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| An unplanned sequence of events that results in undesireable consequences |
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BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS
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| DOSH unit that conducts criminal investigations into serious safety and health violations. |
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CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
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| This containes the regulations of approximately 200 state regulatory agencies. These regulations have been formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the secretary of state. |
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| The California Environmental Protection Agency |
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| A DOSH unit that provides consultation services to employers. |
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California Occupational Safety and Health Act.
The primary law governing occupational safety in California. |
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| What is the maximum penalty for a serious violation of Cal/OSHA? |
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| The primary law governing safety in Calfornia is the... |
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California Occupational Health and Safety Act
Cal/OSHA |
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| Most California employers are covered by... |
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| In a major disaster, wich is likely to be the lead California state agency for emergency situations? |
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Governor's Office of Emergency
OES |
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| The California Corporate Criminal Liability Act of 1989 does what? |
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| Provides for crimnal penalties when and employer fails to disclose a serious concealed hazard. |
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| California's No Smoking Law is generally intended to do what? |
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| Ban smoking in MOST indoor workplaces |
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| The Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2006, which went into affect July 1, 2008, prohibits what activity? |
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| Use of wireless telephones (cell phones) without a hands-free device by a driver while operating a motor vehicle. |
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| Under Cal/OSHA regulations, what would trigger the need for safety training? |
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| A new or revised process. |
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| How long must California employers post any Cal/OSHA citations they may receive? |
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| Three days or until the violation is abated or until any appeal is resolved, which ever is longer. |
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| With some exceptions, every covered California employer with 10 or more employees must complete which Cal/OSHA log? |
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| What California state entity has overall responsibility for enforcing Cal/OSHA safety and health standards? |
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DOSH
Division of Safety and Health |
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| Under Cal/OHSA safety orders, what types of covered employers are required to have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)? |
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| Those that have operations in California |
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| OSHA allows states like California to administer their own safety laws if... |
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| State standards are at least as effective as the Fed/OSHA standards. |
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| Cal/OSHA requires that employers provide employees... |
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| access to their medical records |
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| What describes the IIPP training requirements? |
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| Safety Training must include training on general safe practices and the specific hazards associated with the employee's particular job assignment. |
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| An IIPP must include a system for communicating with employees that meets what criteria? |
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| Readily understandable by all affected employees. |
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| What are the components required by an IIPP? |
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| Safety communication system with ee's; system for assuring ee compliance with safe work practices; scheduled inspections/evaluation system; accident investigation; procedures for correcting unsafe/unhealthy conditions; safety and health traiing and instruction; and recordkeeping and documentation. |
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| A good accident investigation ultimately answers what? |
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| What happened? where did it happen? when did it happen? How did it happen? why did it happen? What should be done to prevent or minimize such an incident in the furture? What action is needed? |
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| An effective IIPP includes training for which two groups? |
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| Supervisors and Employees |
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| Proposition 65 signs address what? |
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| Potential health risks related to cancer or reproductive harm. |
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| Who requires California employers to have an IIPP? |
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| What would best help a California employer identify hazards in the workplace? |
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| Conduct periodic inspections |
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| According to the Bureau of Labor Standards Statistics, what causes more than 50% of all occupational illness today? |
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Cumulative Trauma Disorder
(CTD) |
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| under Cal/OSHA (Title 8 CCR 3220), a California employer must have a written... |
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| Corporate Criminal Liability Act of 1989 says that California Employers must |
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| tell all their workers about the imminent risk within 30 days |
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| If you are of female gender, this may increase your potential risk for becoming |
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| a victim of workplace violence. |
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| An ee who is a victim of domestic violence who may have to take time off to obtain a restraining order or take other legal measures to protect themselves or their children are protected at work from what adverse employment actins? |
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| Termination, discrimination and retaliation |
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| What law includes specific ways by which and employer may help an ee who has become a victim of domestic violence and help protect other workers who may be indirectly at risk in the workplace? |
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| California Workplace Violence Act |
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| Under what circumstances are businesses required to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning to meet the Prop 65 requirements? |
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| Before "knowingly and intentionally" exposing anyone to a listed chemical. |
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| In California, when must an employer implement an ergonomic program? |
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| When a single repetitive motion injury (RMI) is diagnosed by a physician. |
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| What items are always required in an ergonomic program? |
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| Worksite evaluation, control of the exposures that caused RMIs, and employee training. |
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| In California, when the Ergonomics standard applies, what must an employer always do? |
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| Provide Ergonomics Training |
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| What agency would be the most concerned about enforcing workplace ergonomics? |
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| When does the Heat Illness Prevention Standard apply? |
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| In all outdoor places of employment |
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| What law addresses the need for California employers to limit access to trade secrets only individuals with the need to know such information in the performance of their duties? |
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| California Uniform Trade Secret Act |
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| What Act requires employers who own or have access to personnel information on California residents to notify them if their data has, or may have, been accessed illegally? |
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| California Database Protection Act |
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| Under Cal/OSHA, how long must the employer maintain injury illness recordkeeping records? |
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| Using only the last four digits of a SS # on any paystub was effective on... |
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