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In what form must every employer keep its Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)?
- A In writing Correct
- B Written or oral The regulation states that the program shall be in writing, so an oral version never meets it.
- C Oral, with a crew sign-off A crew sign-off does not replace the written program the regulation requires.
- D Posted at each job site The regulation asks for a written program and sets no job site posting in its place.
In writing: every employer must have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program, and it must be written (8 CCR s. 3203(a)). An oral program does not meet it.
8 CCR s. 3203(a)
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On a construction site, supervisors must hold toolbox or tailgate safety meetings with their crews at least:
- A Every working day A daily meeting is not required; the interval stated in the subsection is at least every 10 working days.
- B Once a week Weekly is common industry practice but it is not the regulation's figure, which is stated in working days rather than weeks.
- C Every 10 working days Correct
- D Once each calendar month A calendar month runs longer than 10 working days, so a monthly meeting misses the required interval.
At least every 10 working days, because supervisors must hold toolbox or tailgate meetings with their crews at that interval (8 CCR s. 1509(e)). A monthly meeting falls short of it.
8 CCR s. 1509(e)
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Before digging, how much notice must an excavator give the regional notification center for the area?
- A 30 calendar days Thirty calendar days has no basis in this subsection, which counts in working days and sets 2 as the floor.
- B Two full weeks Two weeks is far longer than the stated minimum and appears nowhere in the subsection.
- C 3 working days The subsection states 2 working days, not 3; no three day period appears in section 1541.
- D 2 working days Correct
Two working days: the regional notification center must hear of the work at least 2 working days before digging starts (8 CCR s. 1541(b)(2)). Three working days is not the rule's figure.
8 CCR s. 1541(b)(2)
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A crew works in an excavation 4 1/2 feet deep, not in stable rock, that no competent person has examined. Cave-in protection is:
- A Not needed under 5 feet deep The exception reads 'Excavations are less than 5 feet in depth and examination of the ground by a competent person provides no indication of a potential cave-in', so the examination is part of it.
- B Not needed until 6 feet deep Six feet is not the cave-in figure; the depth named in the exception is 5 feet, and 6 feet belongs to the crossing walkway rule in section 1541(l)(1).
- C Needed in any excavation, even rock The subsection carries two express exceptions, stable rock and the examined excavation under 5 feet, so protection is not required without exception.
- D Needed until examined and found safe Correct
Protection is needed until a competent person examines the ground and finds no sign of a cave-in: under 5 feet the exception needs that finding, and this excavation has none (8 CCR s. 1541.1(a)(1)). Depth under 5 feet does not excuse it on its own.
8 CCR s. 1541.1(a)(1)
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Unless a raised location is otherwise protected, railings are required along its open sides once it stands how many feet above the level below?
- A 4 The subsection states 7 1/2 feet; 4 feet is an excavation figure, appearing for example in the atmosphere testing rule in s. 1541(g)(1)(A).
- B 6 The subsection states 7 1/2 feet; 6 feet appears in s. 1541(l)(1) for walkways over excavations, not in the railing trigger.
- C 7 1/2 Correct
- D 10 No 10 foot trigger appears in the section; the figure is 7 1/2 feet above the level underneath.
7 1/2, because railings must go along the open sides of raised surfaces, platforms and other locations 7 1/2 feet or more above the level underneath, unless otherwise protected (8 CCR s. 1621(a)). Six feet is not the railing trigger.
8 CCR s. 1621(a)
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A B General Building licensee with no asbestos certification is asked to strip 400 square feet of asbestos insulation. What is required?
- A The C-22 classification alone The subdivision gives two routes joined by 'or', so the qualifier passing an asbestos certification examination is an alternative to holding the C-22 classification.
- B Nothing below 500 square feet The threshold in the subdivision is '100 square feet or more of surface area of asbestos containing materials', which this 400 square foot job exceeds.
- C The C-22 or a certified qualifier Correct
- D Nothing beyond the B General license The bar applies to a contractor generally; s. 7058.6(c) lets an uncertified contractor bid and contract for such a project only where the asbestos work itself is performed by a C-22 holder or a certified and registered contractor.
The C-22 or a certified qualifier: asbestos work on 100 square feet or more needs the C-22 classification, or a qualifier who passed the asbestos certification examination (Bus. & Prof. Code s. 7058.5(a)). The B license alone does not cover 400 square feet.
Bus. & Prof. Code s. 7058.5(a)
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A California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) permit is needed for a trench a person must enter once it is how many feet deep?
- A 4 Four feet is not the figure the section uses; the permit activity is 'trenches or excavations 5 feet or deeper'.
- B 5 Correct
- C 6 Six feet is not a permit trigger anywhere in the section, and a six foot trench is already caught by the five foot rule.
- D 20 Twenty feet is not the permit depth; a trench needs the permit long before it reaches that figure.
Five feet, because a permit is needed to build a trench or excavation 5 feet or deeper that a person must enter (8 CCR s. 341(d)(5)(A)). Four feet is not the permit depth.
8 CCR s. 341(d)(5)(A)
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An amputation happens on the job of a contractor that had six employees all last year and keeps no injury log. What must it still do?
- A Report it immediately Correct
- B Note it on the annual summary An employer excused from the records keeps no annual summary, and the report of a serious injury is due immediately in any case.
- C Log the injury An employer with ten or fewer employees at all times last year does not need to keep the injury and illness records at all, so there is no log to enter this on.
- D Wait for the insurer The report is due immediately, and nothing in the section makes it wait on an insurer.
The contractor must still report the amputation immediately: the small-employer exemption lifts the injury log, not the duty to report a serious injury at once (8 CCR s. 14300.1(a)(1)). Waiting for the insurer delays a report that is due now.
8 CCR s. 14300.1(a)(1)
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The Form 300A annual summary of injuries and illnesses must stay posted at the establishment:
- A From February 1 through April 30 Correct
- B From January 1 through March 31 January 1 is not the posting date; the summary goes up 'no later than February 1 of the year following the year covered by the records'.
- C From February 1 through March 1 March 1 is not the end of the window, which runs 'until April 30'.
- D Throughout the following calendar year The posting duty ends on April 30, so nothing requires the summary to stay up for the whole year.
From February 1 through April 30, because the annual summary must go up no later than February 1 of the next year and stay posted until April 30 (8 CCR s. 14300.32(b)(6)). Taking it down on March 1 ends the posting too soon.
8 CCR s. 14300.32(b)(6)
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A week after telling the foreman a trench is unshored, a laborer is laid off. Why is he protected?
- A His oral complaint counts Correct
- B An agency was told No agency was told on these facts, and the protection does not need one, since a complaint to 'their employer, or their representative' is covered.
- C He complained in writing Nothing was written down here, and the protection reaches 'any oral or written complaint', so writing is not a condition.
- D He is a committee member Committee participation is a separate protected act in paragraph (3), and it is not what happened on these facts.
His oral complaint counts, because no one may fire or discriminate against an employee for an oral or written safety complaint to the employer (Lab. Code s. 6310(a)(1)). A written complaint is not a condition of the protection.
Lab. Code s. 6310(a)(1)
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A framer cuts his hand Monday and gets stitches, and his employer first learns of it Wednesday. The injury report is due:
- A Five days after Wednesday Correct
- B Five days after Monday The five days run from when the employer obtains knowledge of the injury, not from the date the injury happened.
- C Immediately by telephone The immediate report belongs to a serious injury or illness or a death under subdivision (b). A cut treated with stitches falls under the five day rule instead.
- D Thirty days after Monday No 30 day period appears in the section; the routine report is due within five days after the employer obtains knowledge.
Five days after Wednesday, because the report is due within five days after the employer obtains knowledge of the injury (Lab. Code s. 6409.1(a)). Counting from Monday, the day of the cut, starts the clock too early.
Lab. Code s. 6409.1(a)
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What must a contractor do first after its crew uncovers human remains during an excavation?
- A Stop work and call the local police The first call goes to the county coroner; the police are not named in the required steps.
- B Stop work and notify the building inspector The required steps name the county coroner, and a building inspector plays no part in them.
- C Stop work and call the county coroner Correct
- D Call the Native American Heritage Commission The coroner, not the contractor, notifies the Native American Heritage Commission, and only if the remains are Native American.
Work stops at once at the site and any nearby area that may hold remains, and the contractor contacts the county coroner, because that is the first required step when remains turn up outside a dedicated cemetery (CSLB Law Book 2026, p. 88). The coroner, not the contractor, notifies the Native American Heritage Commission, and only once the remains prove to be Native American.
CSLB Law Book 2026, p. 88
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Thermal system insulation and surfacing material in buildings constructed no later than which year are presumed to contain asbestos?
- A 1970 The presumption runs through buildings constructed no later than 1980, not 1970.
- B 1972 The cutoff in the asbestos standard's definition is 1980, not 1972.
- C 1980 Correct
- D 1985 A building constructed in 1985 is after the 1980 cutoff.
The year is 1980, because thermal system insulation and surfacing material found in buildings constructed no later than 1980 is defined as presumed asbestos-containing material (8 CCR s. 1529(b)). A building finished in 1985 falls outside the presumption, and a 1970 or 1972 cutoff would leave later buildings out of it.
8 CCR s. 1529(b)
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A contractor will remove sprayed-on ceiling material in a 1975 office building. What must it do before its crew starts?
- A Identify asbestos location and quantity Correct
- B Give the owner a risk assessment A licensed contractor may not perform any asbestos risk assessment (Bus. & Prof. Code s. 7180(b)); its duty before work is to identify the presence, location and quantity of the material.
- C Notify its compensation insurer The duty is to identify the material before work; no notice to an insurer is part of it.
- D Wait for a state inspection The employer identifies the material itself before work; no state inspection is required first.
Identify the asbestos: before work begins in an area with known or presumed asbestos, the employer must identify its presence, location and quantity (8 CCR s. 1529(k)(3)(A)). No state inspection has to come first.
8 CCR s. 1529(k)(3)(A)
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Besides its own employees, which workers must an employer's injury and illness prevention program cover?
- A Those it directs and directly supervises Correct
- B Every subcontractor's crew on the site Coverage reaches workers the employer controls or directs and directly supervises, not every other firm's crew.
- C Visitors to the job site Visitors are not workers the employer directs and supervises on the job.
- D The project owner's staff The owner's staff are not workers this employer directs and directly supervises.
The program must also cover all other workers the employer controls or directs and directly supervises on the job, to the extent they face worksite and job-specific hazards (Lab. Code s. 6401.7(h)). A subcontractor that directs and supervises its own crew keeps its own duties for them.
Lab. Code s. 6401.7(h)
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Besides how it handles labels, data sheets and training, a hazard communication program must include:
- A Each chemical's air monitoring results Air monitoring results are exposure records, not part of the written program, which lists the chemicals present.
- B A list of its chemical suppliers The program lists the hazardous chemicals by product identifier, not the suppliers.
- C A list of hazardous chemicals present Correct
- D A respirator fit test log A fit test log is not an element of the written hazard communication program.
A list of hazardous chemicals present, because the program must include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, by the product identifier on each safety data sheet (8 CCR s. 5194(e)(1)(A)). A list of chemical suppliers is not part of it.
8 CCR s. 5194(e)(1)(A)
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