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26. You're walking a large construction project with the architect and owner's representative when you hear people shouting. You find a worker pointing into a
26. You're walking a large construction project with the architect and owner's representative when you hear people shouting. You find a worker pointing into a manhole and screaming that his brother is "down there" and has collapsed. You look in the hole and, 15 feet down see a worker slumped over and not moving. The brother of the employee at the top of the opening begins to try to enter the manhole to rescue his brother. The owner's representative tells you to "climb in and help". What should you do?
(2.5 Points)
Step up and help. This is your time to shine.
Tell the owner's rep to call 911 and report a confined space incident. Then, take a deep breath and enter the manhole to help.
Tell the owner's rep to call 911 and report a confined space incident. Sniff the air above the entrance to the space to see if you smell anything hazardous. If you don't, climb in and help to rescue the fallen worker.
Stay out. Tell the owner's rep to call 911 and report a confined space incident. Work to keep the brother of the fallen worker out of the space and keep anyone else out until a trained rescue crew arrives on the scene.
27. A safety policy is what type of control on the Hierarchy of Controls?
(2.5 Points)
Administrative
Substitution
Personal Protective Equipment
Engineering
28. True or False: Architects play a crucial role in preventing death and disability on a construction site due to their influence on design and constructability.
(2.5 Points)
True
False
29. When determining if a confined space is a "permit-required confined space," what hazards/potential hazards can cause it to be a "permit-required confined space" by definition?
(2.5 Points)
A 13% oxygen level
A potential for sewage to suddenly flow into the space
A floor that slopes down and tapers into a smaller cross section that could trap a worker
Any of the above
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