Occupational Health & Safety Act (35 Questions)

Question 1

As defined in Part IX (Offences and Penalties) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, R.S.O., 1990 c. 0.1; it states that every person who contravenes or fails to comply with the act is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than .

Answer 1

$100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than twelve months, or to both

Question 2

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:

Answer 2

Monthly

Question 3

In accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2016, which of the following duties is not a duty of a supervisor?

Answer 3

To Ensure that equipment and protective devices provided by the employer are maintained in good condtion

Question 4

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 .

Answer 4

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

Question 5

On Victoria Day and Canada Day and the two days immediately preceding and following workers they are:

Answer 5

The Right to Participate, the Right to know, the right to refuse work, the right to stop work

Question 6

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “The Duties of Employers and Other Persons” states:

Answer 6

There is a general duty on employers to take all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of workers

Question 7

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Enforcement” includes all of the following actions except:

Answer 7

Any employee can contact the Ministry of Labour without the direct knowledge of their internal Joint Health and Safety Committee.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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 9

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, defines a Workplace as: .

Answer 9

Anyplace in or near to where a worker works. A Workplace could be a building, a mine a construction, an open field, a road, a forest or even a beach.

Question 10

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:

Answer 10

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 11

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Enforcement” states that “Where an order has been made to correct a contravention of the Act or Regulations, and the contravention in question is dangerous to the health and safety of a worker, the Inspector may also order that:

Answer 11

The workplace be cleared of workers and access to the workplace be prevented until the hazard is removed. No worker can be required or permitted to enter the workplace except to remove the hazard, and then only if the worker if protected by the hazard

Question 12

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 .

Answer 12

14 days

Question 13

The following work is not covered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act:

Answer 13

An owner or occupant doing work on their own private home

Question 14

Under Duties of employers and other person and specifically in Section 28(1)(b) a worker must:

Answer 14

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

Question 15

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is not a power of the Health and Safety Committee?

Answer 15

Amend standards established under subsection (2). 2016, c. 37, Sched. 16, s. 2.

Question 16

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is not a duty of the Employer?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a not Duty of a Supervisor?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Which of the following is a not Duty of a Supervisor?

Answer 18

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 19

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a not Duty of a Worker?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is incorrect, 28 (2) ‘No worker shall’?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, an employer shall develop and maintain a program to implement the policy with respect to workplace violence required under clause 32.0.1 (1) (a)., without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the program shall provide the following except:

Answer 21

The inspector shall, following the investigation referred to in subsection (7), decide whether a circumstance described in clause (6) (a), (b), (b.1) or (c) is likely to endanger the worker or another person

Question 22

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:

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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,

Answer 23

Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the

Question 24

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Program Harassment; An employer shall, 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). Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the program shall,

Answer 24

B Set out how a worker who has allegedly experienced workplace harassment and the alleged harasser, if he or she is a worker of the employer, will be informed of the results of the investigation and of any corrective action that has been taken or that will be taken as a result of the investigation
C Include measures and procedures for workers to report incidents of workplace harassment to a person other than the employer or supervisor, if the employer or supervisor is the alleged harasser
A) Both B & C are correct

Question 25

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, in Part III.0.1 Violence and Harassment which is not a responsibility of an employer?

Answer 25

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 26

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:

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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,

Answer 27

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

Question 28

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, pending the investigation and decision of the inspector, no worker shall be assigned to use or operate the equipment, machine, device or thing or to work in the workplace or in the part of the workplace being investigated unless, in the presence of a person described in subsection (12), the worker has been advised of the other worker’s refusal and of his or her reasons for the refusal. The following are people referred to in subsection (12) include all except:

Answer 28

A competent supervisor

Question 29

According to the OHSA for reprisals, discipline and dismissal, no employer or person acting on behalf of an employer shall:

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Part VII Notices
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, where a person is killed or critically injured from any cause at a workplace, the constructor, if any, and the employer shall notify all of the following except:

Answer 30

Municipal Council

Question 31

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:

Answer 31

Saving life or relieving human suffering

Question 32

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:

Answer 32

Maintaining an essential public utility service or a public transportation

Question 33

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:

Answer 33

Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or other property

Question 34

According to OHSA, Obstruction of Committee, which of the following is correct? No person shall knowingly

Answer 34

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) D) All of the above

Question 35

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which of the following is a not Duty of a Supervisor?

Answer 35

The equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided