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Safety
6S
Crane Safety
Electrical Safety
Fire Safety
Forklift Safety
Mining Safety
Safety Signs
Workplace Safety

Lean Manufacturing
5S
Continuous Improvement
Gemba
Kaizen
Kanban
Organized Workplace
Six Sigma
TPM

Labeling
Ammonia Pipe Marking
Arc Flash
Equipment Labeling
Floor Marking
Military Equipment
Pipe Marking
Solar Panel Labeling
Valve Tags
Wire Marking

Regulations & Compliance
Emergency Evacuation
GHS
Lockout Tagout
NFPA
OSHA
ANSI
Social Distancing
PPE

Facility Efficiency
Barcoding
Facility Marking
Hazcom
Healthcare
Rack Labeling
Spanish Resources
Spill Cleanup
Tool Organization

5S Questions and Answers
1. How can 5S be used in different industries?
2. How can I sustain 5S?
3. How do I implement 5S in my organization?
4. How does 5S help the business to grow?
5. How does 5S improve safety?
6. Is 5S different from kaizen?
7. Is there a difference between 5S and Six Sigma?
8. What are 5S red tags?
9. What are some examples of 5S strategies?
10. What are the origins of 5S?
11. What do the 5 S’s stand for?
12. What is 5S housekeeping?
13. What is the 5S methodology?
14. What is the difference between 5S and 6S?
15. When was 5S introduced?
16. Where can 5S be used?
17. Where do I start with 5S?
18. Who should implement 5S?
19. Why does 5S fail sometimes?
6S Questions and Answers
1. How is 6S different from 5S?
2. Is 6S safer than 5S?
3. Is 6S still considered Lean?
4. Is 6S the Same as Six Sigma?
5. What Does 6S Stand For?
6. What are the 6S principles?
7. What are the Benefits of 6S in Production?
8. What are the Tools of 6S?
9. What is a 6S Audit?
10. Why was 6S Developed?
ANSI Questions and Answers
1. Are ANSI and ASME the same?
2. Are ANSI standards mandatory?
3. Can OSHA enforce ANSI standards?
4. How do ANSI classes relate to PSI?
5. How does ANSI work?
6. How many ANSI standards are there?
7. How often are ANSI standards updated?
8. What ANSI standards have been adopted by OSHA?
9. What are ANSI colors?
10. What are ANSI standards?
11. What are the steps to get ANSI certified?
12. What does ANSI stand for?
13. What is ANSI certification?
14. Where can I find ANSI standards?
15. Where do ANSI standards apply?
16. Which countries use ANSI standards?
17. Who do ANSI standards apply to?
18. Who enforces ANSI standards?
19. Why is ANSI important?
Ammonia Pipe Marking Questions and Answers
1. How do ammonia refrigeration systems work?
2. How does anhydrous ammonia work?
3. How is ammonia used in refrigeration?
4. Is ammonia basic?
5. Is ammonia flammable?
6. Is ammonia safe to use?
7. What are ammonia pipe labels and where are they placed?
8. What are the dangers of ammonia exposure?
9. What are the limits for exposure to concentrated ammonia?
10. What colors should ammonia pipe labels be?
11. What is ammonia made out of?
12. What is anhydrous ammonia used for?
13. What is anhydrous ammonia?
14. What is the IIAR?
Arc Flash Questions and Answers
1. Are arc flash labels required?
2. At what voltage can an arc flash occur?
3. How are arc flash boundaries determined?
4. How can I mark off arc flash boundaries?
5. How do I complete an arc flash hazard analysis?
6. How do I prevent an arc flash from happening?
7. How does an arc flash occur?
8. Is arc flash analysis required by OSHA?
9. What are different ratings of arc flash PPE?
10. What causes electrical arcing?
11. What is an arc flash boundary?
12. What is an arc flash rating?
13. What is an arc flash?
14. What is arc flash labeling?
15. What is the difference between an arc flash and an arc blast?
16. What organizations enforce arc flash standards?
17. What types of PPE are there for arc flash protection?
18. What's an electrical arc?
19. Where do arc flashes occur?
20. Who is at risk of an arc flash?
21. Who needs arc flash training?
Barcoding Questions and Answers
1. How can Barcoding Reduce Costs?
2. How do barcodes work?
3. How does warehouse automation work?
4. How is barcoding used in inventory management?
5. How much does a warehouse scanning solution cost?
6. Is it expensive to implement a barcoding system?
7. What are the advantages of a QR code over a barcode?
8. What are the benefits of using barcodes?
9. What are the different types of barcodes?
10. What can a barcode be printed on?
11. What can barcoding be used for?
12. What information is included on a barcode?
13. What is RFID asset tracking?
14. What is a UPC barcode?
15. What is asset tagging?
16. What is in a warehouse barcoding system?
17. What is the best way to generate and print barcodes?
Continuous Improvement Questions and Answers
1. What does PDCA stand for?
Crane Safety Questions and Answers
1. Are crane operators required to be trained and certified?
2. Are fall arrest systems required for crane operations?
3. How are industrial cranes operated safely?
4. How should an overhead crane be left when not in use?
5. Should cranes be labeled?
6. What administrative controls improve crane safety?
7. What are crane hand signals?
8. What are crane safety inspections?
9. What are the OSHA standards for cranes, derricks, and hoists?
10. What are the different types of cranes?
11. What are the most common crane safety hazards?
12. What are the procedures for performing maintenance on a crane?
13. What are the requirements for tower crane inspections?
14. What engineering controls ensure safe crane operation?
15. What is a crane operator?
16. What is a qualified signal person?
17. What is an EOT crane?
18. What is an overhead crane?
19. What is headroom in an EOT?
20. What signs are needed for overhead cranes?
Electrical Safety Questions and Answers
1. Does an Electrical Panel Need a Cover?
2. How can a LOTO program improve electrical safety?
3. How can visual communication improve electrical safety?
4. How do electrical fires start and how can they be prevented?
5. How does electrical shock occur and how can it be prevented?
6. How often should electrical safety training be offered?
7. How should electrical panels or conduits be marked?
8. How to Paint an Electrical Panel Cover?
9. What Levels of Voltage are Lethal?
10. What Type of Labels are Used for Electrical Panels?
11. What are Distribution Boards?
12. What are European electrical standards?
13. What are Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Labeling Requirements?
14. What are Some Tips for Working with Power Cords?
15. What are common hazards when working with electricity?
16. What are electrical safety audits?
17. What are electrical safety devices?
18. What are electrical safety measures?
19. What are electrical safety risks at a construction site?
20. What are electrical safety risks in a lab?
21. What are electrical safety risks in the office?
22. What are electrical safety standards and who enforces them?
23. What are electrical safety tips?
24. What are electrical wire colors?
25. What are supplies I should have on hand to prevent or respond to electrical hazards?
26. What are the Minimum Clearance Requirements for Electrical Panels?
27. What are the Requirements for Electrical Panel Labeling?
28. What are the Requirements for Labeling Circuit Breakers?
29. What are the basics of electrical safety?
30. What are the differences in voltage between the U.S. and Europe?
31. What does ESD stand for?
32. What does IEC stand for?
33. What does NEC stand for?
34. What does NEMA stand for?
35. What does it mean to be compliant for electrical safety?
36. What electrical safety training should I provide?
37. What is ESD?
38. What is an example of an electrical safety checklist?
39. What is common PPE used for electrical safety?
40. What is the Voltage of a Neutral Wire?
41. What is the most common OSHA electrical violation?
42. What is the need for isolation in electrical equipment?
43. Where Should Solar PV Labels be Installed?
44. Who Regulates Electrical Panel Labeling?
45. Who Regulates the Labeling Standards for PV Systems?
46. Why is Electrical Panel Labeling Important?
47. Why is electrical safety important?
Emergency Evacuation Questions and Answers
1. Are emergency evacuation drills required by OSHA?
2. Are emergency evacuation maps required?
3. What are OSHA requirements for emergency evacuation?
4. What are emergency evacuation processes?
5. What are exit routes?
6. What are fire code egress requirements?
7. What are the clearance requirements for emergency exits?
8. What are the safety sign requirements for emergency evacuation signs?
9. What does EAP stand for?
10. What does egress mean?
11. What emergency response procedures does OSHA require?
12. What is an EAP?
13. What is an emergency evacuation plan?
14. What is an evacuation assembly area?
15. What should an evacuation plan include?
16. What should be in an evacuation kit?
17. What should emergency action plan (EAP) include?
18. When does OSHA require an emergency response?
19. Where are emergency exit signs required?
20. Where should emergency evacuation maps be posted?
21. Why is it important to have an evacuation plan in place?
Equipment Labeling Questions and Answers
1. How Can Asset Tagging be Used for Equipment?
2. What Equipment Needs Arc Flash Labels?
3. What Type of Labeling Equipment Should I use for My Labels?
4. Who is Responsible for Labeling Electrical Equipment?
5. Who is Responsible for Labeling Equipment?
Facility Efficiency Questions and Answers
1. How Can Efficiency be Measured in a Warehouse?
2. How can warehouse storage be improved?
3. How does workplace safety affect efficiency?
4. How is Efficiency Sustainable in the Workplace Environment?
5. How is Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency Found?
6. How is the Variable Manufacturing Overhead Efficiency Variance Calculated?
7. What are Some Tools for Improving Facility Efficiency?
8. What are Some Ways to Make a Warehouse More Efficient?
9. What does efficiency mean?
10. What equipment is used in material handling?
11. What is ISO 9001?
12. What is maintenance downtime?
13. What is supply chain management?
14. What is the Theory of Constraints?
15. Why is efficiency important in the workplace?
16. Why is organizing the workplace important?
Fire Safety Questions and Answers
1. Are fire alarms required by OSHA?
2. Are fire sprinklers required?
3. Are flammable or combustible liquids hazardous to human health?
4. How are flammable and combustible materials an explosion hazard?
5. How can visual cues effect fire safety?
6. How many fire extinguishers should a workplace have?
7. How often should fire safety trainings be given?
8. Is FR clothing considered PPE?
9. Should fire drills be conducted?
10. What are fire risks in a factory?
11. What are fire risks in a warehouse?
12. What are fire risks in an office?
13. What are fire safety regulations and standards?
14. What are flammable and combustible liquids?
15. What are flammable or explosive limits?
16. What are some examples of fire protection measures?
17. What colors should be used for fire related signs?
18. What does AHJ stand for?
19. What does FR mean?
20. What does FR stand for?
21. What does IFC stand for?
22. What fire safety equipment should I have in my facility?
23. What is a fire prevention system?
24. What is a fire risk assessment?
25. What is a fire safety inspection?
26. What is a fire safety plan?
27. What is a flashpoint?
28. What is an example of a fire hazard audit?
29. What is fire protection?
30. What organization is involved with fire safety regulations?
31. What should be included in a fire safety plan?
32. What should be included in fire safety training?
33. Which fire extinguisher is used for electrical fire?
34. Who can give fire safety training?
35. Why is fire safety education and training important?
Floor Marking Questions and Answers
1. How Does Floor Marking Improve Forklift Safety?
2. How are Warehouse Floors Numbered?
3. How can floor markings be utilized in aisles?
4. How can floor markings improve productivity?
5. How do I install industrial floor tape?
6. How do you tape a warehouse floor?
7. How does floor marking help 5S or Lean methods?
8. How does floor marking improve safety?
9. Should I train employees on floor marking?
10. Should floor markings be permanent?
11. What are OSHA aisle marking requirements?
12. What are OSHA's floor marking guidelines?
13. What are common floor markings in factories?
14. What are common floor markings in warehouses?
15. What are different types of floor marking?
16. What are floor marking color standards?
17. What are floor marking standards?
18. What are some lesser-known floor marking uses?
19. What are the 9 safety colors?
20. What are the most durable floor markings?
21. What can reflective floor tape be used for?
22. What colors are used to define a work area?
23. What does a blue and white striped tape indicate?
24. What does markings on a shop floor indicate?
25. What does photoluminescent mean?
26. What floor marking can I use for emergency exits and evacuation routes?
27. What is 5S tape?
28. What is black and yellow tape used for?
29. What is floor tape and what are the benefits?
30. What is marking tape used for?
31. What is the difference between floor marking tape and floor paint?
32. Why is floor marking important?
33. Why should I use floor marking?
Forklift Safety Questions and Answers
1. Are Forklift Operators Required to Wear a Seatbelt?
2. Are forklifts more dangerous than a car?
3. Can forklifts carry passengers?
4. Do forklift operators need to be certified?
5. Does OSHA have forklift regulations?
6. How Can I Improve Forklift Safety in My Facility?
7. How Often Should Operators Inspect Their Forklifts?
8. How are Forklifts Safely Operated?
9. How can Visual Communication Reduce Forklift Injury or Accident?
10. How can workplace design prevent forklift accidents?
11. How does floor marking affect forklift safety?
12. How is forklift training conducted?
13. How often should forklift training be provided?
14. Is forklift certification required?
15. What Hazards Does a Forklift Pose?
16. What PPE is Required for Forklift Operators?
17. What are the Most common Forklift Accidents?
18. Who issues forklift licenses?
19. Who needs a forklift certification?
20. Who should be trained on forklift safety?
21. Why is Forklift Safety Important?
22. Why is forklift safety training important?
23. Why would a forklift tip over?
GHS Questions and Answers
1. Are GHS labels required?
2. Are GHS pictograms and hazard labels the same?
3. Can GHS pictograms be black and white?
4. Do All Hazard Classes and Categories Require a Pictogram?
5. Does OSHA follow GHS?
6. How are toxic materials classified under GHS?
7. How can I make my own GHS labels?
8. How can I properly create GHS labels?
9. How do I read GHS labels?
10. How do I read and understand a GHS Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
11. How is GHS implemented?
12. How many GHS pictograms are there?
13. How many hazard groups are there in GHS?
14. Is the CAS number the same as the MSDS number?
15. What are GHS Hazard Groupings?
16. What are GHS codes?
17. What are GHS physical hazards?
18. What are GHS signal words?
19. What are Some Key Terms Used in GHS?
20. What are the Different Environmental Hazard Classes?
21. What are the Different Health Hazard Classes?
22. What are the two major elements in the Globally Harmonized System?
23. What does GHS stand for?
24. What does SDS stand for?
25. What is GHS Compliance?
26. What is GHS labeling?
27. What is GHS training?
28. What is GHS?
29. What is the GHS format?
30. What is the Scope of GHS?
31. When are GHS Safety Data Sheets (SDS) Required?
32. When is GHS required?
33. Who developed GHS and who regulates it?
34. Why is GHS necessary and important?
Gemba Questions and Answers
1. Can Gemba be used for safety?
2. How can I conduct a Gemba walk?
3. How can I implement Gemba walks?
4. How does Gemba solve problems?
5. How is 5S related to Gemba?
6. How is Gemba related to Lean manufacturing?
7. How often should Gemba walks take place?
8. What are tools to use in the Gemba process?
9. What does Gemba mean?
10. What is Gemba Kaizen?
11. What is a Gemba board?
12. What is a Gemba event?
13. What is a Gemba walk used for?
14. What is a Gemba walk?
15. What is the origin of Gemba?
16. What questions should I ask on a Gemba walk?
17. When should Gemba walks be conducted?
18. Who should go on a Gemba walk?
19. Why should I use Gemba?
Hazcom Questions and Answers
1. Are Hazcom and GHS the Same?
2. Are there non-health-related hazards associated with corrosives?
3. Can an MSDS be Too Old?
4. Do Employers Have Responsibilities for MSDS?
5. How Many Sections are in an SDS?
6. How are corrosives hazardous to human health?
7. How does OSHA define a hazardous chemical?
8. How many HazCom pictograms are there?
9. How often is HazCom training required?
10. Is All of the Necessary Information Included on the MSDS?
11. What Does HAZCOM Stand For?
12. What Does Hazmat Stand For?
13. What Does RTK (Right-to-Know) Stand For?
14. What are HazCom labels?
15. What are Some Hazcom Training Tools?
16. What are different types of hazard communication?
17. What are safety data sheets?
18. What does HCS stand for?
19. What does HMIS stand for?
20. What does IMDS stand for?
21. What does LD50 mean?
22. What does MSDS stand for?
23. What does WHMIS stand for?
24. What does a HazCom label include?
25. What does the HazCom standard cover?
26. What information is on an MSDS?
27. What is HAZCOM training?
28. What is HMIS?
29. What is HazMat?
30. What is MSDS?
31. What is Non-Potable Water?
32. What is a CAS registry number?
33. What is a HazCom program?
34. What is a pictogram?
35. What is a substance?
36. What is the HazCom standard?
37. What is the New Name for MSDS?
38. What is the Purpose of SDS?
39. What is the difference between MSDS and SDS?
40. What is the purpose of MSDS?
41. When is a HazCom program required?
42. Who Needs Hazmat Training?
43. Who Provides MSDS/SDS Sheets?
44. Who does HazCom apply to?
45. Who in the workplace must have HazCom training?
46. Who regulates HazCom?
47. Why Do Some MSDSs Look So Different?
48. Why is HazCom important?
49. Why is the CAS number important?
Healthcare Questions and Answers
1. Do Hospitals Have to Follow OSHA Guidelines?
2. How Can the Lean Improvement Cycle Improve Quality Issues in Healthcare?
3. How Does OSHA Protect Healthcare Workers?
4. How Often are Healthcare Facilities Required to Practice Their Emergency Preparedness Plan?
5. In Healthcare, Why is Workplace Safety Important?
6. What Hazards Do Healthcare Professionals Face?
7. What Should be the Concern of Healthcare Workers?
8. What are Examples of Quality Improvement in Healthcare?
9. What are Fire Safety Issues in a Healthcare Environment
10. What are Lean Principles in Healthcare?
11. What are the Occupational Hazards in a Hospital?
12. What challenges do Most Healthcare Professionals Face Regarding Safety in the Workplace?
13. What is Lean Healthcare?
14. What is Lean Management in Healthcare?
15. What is Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare?
16. What is Patient Safety in Healthcare?
17. What is Safety in Healthcare?
18. What is a Key Law for Regulating the Healthcare Industry?
19. Who Enforces Health and Safety in Healthcare?
20. Who is Responsible for Safety in a Healthcare Facility?
21. Who is Responsible for the Oversight of Healthcare Facilities in the United States?
22. Why is OSHA Important in Healthcare?
23. Why is Quality and Safety Important in Healthcare?
24. Why is Safety in Healthcare Important?
Kaizen Questions and Answers
1. How are Kaizen events run?
2. How can Kaizen be implemented?
3. How does Kaizen improve productivity?
4. How does Kaizen reduce cost?
5. How does Kaizen reduce waste?
6. How does Kaizen use Gemba?
7. How does Kaizen work?
8. Is Kaizen the same as Lean?
9. Is there a difference between Kaizen and continuous improvement?
10. What are Kaizen Reports?
11. What are Kaizen events?
12. What are Kaizen principles?
13. What are Kaizen techniques and tools I can use?
14. What are quality circles?
15. What companies use Kaizen?
16. What does Kaizen mean?
17. What does PDCA mean?
18. What is Kaizen?
19. What is PDCA?
20. What is the Difference Between Kaizen Events and Rapid Improvement Events?
21. What is the Kaizen method?
22. What is the difference between 5S and Kaizen?
23. When should Kaizen be used?
24. Where can Kaizen be implemented?
25. Who created Kaizen?
Kanban Questions and Answers
1. How can I use Kanban in project management?
2. How can Kanban help with cutting down waste?
3. How do I implement Kanban?
4. How does Kanban affect lead time?
5. How does Kanban affect mass production?
6. How does a Kanban system operate?
7. How does the Kanban system help manage workflow?
8. How is Kanban different from SCRUM?
9. How is Kanban used in production control?
10. Is Kanban part of Lean manufacturing?
11. What are Kanban bins?
12. What are Kanban cards and how do they work?
13. What are the principles of Kanban?
14. What is Kanban?
15. What is a Kanban board?
16. What is e-Kanban?
17. When does Kanban fail?
18. Where can Kanban be applied?
19. Where can Kanban be used?
20. Who developed Kanban?
21. Who uses the Kanban system?
Labeling Questions and Answers
1. How are labels made?
2. How do thermal printers work?
3. What is a direct thermal printer?
4. Why is labeling important?
Lean Manufacturing Questions and Answers
1. Are people or processes more important in Lean manufacturing?
2. How are fishbone diagrams created?
3. How can I implement Lean manufacturing?
4. How can Lean affect the supply chain?
5. How can Lean manufacturing help a company?
6. How do I calculate Takt Time?
7. How do I create a balanced scorecard?
8. How do I create a value stream map?
9. How do I process map?
10. How does Lean manufacturing eliminate waste?
11. How does someone become certified in Lean manufacturing (Six Sigma)?
12. How is Lean different from Six Sigma?
13. How is OEE calculated?
14. Is Kaizen an alternative for Lean Six Sigma?
15. Is mass production considered Lean?
16. What are Lean manufacturing tools?
17. What are Lean terms?
18. What are bottlenecks and how can I fix them?
19. What are fishbone diagrams?
20. What are principles of Lean manufacturing?
21. What are the 5 Whys?
22. What are the 7 (or 8) wastes of Lean manufacturing?
23. What do the letters in the acronym DOWNTIME refer to in Lean Methodology?
24. What does FTA stand for?
25. What does KPI stand for?
26. What does TPS stand for?
27. What does WIP stand for?
28. What is 3M in manufacturing?
29. What is 3P?
30. What is 8D?
31. What is Heijunka?
32. What is JIT?
33. What is Lean construction?
34. What is Lean engineering?
35. What is Lean management?
36. What is Lean manufacturing?
37. What is Muda?
38. What is PMBOK?
39. What is Parkinson's law?
40. What is SIPOC?
41. What is SMED?
42. What is TQM?
43. What is Takt Time?
44. What is a GANTT chart?
45. What is a balanced scorecard?
46. What is a perpetual inventory system?
47. What is a value stream?
48. What is cross docking?
49. What is just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing?
50. What is lead time?
51. What is needed in a Lean 5S toolkit?
52. What is poka yoke?
53. What is process mapping?
54. What is the Definition of Lean Manufacturing?
55. What is the Lean Manufacturing System?
56. What is the Lean manufacturing process?
57. What is the Lean methodology?
58. What is the SCAMPER method?
59. What is the difference between JIT, Lean, and TPS?
60. What is the goal of Lean?
61. What is value stream mapping?
62. When was Lean manufacturing invented?
63. Where do I start with Lean manufacturing?
64. Which automobile company initialized Lean manufacturing?
65. Who Invented Lean Manufacturing?
66. Who should be involved in Lean manufacturing?
67. Why is Lean manufacturing called Lean?
Lockout Tagout Questions and Answers
1. How does lockout/tagout improve safety?
2. Is PPE required for lockout/tagout?
3. Is lockout/tagout required by OSHA?
4. What are lockout/tagout devices?
5. What are lockout/tagout tags?
6. What are machine-specific lockout/tagout procedures?
7. What are some examples of a LOTO procedure?
8. What does LOTO stand for?
9. What is a LOTO procedure?
10. What is a Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) program?
11. What is a lockout/tagout station?
12. What is the main goal for a lockout/tagout program?
13. What makes a lockout/tagout program effective?
14. What other tools should be used in a lockout/tagout strategy?
15. What types of hazardous energy can a lockout/tagout program control?
16. When should lockout/tagout be used?
17. Where should lockout/tagout tags be placed?
18. Who benefits from LOTO?
19. Who is responsible for the lockout/tagout program?
20. Why is lockout/tagout important?
21. Why should a facility implement a LOTO program?
Military Equipment Questions and Answers
1. What are military condition tags?
2. What is a UID?
3. What is military equipment?
4. What military equipment requires tags?
Mining Safety Questions and Answers
1. How are mine inspections handled?
2. What PPE is commonly used for mining?
3. What are labels and signs I can use in a mine?
4. What are risks associated with mining?
5. What does MSHA stand for?
6. What does mining safety encompass?
7. What is MSHA?
NFPA Questions and Answers
1. Are NFPA and ISO standards the same?
2. Are NFPA codes retroactive?
3. Are NFPA labels required by OSHA?
4. Are NFPA standards law?
5. How are NFPA labels and diagrams formatted?
6. How are NFPA standards adopted?
7. How can I be certified by the NFPA?
8. How many NFPA codes are there?
9. How often is NFPA 70E updated?
10. What Does a Hazard Diamond Sign Mean?
11. What PPE is required by the NFPA?
12. What are NFPA ratings?
13. What are the NFPA codes?
14. What are the NFPA standards for fire extinguishers and fire sprinklers?
15. What do the colors represent on the NFPA diamond?
16. What does NFPA stand for?
17. What does the NFPA regulate?
18. What is NFPA 70E?
19. What is the NEC?
20. What is the NFPA diamond?
21. What is the NFPA?
22. When are NFPA diamonds required?
23. When are NFPA labels required?
24. Where should NFPA diamonds and labels be?
25. Who enforces NFPA standards?
OSHA Questions and Answers
1. Are OSHA inspections random?
2. Are OSHA regulations considered the law?
3. Can OSHA eliminate hazards in the workplace?
4. How Can I Report a Company to OSHA?
5. How are OSHA cards obtained?
6. How are violations reported to OSHA?
7. How do I contact OSHA?
8. How does OSHA affect a business?
9. How does OSHA conduct inspections?
10. How does OSHA work?
11. What Does BBP (Blood Borne Pathogen) Stand For?
12. What Does OSHA 30 Cover?
13. What OSHA posters are required?
14. What OSHA training is required?
15. What agency of government is OSHA in?
16. What are OSHA's requirements when it comes to PPE?
17. What are the OSHA Worker Rights and Protections?
18. What does CFR stand for?
19. What does HAZWOPER stand for?
20. What does OSHA stand for?
21. What does it mean to be OSHA compliant?
22. What happens if you violate an OSHA standard?
23. What is HAZWOPER?
24. What is OSHA 10?
25. What is OSHA's General Duty Clause?
26. What is OSHA’s Motto?
27. What is TRIR?
28. What is a Compliance Audit?
29. What is an OSHA card?
30. What is an Occupational and Safety Officer?
31. What is the NIST Certification?
32. What is the relationship between CDC and OSHA?
33. What records does OSHA require an employer to have on hand?
34. What types of businesses need to be OSHA compliant?
35. When was OSHA developed?
36. Who is OSHA meant to protect?
37. Why is OSHA such an important association?
38. Why is OSHA training important?
Organized Workplace Questions and Answers
1. How Can Warehouse Shelving be Organized?
2. How Does 5S Organize the Workplace?
3. What Does it Mean to be Organized in the Workplace?
4. What are Different Areas in the Workplace to Organize?
5. What are Some Examples of Organizational Skills?
6. What are the Benefits of Keeping an Organized Workplace?
7. What are the Best Storage Ideas for the Office?
8. What are the Different ways to Organize Storage in a Manufacturing Facility?
9. What are the Tools for Keeping an Organized Workplace?
10. What are the Tools of Keeping an Organized Workplace?
11. Who is Involved with Organizing the Workplace?
12. Who is responsible for organizing the workplace?
PPE Questions and Answers
1. Can PPE be shared, reused, or altered?
2. How do you clean lead contaminated clothes?
3. How does a job hazard analysis work for PPE?
4. How often should hard hats be inspected?
5. How should PPE be stored?
6. What PPE can protect a worker from electrocution?
7. What PPE is commonly used in construction sites?
8. What PPE is recommended for chemical hazards?
9. What PPE is used for working over dangerous equipment and machinery?
10. What are PPE requirements?
11. What are different types of PPE?
12. What are different types of hand protection?
13. What does APR stand for?
14. What does PPE stand for?
15. What does SCBA stand for?
16. What does the Z87 on safety glasses mean?
17. What hazards do PPE protect from?
18. What is HVSA?
19. What is NRR?
20. What is PPE?
21. What is hearing protection?
22. What is in a PPE kit?
23. What is the proper way to dispose of PPE?
24. What situations require PPE?
25. What type of training is there for PPE?
26. When is hearing protection required?
27. When is high visibility clothing needed?
28. When should ear protection be worn?
29. Who regulates PPE?
30. Who supplies PPE at work?
31. Why is PPE considered the last resort?
Pipe Marking Questions and Answers
1. Can I create custom pipe labels and still be compliant?
2. Does OSHA regulate pipe marking?
3. Does OSHA require pipe labeling?
4. Does pipe marking affect efficiency?
5. How do I calculate how many pipe labels I will need?
6. How do I clean pipe labels?
7. How do you label pipes?
8. How do you label water pipes?
9. Is pipe labeling required by law?
10. Is there a color code for pipelines?
11. What are ANSI’s Pipe Labeling Standards?
12. What are different materials you can use for pipe labels?
13. What are different types of pipe labels?
14. What are pipe labeling standards for sea vessels and marine environments?
15. What are the ANSI standards for pipe color codes?
16. What are the different standards of pipe marking?
17. What color are steam pipes?
18. What color code is used for a piping system conveying gaseous elements?
19. What do user-defined color combos mean for pipe marking?
20. What does a blue pipe label mean?
21. What does a yellow pipe label mean?
22. What information can I include on a pipe label?
23. What is a pipe marker?
24. What is pipe labeling/pipe marking?
25. What is the ASME standard for pipe marking?
26. What is the Difference Between Piping and a Pipeline?
27. What is the difference between pipe markers and the NFPA diamond?
28. What should the height of text on a pipe label be?
29. What symbols should be put on a pipe label?
30. What text should I use on a pipe label?
31. Where should I place pipe labels?
32. Why is pipe labeling important?
Rack Labeling Questions and Answers
1. What are bin location labels?
2. What are some different rack labeling strategies?
3. What are the benefits of implementing a warehouse rack labeling system?
4. What are the best way to label warehouse racks?
5. What are the differences between rack labels, bin labels, and shelf labels?
6. What is a rack labeling system?
7. What is the best system to keep track of inventory?
8. What supplies are needed for implementing a rack labeling system?
9. What type of barcodes are used for rack labeling?
10. Why is rack labeling important?
Regulations & Compliance Questions and Answers
1. What Does IAQ Stand For?
2. What are Examples of Engineering Controls?
3. What does GMP stand for?
4. What does HVAC stand for?
5. What does ISO stand for?
6. What does NIOSH stand for?
7. What does PEL stand for?
8. What is IMDS?
9. What is NIST?
10. What is TSCA?
11. What is an ESO?
12. What is the European Standard EN 50110?
13. What is the NEN 3140 Standard?
14. What is the difference between NFPA 70E and EN 50110?
Safety Questions and Answers
1. What does EHS stand for?
2. What is PSM?
3. What is the NSC?
4. Where should emergency eye wash stations and showers be located?
Safety Signs Questions and Answers
1. Are safety signs just for the wall?
2. How can I create my own safety signs?
3. How can facilities get signs made?
4. How high does a fire extinguisher sign need to be?
5. How high should ADA signs be posted?
6. What are 'Safety Zone' signs?
7. What are different materials of safety signs?
8. What are different road or traffic control safety signs?
9. What are different types of construction safety signs?
10. What are examples of fire safety signs?
11. What are other forms of visual communication to use alongside safety signs?
12. What are types of signs in the workplace?
13. What can I use floor signs for?
14. What color is a yield sign?
15. What do black and white traffic signs mean?
16. What do different colors of safety signs mean?
17. What do different hazard symbols on safety signs mean?
18. What does caution mean?
19. What does it mean to have OSHA/ANSI compliant signs?
20. What is a yield sign?
21. What should I avoid in a safety sign?
22. Where are safety signs needed?
23. Why are safety signs important?
Six Sigma Questions and Answers
1. Can Six Sigma be implemented everywhere?
2. Can Six Sigma be used in service industries?
3. How can Six Sigma be used in project management?
4. How can Six Sigma help a company?
5. How can employees become Six Sigma certified?
6. How is Six Sigma different from Kaizen?
7. Is Six Sigma Lean?
8. Is Six Sigma just a fad?
9. Is Six Sigma worth it?
10. Is a Six Sigma certification worth it?
11. What are Six Sigma principles?
12. What are the benefits of Six Sigma?
13. What are the five different Six Sigma belts?
14. What companies use Six Sigma?
15. What does SPC stand for?
16. What does VOC stand for?
17. What is CTQ?
18. What is DFMEA?
19. What is DMAIC?
20. What is FMEA?
21. What is Six Sigma certification?
22. What is Six Sigma?
23. What is a Pareto chart?
24. What is required for Six Sigma certification?
25. What is the Six Sigma Black Belt?
26. What is the Six Sigma green belt?
27. What is the history of Six Sigma?
28. What is the main goal of implementing Six Sigma?
29. When was Six Sigma developed?
30. Who can do Six Sigma?
31. Who developed Six Sigma?
32. Who needs a Six Sigma certification?
33. Why is Lean Six Sigma important?
Social Distancing Questions and Answers
1. Are employers required to develop a written infectious disease preparedness and response plan?
2. Aside from cleaning, what can workplaces do to slow the spread of COVID-19?
3. Can social distancing be enforced?
4. Can social distancing be practiced in casinos?
5. Can social distancing be practiced in gyms?
6. Do business events need to be canceled?
7. Do employees need to wear face coverings or PPE to protect themselves during COVID-19?
8. Do employers have a duty to prevent worker exposure to COVID-19 infection?
9. Do workplaces need an exposure control plan specific to COVID-19?
10. How can I ask customers to practice social distancing in the checkout line?
11. How can I encourage employees to practice good hand hygiene?
12. How can I notify my customers we are still open?
13. How can I protect workers interacting with customers?
14. How can I use safety signs to encourage social distancing?
15. How can a healthy work environment be maintained?
16. How can assembly lines practice social distancing?
17. How can businesses practice social distancing in waiting rooms or reception areas?
18. How can employers best protect employees from exposure in the workplace?
19. How can employers support employees to practice social distancing?
20. How can equipment be sanitized and disinfected?
21. How can essential retail stores and public premises practice social distancing?
22. How can grocery stores encourage social distancing without disrupting the flow of traffic?
23. How can healthcare facilities effectively communicate to patients?
24. How can healthy business operations be maintained?
25. How can restaurants practice social distancing and stay open?
26. How can safe distances be maintained in an office?
27. How can social distancing be done with family?
28. How can social distancing be done with kids?
29. How can social distancing be practiced for small businesses?
30. How can social distancing be practiced in the workplace?
31. How can transmission of COVID-19 between employees be reduced?
32. How can workplaces clean the facility before opening?
33. How does floor marking promote social distancing?
34. How does social distancing slow down an outbreak?
35. How does social distancing work?
36. How far apart should social distancing floor markings be placed?
37. How long will social distancing last?
38. How should workplaces implement exposure controls?
39. What OSHA standards apply to reopening facilities?
40. What administrative controls can I use to reduce transmission of illnesses?
41. What are employer responsibilities during the recovery period?
42. What are social distancing guidelines?
43. What are social distancing recommendations?
44. What are social distancing requirements?
45. What are some basic protective measures against the new coronavirus?
46. What are the CDC recommendations for workplaces and COVID-19?
47. What are the best visual tools to promote social distancing?
48. What can I tell my employees about reducing the spread of COVID-19 at work?
49. What can grocery stores do to protect customers while social distancing?
50. What do workplaces need to know about the Opening Up America Again Plan?
51. What does "flattening the curve" mean?
52. What floor marking shapes can I use for social distancing?
53. What guidance has been published for employers during the COVID-19 outbreak?
54. What industries are affected by Phase One of the Federal guidance for reopening?
55. What industries are affected by Phase Three of the federal guidance for reopening?
56. What industries are affected by Phase Two of the Federal Guidance for Reopening?
57. What is a pandemic safety officer?
58. What is recommended in Phase One of the federal guidance for reopening?
59. What is recommended in Phase Three of the federal guidance for reopening?
60. What is recommended in Phase Two of the Federal Guidance for Reopening?
61. What is the difference between social distancing and isolation?
62. What is the difference between social distancing and physical distancing?
63. What is the difference between social distancing and self-isolation?
64. What is the difference between social distancing vs. quarantine?
65. What is the main workplace safety guidance employers should follow for COVID-19?
66. What is the scale of social distancing?
67. What is the social distancing strategy?
68. What policies can employers implement to enforce social distancing?
69. What social distancing measures will stay after lockdown is lifted?
70. What spatial changes can be made in the workplace for social distancing?
71. What tools can be used to practice social distancing?
72. What workplace safety concerns need to be addressed as employees return to work?
73. When should employees or visitors be excluded from the workplace?
74. Where can I use floor marking for social distancing?
75. Where should social distancing signs be placed in stores?
76. Why is floor marking an effective option for social distancing?
77. Why is social distancing important?
78. Why is social distancing still important?
79. Why should social distancing be practiced?
80. Will social distancing continue after the lockdown?
Solar Panel Labeling Questions and Answers
1. What are PV Modules?
2. What are Some Electrical Safety Rules for the Installation of a Solar PV System?
3. What are the Safety Rules for the Installation of a Solar PV System?
4. Why is it Important to Label Solar-Powered Systems?
Spanish Resources Questions and Answers
1. How can I include Spanish in my safety program and resources?
2. What kind of Spanish resources does OSHA offer?
3. Why is it important to offer Spanish resources?
Spill Cleanup Questions and Answers
1. Does OSHA have spill kit requirements?
2. How do I choose the right spill kit for my facility?
3. How many times can a spill kit be used?
4. What PPE is included in spill kits?
5. What are different absorbents used for spill clean-up?
6. What are different types of spill kits?
7. What are the benefits of having spill kits?
8. What are the specific steps to containing a spill?
9. What are types of spills that have specific clean-up procedures?
10. What does SPCC stand for?
11. What does a spill kit usually always include?
12. What does a universal spill kit contain?
13. What does spill clean-up entail?
14. What is in a biohazard spill kit?
15. What should I include in spill kit training?
16. Where should spill kits be located?
TPM Questions and Answers
1. How are TPM and Lean related?
2. How can I use visual communication in TPM?
3. How does TPM relate to OEE?
4. What are some tools of TPM?
5. What are the objectives of TPM?
6. What are the pillars of TPM?
7. What are the steps to implementing TPM?
8. What does TPM stand for?
9. What is OEE?
10. What is the difference between TPM and TQM?
11. Who developed TPM?
Tool Organization Questions and Answers
1. How can I use labels for tool organization?
2. How can a tool chest be organized?
3. How can shadow board tape help my tool organizational efforts?
4. How can the use of colors improve tool organization?
5. How can tool organization reduce waste?
6. How can toolboxes be organized?
7. How can workplaces encourage employees to clean and sanitize their tools?
8. How do I organize using tool foam?
9. How do I organize with a pegboard?
10. How is tool foam cut?
11. How is tool organization apart of 5S?
12. Is tool organization Lean?
13. What are different types of tool organization?
14. What are the benefits of using tool foam for organization?
15. What are the cons of using a toolbox?
16. What is closed cell foam?
17. What is tool organization?
18. What should my first step in tool organization be?
19. What tools can be organized?
20. Who benefits from a new tool organization strategy?
21. Why is tool organization important?
Valve Tag Questions and Answers
1. Are valve tags the same as pipe labeling?
2. Do valve tags have words, numbers, or pictures on them?
3. How do I start implementing valve tags?
4. How do valve tags improve workplace safety?
5. How do valve tags work with a LOTO system?
6. How many valves should I tag?
7. What are chemical valve tags?
8. What are plumbing valve tags?
9. What are temperature based valve tags?
10. What are the standards and regulations of valve tags?
11. What are the valve color codes?
12. What are valve tags made out of?
13. What are valve tags?
14. What information is on a valve tag?
15. What is a valve tag chart?
16. When are valve tags used?
17. When should I use a pipe tag?
18. Where should valve tags be placed?
19. Who develops and enforces valve tag regulations?
Wire Marking Questions and Answers
1. Does OSHA regulate wire marking?
2. How are live wires identified?
3. How are neutral wires identified?
4. How can cables be effectively organized?
5. How can cables be organized for storage?
6. How can wires be organized in a drawer?
7. How can wires be tested to tell if it's hot?
8. How do wire color codes improve safety?
9. How do you mark a wire?
10. How does wire marking improve safety?
11. Is the black wire the hot wire?
12. What are AC power standards?
13. What are DC power standards?
14. What are ground wires?
15. What are the hazards associated with improper wire marking?
16. What are the training procedures for wire marking?
17. What are ways to effectively remind workers of wire marking standards?
18. What are wire color codes?
19. What are wire marking standards?
20. What color(s) are used for ground wires?
21. What does it mean to ground a wire?
22. What does the neutral wire do?
23. What does the red stripe on a ribbon cable indicate?
24. What is a phase wire?
25. What is neutral wire color?
26. What is the gray wire color used for?
27. What is the standard for labeling network cables?
28. What is wire marking?
29. What materials are use for wire labels?
30. What should be included on a wire label?
31. What workplaces require wire marking?
32. What's the difference between a positive and neutral wire?
33. Why are wires so dangerous?
34. Why is wire marking important?
35. Why should wire marking standards be followed?
Workplace Safety Questions and Answers
1. How are accident reports written?
2. How are accidents at the workplace prevented?
3. How are hazards controlled in a confined space?
4. How can I improve my workplace safety?
5. How can floor markings improve safety?
6. How can workplace safety be maintained?
7. How can workplaces make safety a priority?
8. How do accidents occur at the workplace?
9. How does visual communication impact workplace safety?
10. How does workplace safety effect efficiency?
11. How is workplace safety regulated and enforced?
12. Is Rotating Shiftwork Unhealthy?
13. Is there a way to fall safely?
14. What are common hazards at a construction site?
15. What are common safety hazards in a facility?
16. What are corrosive chemicals?
17. What are different types of workplace safety?
18. What are examples of a hazard?
19. What are examples of administrative controls?
20. What are hazard controls?
21. What are hazards in a confined space?
22. What are occupational health hazards?
23. What are safeguards?
24. What are the benefits of a Safety and Health Program?
25. What are the safety concerns associated with working shifts?
26. What are the steps to becoming a safety manager?
27. What are ways to stay awake at work?
28. What are workplace safety requirements?
29. What does AED stand for?
30. What does BBS stand for?
31. What does CBRN stand for?
32. What does CCP stand for?
33. What does CDC stand for?
34. What does FOD stand for?
35. What does HACCP stand for?
36. What does JSA stand for?
37. What does LEL mean?
38. What does RFI stand for?
39. What does a safety professional do?
40. What does emergency egress mean?
41. What is CRM in safety?
42. What is EHS?
43. What is FOD?
44. What is H2S?
45. What is a JHA?
46. What is a cleanroom?
47. What is a confined space?
48. What is a crane?
49. What is a hazard?
50. What is a job safety analysis?
51. What is a risk assessment?
52. What is an adverse health effect?
53. What is an occupational illness or injury?
54. What is composite risk management (CRM)?
55. What is dB?
56. What is meant by safety & health in the workplace?
57. What is process safety management (PSM)?
58. What is rotational shiftwork?
59. What is the difference between a job safety analysis (JSA) and a risk assessment?
60. What is the goal of a risk assessment?
61. What is the hierarchy of hazards?
62. What is the purpose of using safety equipment?
63. What is the role of PPE in workplace safety?
64. What is the scope of construction safety?
65. What is workplace safety training?
66. What's inside a first aid kit?
67. When and how often should I conduct workplace safety training?
68. Who regulates workplace safety?
69. Why Should a Workplace Implement Hazard Controls?
70. Why are emergency eye wash stations important?
71. Why do safety management systems fail?
72. Why is it important to prevent slips, trips, and falls?
73. Why is workplace safety so important?
74. Will exposure to hazards in the workplace cause injury illness or other adverse health effects?

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