OSH445 Q10 CONTRACTOR SAFETY EXAM QUESTIONS

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OSH445 Q10 CONTRACTOR SAFETY EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -43 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: What are the three main components of contractor safety?

Answer:

Qualification- pre and re (in or out) Onsite monitoring -Orientation training & Task planning Question 2: True or False: Often times contracting companies hire 3rd party vendors to create the written safety programs because they dont have enough staff to do it and they probably have never fully read them.

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True Question 3: Can a cleverly worded contract change the reality of the OSHA multi-worksite citation policy?

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No it cannot Question 4: There are at least two levels of contractor performance monitoring that should be considered, what are they?

Answer:

immediate ad-hoc; and planned formal review

Question 5: How can you implement immediate ad-hoc into contractor performance monitoring?

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-red, green, and yellow card system to capture behaviors and be quickly acted upon.-apps could be used so the captured data could be actioned immediately, if required, or monitored over-time Question 6: What is the contractor safety prequalification criteria that must be SUBMITTED AND

VERIFIED?

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• Injury history (lower is better)

• Written programs (more is better)

• Regulatory history (lower is better)

Question 7: How can you find a componies regulatory history?

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by looking up a legal entities safety and health complience history on the controlling regulatory body's public information web-portal.Question 8: Can hiring companies be frequently cited for their acts and omissions involving contracted work?

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Yes, because they are found to have one or more hazard related roles and not acted adequately.

Question 9: Why cant contractor qualification be a one and done activity?

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it must an ongoing process fueled by reliable and valid objective performance data because often times you will rehire the same companies over and over again

Question 10: What is the iron triangle?

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it reflects the core success factors requisite to all contracted work, i.e., contractors face never-ending pressure to complete work: on-time; on-budget; and with work specifications (quality standards) met.

Question 11: It is required for contracting companies to have exceptional written safety program, but when they are hired for service, maintenance, and repair job they must follow whos written programs?

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they almost always are expected to follow the hiring company's programs and NOT their own Question 12: f "Company A" hires "Contractor B" and a "Contractor B" employee is injured at "Company A's" worksite, who pays for the injury & whos records it?

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contractor b Question 13: Where does the current emphasis on contractor safety qualification originate from?

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OSHA Process Safety Management Standard, 1910.119 (H)(2)(i) Question 14: Is this myth beleived: A hoped benefit by some for using contractors is to transfer legal and financial risk.

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yes Question 15: What is the most important aspect of inspecting regulatory history?

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Most employers never see an OSHA compliance officer with any regularity. The absence of a violation might simply mean they've not been inspected.

Question 16: Is the performance review a two way street?

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yes, Both parties likely performed extremely well in some ways and less than desired in others. there is always room for improvement on both ends Question 17: True or False: Contractors with a long and unattractive record of regulatory non-compliance should bea red-flag and worthy of close examination before entering into a an agreement to perform work.

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True

Question 18: What is an after-action review (AAR)?

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a structured review or de-brief (debriefing) process for analyzing what happened, why it happened, and how it can be done better by the participants and those responsible for the project or event Question 19: Both the hiring companies and their contractors want to have safe workplaces for all workers but also do not want excess compliance or civil liability. What to do?

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Contractor qualification, worker orientation and training, task planning, and monitoring practices are commonly thought to provide the greatest improvement opportunities.

Question 20: Contractor Iron Triangle

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On time:

technical expertese, safety record, similar work experience, working capitol

Quality met:

work method statement, technical expertese, safety record

On budget:

sucessful past projects, work method statement, time in buisness, tender price and estamites

Question 21: How does civil liability apply to contractor safety?

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Contractor B's" employees cannot sue hiring "Company A" for medical costs and lost wages due to their injury at "Company A"s worksite, the workers or their survivors can sue "Company A" for its acts and omissions in civil court

Question 22: What makes injury history reviewing a slippery slope?

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because companies will under-report injuries to make themselfs more competitive for jobs

Question 23: What is the contractor qualification concept?

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-Specifications are established -Uptake of submissions -Approval