Occupational Health and Safety Act

Question 1

What is not considered workplace harassment?

Answer 1

A reasonable action taken by an employer or supervisor relating to the management and direction of workers or the workplace

Question 2

What are the duties of a supervisor

Answer 2

1) A supervisor shall ensure that a worker
a) Works in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures required by this act and the regulations
b) Uses or wears the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the workers employer requires to be worn or used

Question 3

What are the additional duties of a supervisor

Answer 3

a) Advise a worker of the existence of any potential or actual danger to the health or safety of the worker of which the supervisor is aware
b) Where are so prescribed provide a worker with written instructions as to the measures and procedures to be taken for protection of the worker
c) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker

Question 4

What are the duties of a worker

Answer 4

a) Work in compliance with the provisions of this act and the regulations
b) Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the workers employer requires to be used or worn
c) Report to his or her employer or supervisor the absence of or defect in any equipment or protective device of which the worker is aware and which may endanger himself herself or another worker
d) Report to his or her employer or supervisor any contravention of this act or the regulations for the existence of any hazard of which he or she knows

Question 5

Which of the following is incorrect
Where a person is killed or critically injured from any cause at a workplace:

a) The constructor, if any, and the employer shall notify an inspector, and the committee, health and safety representative and trade union, if any
b) Notification must be made immediately by telephone or other direct means
c) The employer shall within 48 hours after the occurrence send to a direct or a written report of the circumstances of the occurrence containing such information and particulars as regulations prescribe
d) The employer shall notify an inspector, and the committee, health and safety representative in trade union, if any, within 48 hours

Answer 5

D

Question 6

Where a person is killed or critically injured at a workplace no person shall interfere with, disturb, destroy, alter or carry away any wreckage, article or thing at the scene of or connected with the occurrence until permission to do so has been given by an inspector except for the purpose of:

Answer 6

a) Saving life or relieving human suffering
b) Maintaining an essential public utility service or a public transportation system
c) Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or other property