Answers to last Friday's OSHA violation quiz

Here are the ANSWERS to last week’s quiz on Biohazard Alert: Test Your OSHA Safety Knowledge. The violations are given along with the regulation numbers that address them.

1. Hospital rooms are equipped to supply oxygen, which can accelerate fire, so the patient should not be smoking.
1910.104(b)(8)(viii)

2. The room is not equipped with a sign that reads, “Oxygen – No Smoking – No Open Flames.”
1910.104(b)(8)(viii)

3. A needle, stuck in the pillow, was not placed in a sharp container.
1910.1030(d)(2)(viii)

4. Biohazard material is falling out of the waste container.
1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B)(1)

5. The bed sheet is soiled.
1910.1030(d)(4)(iv)(A)(1)

6. Insects are crawling on the floor.
1910.141(a)(5)

7. The floor and counter are contaminated with blood.
1910.1030(d)(4)(i)

8. The brain should be placed in an appropriate waste container.
1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B)(1)

9. The sharp container is overturned.
1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(ii)

10. Food and drink have been placed near blood and potentially infectious material.
1910.1030(d)(2)(x)