Construction and Installation Safety
Outside plant (OSP) fiber optic construction has potential hazards that require special procedures. Techs may be working near heavy equipment and traffic, climbing poles or digging trenches. How familiar are you with the safety issues in OSP construction?
1. Before beginning any underground OSP construction, management should perform a risk assessment covering ______.
Correct Answer: Activity-specific hazards and risk identification
2. Workers in OSP construction should be trained and certified by ______ in all appropriate aspects of workplace safety.
Correct Answer: OSHA
3. Managers or supervisors should post ______ at the work site and make all personnel are aware of its importance.
Correct Answer: Safety rules for all personnel
4. As a minimum, personal protective equipment must include ______.
Correct Answer: All these and any other appropriate equipment
5. Project work near roadways requires careful traffic management for safety and sometimes permits from local authorities.
Correct Answer: True
6. Before beginning any underground OSP construction, you must call 811 (Call Before You Dig) for assistance in ______.
Correct Answer: Locating underground services in the construction area
7. Digging, trenching and boring are extremely dangerous around buried electrical cables or gas lines. Besides calling 811, installers should use ______ to verify the location of underground utilities.
Correct Answer: Underground cable- and pipe-locating equipment
8. To prevent damage from future construction to the cables you install, you should ______.
Correct Answer: All of the above
9. For the installer, aerial cable installation is more dangerous than underground installation.
Correct Answer: True
10. Aerial cable work on utility poles includes danger from ______ and must have ______.
Correct Answer: All of the above
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