Required Written Programs and Plans practice questions for the CSP exam

A machining shop with 8 employees is required by an OSHA standard to have an emergency action plan. The owner says she has always explained evacuation routes and reporting procedures verbally at the start of each employee's first shift and sees no reason to write anything down. What is the correct assessment?

1. A.Compliant, because an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally
2. B.Not compliant, because every emergency action plan must be in writing regardless of employer size
3. C.Compliant only if a supervisor signs a log confirming each oral briefing
4. D.Not compliant, because oral plans are allowed only for employers with 5 or fewer employees

A fabrication shop allows welders to wear half-mask elastomeric respirators voluntarily during grinding, although air sampling shows exposures are below all limits. The safety manager asks what the written respiratory protection program must cover for these voluntary users. Which response is correct?

1. A.No written program elements are needed because voluntary use is never covered by the standard
2. B.The program need only address fit testing frequency, since medical ability is the employee's own responsibility
3. C.The program must cover voluntary users only if exposures exceed the permissible exposure limit
4. D.The program must include the elements necessary to ensure that the voluntary users are medically able to use the respirator and that the respirators are cleaned, stored, and maintained so they do not present a health hazard

A chemical plant's written hazard communication program describes its labeling, SDS, and training methods and contains a chemical inventory using product identifiers that match the SDSs. Next month, a maintenance crew of the plant's own employees will enter and clean a reactor vessel, a task done only once every few years. The safety manager must decide whether the written program as it stands is adequate for this work. Which gap, if present, would make the program deficient for this situation?

1. A.The program does not require employees to sign an acknowledgment of each inventory update
2. B.The program does not include a schedule of medical surveillance for the maintenance crew
3. C.The program does not describe the methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks such as cleaning reactor vessels
4. D.The program does not describe how the employer will provide SDS access to other employers' employees working on-site