department entirely, inside the CDC.

Q 02/05

Which president signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law on December 29, 1970?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) Gerald Ford

C) Richard Nixon

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

C) Richard Nixon

The agency itself opened for business on April 28, 1971, the day the act took effect; that date is now Workers' Memorial Day.

Q 03/05

Which OSH Act provision requires employers to keep workplaces free of recognised hazards even without a specific rule?

A) The Catch-All Rule

B) The Universal Hazard Provision

C) The Reasonable Care Standard

D) The General Duty Clause

Answer · why

D) The General Duty Clause

Section 5(a)(1) is what OSHA cites for hazards such as heat stress or workplace violence that have no dedicated standard.

Q 04/05

Which of these groups is NOT covered by the OSH Act?

A) Warehouse temps

B) Hospital nurses

C) The self-employed

D) Restaurant workers

Answer · why

C) The self-employed

Immediate family members of farm employers and hazards regulated by another federal agency (mines, for instance) are also outside OSHA's reach.

Q 05/05

How many US states and territories run OSHA-approved plans covering private workplaces?

A) 22

B) 28

C) 35

D) 41

Answer · why

A) 22

California, Michigan, Washington and Oregon are among them; a further handful of states run plans that cover only public employees.