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Safety Training Quiz Questions (40 Examples Across Industries)

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TL;DR. Forty safety training quiz questions across the five most-quizzed workplace settings. Use for OSHA compliance, onboarding, annual safety refreshers.

General workplace safety (10)

  • First action after a workplace injury? — **Ensure area is safe, then call for help**.
  • Where should fire extinguishers be? — **Visible, accessible, near hazards and exits; never blocked**.
  • The acronym “PASS” in fire safety: — **Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep**.
  • What does an SDS contain? — **Chemical hazard, handling, storage, emergency info**.
  • How often should fire drills be? — **At least annually**.
  • Tornado warning action? — **Move to an interior room or basement**.
  • When should you report a near miss? — **Immediately, even with no injury**.
  • What is “ergonomics”? — **Design of work environments to fit human capabilities**.
  • Safe lift weight guideline? — **~50 lbs (23 kg) with proper technique**.
  • Correct lift technique? — **Bend at knees, back straight, lift with legs**.
  • Construction safety (10)

  • PPE stands for: — **Personal Protective Equipment**.
  • Hard hat replacement interval: — **Every 5 years, sooner after impact**.
  • Minimum safe distance from overhead power lines (≤50 kV) for unqualified workers: — **10 feet (3 m)**.
  • “Competent person” under OSHA: — **Capable of identifying hazards and authorised to correct them**.
  • Fall protection required height: — **6 feet (1.8 m)**.
  • OSHA Caution sign colour: — **Yellow**.
  • Scaffolding inspection frequency: — **Before each shift and after any incident**.
  • Leading cause of construction fatalities: — **Falls**.
  • Trenches deeper than 5 ft require: — **Protective system (shoring, sloping, shielding)**.
  • LOTO stands for: — **Lockout/Tagout**.
  • Healthcare safety (10)

  • The “5 Rights” of medication administration: — **Right patient, drug, dose, route, time**.
  • Hand hygiene timing: — **Before/after patient contact, before clean procedures, after body fluid exposure, after surrounding contact**.
  • Standard precautions assume: — **All blood and body fluids may be infectious**.
  • Donning PPE sequence: — **Gown, mask, goggles, gloves**.
  • Doffing PPE sequence: — **Gloves, goggles, gown, mask** (varies by protocol).
  • Needlestick injury report timing: — **As soon as possible — time-sensitive**.
  • HIPAA patient identifiers (partial): — **Name, dates, addresses, SSN, medical records, photos, etc.**
  • Handoffs use a structured tool such as: — **SBAR**.
  • SBAR stands for: — **Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation**.
  • Universal precautions apply to: — **All patients regardless of diagnosis**.
  • Food service safety (5)

  • Danger Zone temperature: — **40°F to 140°F (4°C to 60°C)**.
  • Cold hold: — **At or below 40°F (4°C)**.
  • Hot hold: — **At or above 140°F (60°C)**.
  • Minimum internal cooking temp for poultry: — **165°F (74°C)**.
  • Food in Danger Zone discard time: — **2 hours (1 hour if ambient >90°F/32°C)**.
  • Office safety (5)

  • Monitor top should be at: — **Eye level or just below**.
  • Recommended screen distance: — **20–28 inches (50–70 cm)**.
  • The 20-20-20 rule: — **Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds**.
  • Ergonomic elbow angle for typing: — **~90 degrees**.
  • Office fire drills test: — **Evacuation routes, assembly points, accountability**.
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    James Okafor

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