Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans practice questions for the ASP exam

A chemical blending facility is required by another OSHA standard to have an emergency action plan. It has 14 employees on its roster, but only 9 are on site on any one shift. The owner proposes to skip a written plan and instead walk each new hire through the evacuation procedures verbally. Based on the emergency action plan standard, what is the correct response?

1. A.Acceptable, because the plan only needs to be communicated to the employees who are actually on site during a given shift
2. B.Acceptable, because oral plans are allowed whenever the plan includes procedures for reporting emergencies and evacuation
3. C.Not acceptable, because the facility has more than 10 employees, so the plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review
4. D.Not acceptable, because an emergency action plan must always be in writing regardless of the number of employees

A chemical blending facility evacuates all employees to an assembly area during a drill. Two operators who shut down a reactor line before leaving are told to follow the plan's shutdown steps. The plan identifies the reporting procedure, evacuation type and exit assignments, the shutdown steps for those operators, rescue and medical duty procedures, and a job title for questions. During the drill, the supervisor cannot tell whether the two operators and a visiting contractor have reached safety because no one is responsible for checking who is present at the assembly area. Which action best corrects the deficiency in the plan?

1. A.Add procedures to account for all employees after evacuation
2. B.Designate and train additional employees to assist with evacuation of others
3. C.Add the name or job title of a person employees may contact for plan questions
4. D.Add a distinctive signal for each purpose to the employee alarm system

A safety coordinator is auditing a 60-employee plant's written fire prevention plan. For the employees responsible for maintaining equipment that prevents or controls ignition sources, the plan identifies only the job title "Maintenance Mechanic, Day Shift" and gives no individual names. Management says individuals change often and wants to leave the plan as written. Regarding this element of the plan, what is the correct finding?

1. A.Compliant, because the plan may identify those responsible by job title instead of by name
2. B.Noncompliant, because the plan must list each responsible employee by name
3. C.Noncompliant, because the plan must give both the name and the job title of each responsible employee
4. D.Compliant only if each employee signs the plan to acknowledge the assignment