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What is PPE (or Personal Protective Equipment)?
Equipment designed to protect from injury to the eyes, hands, feet, face, head and other parts of the body from hazardous substances or conditions
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What is an SDS (Safety Data Sheet)?
This document includes identification, handling & storage, and disposal considerations for hazardous chemicals
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What are universal wastes?
Batteries, fluorescent bulbs, and pesticides are examples of this type of waste
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What is 85 dBA or greater?
Hearing protection must be worn when noise reaches this level
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What are physical, health, and environmental?
These are the 3 main hazard groups
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What is the Waste Management Plan?
This document lists identified exempt and non-exempt waste streams for an area and ways to manage them
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What is hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed boots, and FRC?
These 4 things are required to be worn on XTO locations when not in an office or in your vehicle
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What is Silica?
This is the main chemical compound in sand and is used to make glass, concrete, and other materials
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What is E&P Exempt Waste?
Produced water, drilling mud and cuttings are examples of this type of waste
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What is FRC?
This is the last line of defense for exposure to a flash fire when an engineering control fails or a safety practice is not adhered to
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What is GHS (Globally Harmonized System)?
On March 26, 2012, OSHA adopted this new hazard communication standard
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What are toxicity, ignitability, corrosivity, and reactivity?
These are the 4 hazardous waste characteristics
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What is ANSI Z87?
Safety glasses must meet this ANSI standard
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What are pictograms?
The main difference between the old hazard communication standard and the new one is the use of these
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What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCRA)?
Hazardous waste management and disposal is regulated by this Act
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