Section W Occupational Health & Safety Act Flashcards
W-1.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019, Section 66(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 .
a) $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both
b) $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both
c) $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both
d) $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than twelve months, or to both
d) $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than twelve months, or to both
W-2.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019, Section 8(6))
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
a) Monthly
W-3.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019 - Section 27(2))
In accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2016, 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
b) To ensure that equipment and protective devices provided by the employer are maintained in good condition
W-4.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019 - Section 43(5)(a))
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
c) Shall remain at a safe place that is as near as reasonably possible to his or her work station
W-5.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015,- P.5)
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
a) The Right to Participate, the Right to know, the Right to Refuse Work, the Right to stop Work
W-6.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.28)
A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “The Duties of Employers and Other Persons” states:
a) That each worker brings their own device(s) to the workplace
b) The employer is not responsible to ensure that the equipment, materials and protective device(s) provided by the employer are used as prescribed
c) Shall ensure that protective device(s) are cleaned and maintained regularly
d) There is a general duty on employers to take all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of workers
d) There is a general duty on employers to take all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of workers
W-7.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.77)
A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “Enforcement” includes all of the following actions except:
a) If the internal responsibility system fails to address adequately the health and safety issues in a workplace, or if the Act and regulations are not being followed, the Ministry of Labour has the authority to enforce the law
b) Any employee can contact the Ministry of Labour without the direct knowledge of their internal Joint Health and Safety Committee.
c) Inspectors have broad powers to among other things, inspect any workplace, investigate any potentially hazardous situation and work refusal, order compliance with the Act and regulations and initiate prosecutions
d) Employers, supervisor and workers must assist and co-operate with inspectors
b) Any employee can contact the Ministry of Labour without the direct knowledge of their internal Joint Health and Safety Committee.
W-8.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.39-46)
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
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
W-9.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.8)
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
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
W-10.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.84)
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
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
W-11.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.81)
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:
a) All equipment, machinery, and processes can remain in use until the contravention is completed
b) The workplace may continue in a normal fashion until the hazard is removed
c) 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
d) The issued written orders can require the employer to submit a plan to the Ministry specifying when and how he/she will comply with the order
c) 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
W-12.
(Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - 2015, P.83)
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
a) 14 days
W-13.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019 – Section 3(1))
The following work is not covered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act:
a) A worker doing renovations on a private house
b) A worker doing work for no renumeration on a private house in exchange for lodging
c) A worker doing work as a logger at a logging camp
d) An owner or occupant doing work on their own private home
d) An owner or occupant doing work on their own private home
W-14.
(Occupational Health and Safety Act 2019 - Section 28(1)(b))
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
c) Use or wear any equipment, protective devices or clothing required by the employer
