Conduct undertaken with malice that a reasonable person would find hostile or offensive and that is not related to an employer's legitimate business interests (including performance standards). Examples of abusive conduct may include repeated infliction of verbal abuse, such as the use of derogatory remarks, insults, epithets, verbal or physical conduct that a reasonable person would find threatening, intimidating, or humiliating, or the gratuitous sabotage or undermining of a person's work performance. A single act shall not constitute abusive conduct, unless the act is especially severe or egregious.

A means of reaching a work space of a work area.

Accessible. Within reach from a work space or work area.

Accessible Location. A location which can be reached by an employee standing on the floor, platform, runway, or other permanent working area.

An 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels A-weighted (85 dBA 8-hr TWA) established by CAL/OSHA.

A concentration designated for a specific substance, calculated as an eight-hour time weighted average, which initiates certain required activities such as exposure monitoring and medical surveillance. The action level is always lower than the corresponding Cal/OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) and is designed to protect personnel from overexposure.

an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.

Acutely toxic substances cause adverse effects by any of the following exposure methods: Oral or dermal administration of a single dose of a substance. Multiple oral or dermal doses within a 24-hour period An inhalation exposure of 4 hours.By the criteria listed below, substances are placed in one of four toxicity categories according to their experimentally derived LD50 or LC50 values.

Adequate. Sufficient to reduce the risk to an acceptable minimum.

Controls include limiting the length of time an employee is exposed to hazardous atmospheres.

An employee whose job requires them to operate or use a machine or equipment on which cleaning, repairing, servicing, setting-up or adjusting operations are being performed under lockout or tagout, or whose job requires the employee to work in an area in which such activities are being performed under lockout or tagout An affected employee does not perform servicing or maintenance on machines or equipment (this is conducted by an "authorized employee".

A respirator with an air-purifying filter, cartridge, or canister that removes specific air contaminants by passing ambient air through the air-purifying element.

A stair on which the treads are approximately one-half the width of the stair and alternate from right to left, consecutively, for the length of the stair.

Animal carcasses, excrement, contaminated litter, or debris from the bodies of animals, such as feathers or dander.

See simple asphyxiant

A liquid or solid chemical that causes severe acute effects if it infiltrates into the trachea and lower respiratory tract. Possible effects include chemical pneumonia, pulmonary injury, or death.

The minimum anticipated protection provided by a properly functioning respirator or class of respirators to a given percentage of properly fitted and trained users. The APF for a respirator is assigned by NOISH and with the MUC helps to determine the appropriate respirator.

A respirator that supplies the respirator user with breathing air from a source independent of the ambient atmosphere, and includes supplied-air respirators (SARs) and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units.

Devices (other than conventional forks or load backrest extensions) for a specific use, mounted permanently or temporarily on the elevating mechanism of the truck. Common types include fork extensions, clamps, booms, rams, baskets and personnel platforms.

Any story immediately below the roof and wholly or partly within the roof framing, designed, arranged, or built for business or storage use.

Exams that measure the sensitivity of a person's hearing threshold in decibels as a function of frequency.

A professional specializing in the study and rehabilitation of hearing, who is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or licensed by a state board of examiners.

An instrument for measuring the threshold or sensitivity of hearing.

A qualified person who locks out or tags out specific machines or equipment in order to perform cleaning, repairing, servicing, setting-up, and adjusting operations on that machine or equipment. Lockout or tagout is used by these employees for their self-protection. An "affected" employee becomes an "authorized" employee whenever he/she performs servicing or maintenance functions on machines or equipment that must be locked or tagged.

Selected by the employer for that purpose.