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Air Conditioning Contractor — Class A/Business & Finance

Jobsite Safety (OSHA)

13% of this exam

Business & Finance tests safety the way an employer lives it: running a safety program, keeping and posting the OSHA injury records, reporting serious injuries on time, handling an inspection and a citation, hazard communication, and employee rights. OSHA 29 CFR 1926 is not on the Business & Finance reference list — jobsite measurements (trench depths, guardrail heights) belong to the Project Management exam.

Core concepts

Recordkeeping is a calendar

Recordable cases go on the 300 Log and a 301 Incident Report within 7 calendar days. The 300A summary is certified by a company executive and posted February 1 through April 30. Keep the log, summary, and 301s for 5 years after the end of the year they cover.

Small doesn't mean silent

Companies with 10 or fewer employees all last year (peak, company-wide) skip the logs, and construction is not a partially exempt industry. Every employer still reports a fatality within 8 hours and an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss within 24 hours.

Inspections and citations have rules

An employer may insist on a warrant. Citations are classified as willful, serious, other-than-serious, repeat, or failure-to-abate, and penalties weigh business size, gravity, good faith, and history. A contest must be filed within 15 working days, and fixing a hazard on the spot does not erase the citation.

Employees have protected rights

Employers may not retaliate for reporting an injury or filing a safety complaint; an OSH Act 11(c) complaint must be filed within 30 days. Required PPE is the employer's cost, and HazCom requires a written program, labeled containers, accessible SDSs, and training.

Florida drug-free workplace

A program that follows FS 440.102 (60-day notice, written policy, four required test types) qualifies the employer for a workers' comp premium discount and strengthens its position when denying benefits for drug- or alcohol-related injuries. Random testing is allowed but not required.

Key facts to know cold

Log + 301 entryWithin 7 calendar days of learning of a recordable case — 1904.29
Fatality / hospitalization reporting8 hours / 24 hours (also amputation, eye loss) — 1904.39
Form 300A postingFeb 1 – Apr 30, certified by a company executive — 1904.32
Record retention5 years after the end of the covered year — 1904.33
Contesting a citation15 working days from receipt — 1903.17
Retaliation complaint (11(c))30 days after the adverse action — 1977.15
Drug-free workplace notice60 days before testing starts — FS 440.102(3)

See it drawn out

Fig — OSHA incident reporting clock
  1. Hour 0Incident occurs
  2. +8 hoursFatality reported to OSHA
  3. +24 hoursIn-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye reported
  4. +7 daysRecordable case entered on the 300 Log and 301 report
Fig — The OSHA recordkeeping year
  1. Dec 31Year closes; review the 300 Log and build the 300A summary
  2. Feb 1Certified 300A posted where employee notices go
  3. Apr 30Posting period ends
  4. +5 yearsLog, summary, and 301s may be discarded

Where it lives in your books

The real exam is open book. Knowing which book and which tab answer this domain is worth as much as memorizing it.

regulation

OSHA 1926

OSHA questions are number questions: heights, depths, distances, and hours. Tab the big subparts and trust the printed number over your memory.

11 recommended tabs

statute

Workers' Comp (FS 440)

The construction industry rule is stricter than the general rule — coverage required with just one employee. Exemption questions hinge on the officer/ownership limits.

4 recommended tabs

Lookup strategy

  • · Recordkeeping and reporting live in 29 CFR Part 1904; inspections, citations, and contests in Part 1903. Know which part a question is asking about.
  • · Drug-free workplace and workers' comp questions go to the FS 440 reprint in the Contractors Manual — 440.102 for the program, 440.09 for benefit denial.

Reading isn't learning. Retrieval is.

33 questions in this domain, each with an explanation and source.