Twenty-five questions on the hazardous waste operations and emergency response standard, 29 CFR 1910.120, with every answer traced to the paragraph it comes from — which operations the standard covers, the written program and the site-specific plan, site characterization before and after entry, work zones and the buddy system, how PPE is selected and when Level A or Level B is required, initial and periodic monitoring, drum handling, decontamination, and the five responder levels of paragraph (q). The training itself is 40 hours off site plus three days of supervised field experience under 1910.120(e)(3)(i), and only your employer's program can deliver it. This is a study aid for before or after that class.
25 questions about 20 min
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Frequently asked questions
No, and there is no official one. OSHA writes 29 CFR 1910.120 and requires that training be delivered and documented by the employer and its trainers; it does not publish or grade an exam. This free practice test is not affiliated with OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor and forms no part of any course.
No. Nothing is issued for taking this test. Under 1910.120(e)(6) the person who completes real 40-hour training is certified by their instructor or head instructor and trained supervisor, and receives a written certificate from them — from the training provider, never from a website. Reading this page counts toward no hour of that requirement.
General site workers — equipment operators, general laborers and supervisory personnel — engaged in hazardous substance removal or other activities that expose or potentially expose them to hazardous substances and health hazards. 1910.120(e)(3)(i) sets it at a minimum of 40 hours of instruction off the site plus a minimum of three days of actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained, experienced supervisor.
Two cases in 1910.120(e)(3): workers on site only occasionally for a specific limited task, such as groundwater monitoring or land surveying, who are unlikely to be exposed over exposure limits; and workers regularly on site in areas that have been monitored and fully characterized as under the limits, where respirators are not necessary and there is no health hazard or possibility of an emergency developing. Both get 24 hours plus one day of supervised field experience. If either of them later becomes a general site worker or has to wear a respirator, (e)(3)(iv) requires the extra 16 hours and two days.
Eight hours annually for the employees, managers and supervisors covered by 1910.120(e)(1) and (e)(4), under (e)(8). RCRA treatment, storage and disposal facility workers under paragraph (p)(7) get 24 hours initially and eight hours of refresher annually. Emergency responders trained under (q)(6) receive annual refresher training of sufficient content and duration to maintain their competencies, or demonstrate competency yearly.
Yes. Paragraph (q) is a large part of 1910.120 and a large part of the 40-hour syllabus, so several questions cover the incident command system, the buddy system and back-up personnel, and the five responder levels from first responder awareness through on scene incident commander.
Only where 1910.120 itself points at them — drums and containers meeting the appropriate DOT, OSHA and EPA regulations under (j)(1)(ii), for example. RCRA and the hazardous materials regulations of 49 CFR are separate bodies of law with their own training requirements, and no question here turns on them.
No. Site work readiness is decided by the training, the field experience, the medical surveillance program of 1910.120(f) and the site-specific briefings of (b)(4)(iii) — not by a score. Use this to find out which paragraphs you cannot yet explain.