OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY ACT

Question 1

As required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the physical condition of the
workplace is required to be inspected by a Health and Safety representative:
A) Monthly
B) Every three months
C) Every six months
D) Yearly

Answer 1

A) Monthly

Question 2

According to the Occupational Health & Safety Act, which of the following duties is not a
duty of a supervisor?
A) To ensure a worker uses or wears protective equipment and clothing that the
worker’s employer requires to be used or worn
B) To ensure that equipment and protective devices provided by the employer are
maintained in good condition
C) To advise a worker of the existence of any potential or actual danger to the health
and safety of the worker of which a supervisor is aware
D) To take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a
worker

Answer 2

B) To ensure that equipment and protective devices provided by the employer are
maintained in good condition

Question 3

Under Part V – “Right to Refuse or to Stop Work Where Health and Safety in
Danger”, within the Occupational Health & Safety Act, until the investigation is
completed, the worker .
A) Shall remain in the office / work station of his or her supervisor
B) Shall be sent home but must be readily available to return to the work site as
required
C) Shall remain at a safe place that is as near as reasonably possible to his or her
work station
D) Stay in the nearest designated lunch room

Answer 3

C) Shall remain at a safe place that is as near as reasonably possible to his or her
work station

Question 4

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Section 5 “The Rights of
Workers” gives basic rights to workers, they are:
A) The Right to Participate, the Right to know, the Right to Refuse Work, the Right
to stop Work
B) The Right to Participate, the Right to Refuse Work, the Right to Stop Work.
C) The Right to ensure that protective devices are cleaned regularly
D) The Right to be provided equipment, materials and protective devices as
prescribed

Answer 4

A) The Right to Participate, the Right to know, the Right to Refuse Work, the Right
to stop Work

Question 5

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Workplace Violence and
Workplace Harassment” states the following are key requirements of the Act with
respect to workplace violence and workplace harassment:
A) Policies, Programs, Information and Instruction, Assessment of Risks,
Results of an Assessment or Reassessment, Domestic Violence,
General Duties and Application to Workplace Violence, and Work
Refusal
B) Information and Instruction, Assessment of Risks, Reassessment, Domestic
Violence, General Duties and Application to Workplace Violence, and Work
Refusal
C) Policies, General Duties and Application to Workplace Violence, and Work
Refusal
D) Policies, Programs, Assessment of Risks, Results of an Assessment or
Reassessment, General Duties and Application to Workplace Violence

Answer 5

A) Policies, Programs, Information and Instruction, Assessment of Risks,
Results of an Assessment or Reassessment, Domestic Violence,
General Duties and Application to Workplace Violence, and Work
Refusal

Question 6

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, defines a Workplace as:
A) An institution or physical building
B) Vehicles are exempted from this definition
C) Any place in or near to where a worker works. A workplace could be a
building, a mine a construction site, an open field a road, a forest or even
a beach
D) Workplaces under Federal (Government of Canada) jurisdiction are not covered
by the Act

Answer 6

C) Any place in or near to where a worker works. A workplace could be a
building, a mine a construction site, an open field a road, a forest or even
a beach

Question 7

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Enforcement” states that if a
person is critically injured or killed at a workplace, no person can alter the scene where
the injury occurred in any way without the permission of an Inspector. This does not
apply if it is necessary to disturb the scene in order to:
A) You can never alter the scene where an injury occurred without the permission of
an Inspector.
B) The scene can only be altered when the accident investigation has been
completed
C) Save a life or relive human suffering, maintain an essential public utility
service or public transportation system or prevent unnecessary damage
to equipment or other property
D) The inspector will be accompanied by a representative of the Employer and
the workers, and they will collectively decide if the scene can be disturbed

Answer 7

C) Save a life or relive human suffering, maintain an essential public utility
service or public transportation system or prevent unnecessary damage
to equipment or other property

Question 8

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Enforcement” states: The employer
must post copies of both the notice of compliance and the original order in a place
where they are most likely to be seen by workers for a period of:
A) 14 days
B) A minimum of 1 month
C) One week and then the notice must be directed to the Officer in Charge of the
station to see
D) That it is immediately filed in the JHSC file for that station

Answer 8

A) 14 days

Question 9

According to the Occupational Health & Safety Act, under Duties of Employers and other
person and specifically in Section 28(1)(b) a worker must:
A) Work in compliance with the Act except if it is an emergency situation
B) Report to the employer any missing equipment that prevents them from doing their
job
C) Use or wear any equipment, protective devices or clothing required by the employer
D) All of the above

Answer 9

C) Use or wear any equipment, protective devices or clothing required by the employer

Question 10

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is not a
duty of the Employer?
A) The measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace
B) The equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided
C) Work in compliance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations
D) The equipment, materials and protective devices provided by the employer are
maintained in good condition

Answer 10

C) Work in compliance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations

Question 11

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a Duty of
a Supervisor?
A) Remove or make ineffective any protective device required by the regulations or
by his or her employer, without providing an adequate temporary protective
device and when the need for removing or making ineffective the protective
device has ceased, the protective device shall be replaced immediately
B) Post at a conspicuous location in the workplace a copy of the occupational health
and safety policy
C) Works in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures
required by this Act and the regulations
D) The workplace complies with the regulations

Answer 11

C) Works in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures
required by this Act and the regulations

Question 12

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a not
Duty of a Supervisor?
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) The equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided
C) Where so prescribed, provide a worker with written instructions as to the
measures and procedures to be taken for protection of the worker
D) Works in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures
required by this Act and the regulations; and

Answer 12

B) The equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided

Question 13

According to the Occupational Health & Safety Act, which of the following is a not Duty of
a Supervisor?
A) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a
worker
B) Uses or wears the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the worker’s
employer requires to be used or worn
C) 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
D) Acquaint a worker or a person in authority over a worker with any hazard in the
work and in the handling, storage, use, disposal and transport of any article,
device, equipment or a biological, chemical or physical agent

Answer 13

D) Acquaint a worker or a person in authority over a worker with any hazard in the
work and in the handling, storage, use, disposal and transport of any article,
device, equipment or a biological, chemical or physical agent

Question 14

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a not
Duty of a Worker?
A) 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
B) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a
worker
C) Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the worker’s
employer requires to be used or worn
D) Report to his or her employer or supervisor any contravention of this Act or the
regulations or the existence of any hazard of which he or she knows.

Answer 14

B) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a
worker

Question 15

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is incorrect,
28 (2) ‘No worker shall’?
A) Engage in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and
boisterous conduct
B) Provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health
or safety of the worker
C) Use or operate any equipment, machine, device or thing or work in a manner that
may endanger himself, herself or any other worker
D) Remove or make ineffective any protective device required by the regulations or
by his or her employer, without providing an adequate temporary protective
device and when the need for removing or making ineffective the protective
device has ceased, the protective device shall be replaced immediately

Answer 15

B) Provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health
or safety of the worker

Question 16

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, to protect a worker from
workplace harassment, an employer shall ensure that the following are implemented
except for:
A) The health and safety of workers employed by employers referred to in clause
(b) is protected
B) Provide information and instruction that is appropriate for the worker on the
contents of the policy and program with respect to workplace harassment
C) In consultation with the committee or a health and safety representative, if
any.
Develop and maintain a written program to implement the policy with respect
to workplace harassment required under clause 32.0.1 (1) (b)
D) An investigation is conducted into incidents and complaints of workplace
harassment that is appropriate in the circumstances

Answer 16

A) The health and safety of workers employed by employers referred to in clause
(b) is protected

Question 17

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, if an employer becomes aware, or
ought reasonably to be aware, that domestic violence that would likely expose a worker
to physical injury may occur in the workplace, the employer shall,
A) 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
B) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the
worker
C) Prepare a policy with respect to workplace harassment
D) 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

Answer 17

B) Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the
worker

Question 18

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, in Part III.0.1 Violence and
Harassment which is not a responsibility of an employer?
A) The policies shall be in written form and shall be posted at a conspicuous place
in the workplace
B) Include measures and procedures for workers to report incidents of workplace
violence to the employer or supervisor
C) State the opinion of the Director as to the likelihood of the danger to the health of
a worker, and the Director’s reasons in respect thereof, including the matters or
causes which give rise to his or her opinion
D) Prepare a policy with respect to workplace harassment

Answer 18

C) State the opinion of the Director as to the likelihood of the danger to the health of
a worker, and the Director’s reasons in respect thereof, including the matters or
causes which give rise to his or her opinion

Question 19

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, upon refusing to work or do
particular work, the worker shall promptly report the circumstances of the refusal to the
worker’s employer or supervisor who shall forthwith investigate the report in the
presence of the worker and, if there is such, in the presence of one of the following,
except:
A) worker who because of knowledge, experience and training is selected by a
trade union that represents the worker, or if there is no trade union, is selected by
the workers to represent them
B) The Ministry of Labour inspector who shall issue orders to the employer
C) A committee member who represents workers
D) A health and safety representative, if any

Answer 19

B) The Ministry of Labour inspector who shall issue orders to the employer

Question 20

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, a worker may refuse to work or do
particular work where he or she has reason to believe that,
A) The physical condition of the workplace or the part thereof in which he or she
works or is to work is likely to endanger himself or herself
B) Any equipment, machine, device or thing he or she is to use or operate or the
physical condition of the workplace or the part thereof in which he or she works
or is to work is in contravention of this Act or the regulations and such
contravention is likely to endanger himself, herself or another worker
C) Workplace violence is likely to endanger himself or herself
D) All of the above

Answer 20

D) All of the above

Question 21

According to the OHSA for reprisals, discipline and dismissal, no employer or person
acting on behalf of an employer shall:
A) Impose any penalty upon a worker
B) Intimidate or coerce a worker
C) Dismiss or threaten to dismiss a worker
D) All of the above

Answer 21

D) All of the above

Question 22

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, where a person is killed or is
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 so to do has been given by an inspector except for:
A) Reducing associated costs
B) Saving life or relieving human suffering
C) Maintaining a non-essential public utility service
D) None of the above

Answer 22

B) Saving life or relieving human suffering

Question 23

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, where a person is killed or is
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 so to do has been given by an inspector except for:
A) Reducing associated costs
B) Ordered by a supervisor
C) Maintaining an essential public utility service or a public transportation system
D) None of the above

Answer 23

C) Maintaining an essential public utility service or a public transportation system

Question 24

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, where a person is killed or is
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 so to do has been given by an inspector except for:
A) Reducing associated costs
B) Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or other property
C) Maintaining a non-essential public utility service
D) None of the above

Answer 24

B) Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or other property

Question 25

According to OHSA, Obstruction of Committee, which of the following is correct? No
person shall knowingly
A) Hinder or interfere with a worker selected by a trade union or trade unions or a
worker selected by the workers to represent them in the exercise of a power or
performance of a duty under this Act
B) Furnish a committee, a committee member or a health and safety representative
with false information in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty under
this Act
C) Hinder or interfere with a committee, a committee member or a health and safety
representative in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty under this Act
D) All of the above

Answer 25

D) All of the above