True or False? Employees need to wear a safety vest or reflective straps during cargo.
True.
AOHS sec 49: Employees must take the necessary measures to protect his health and his security.
True or False? The employer will have to impose appropriate disciplinary measures on employees who do not respect health or safety, otherwise he could be accused, by a court, of contravening his obligations under the Criminal Code of Canada or the Act regarding Occupational Health and Safety (AOHS).
True.
•The Criminal Code was amended in 2004, in order to legally respond to the mine disaster Westray and hold accountable agents of an organization who fail to exercise due diligence.
•Section 217.1 of the Criminal Code states: "Everyone who directs or is empowered to do any work or performance of a duty shall take steps to prevent the result bodily injury to others. »
True or False? All accidents in the workplace must be declared.
True.
True or False? All employees are eligible to the For a Safe Maternity Experience Program.
False.
Pregnant or breastfeeding workers who:
•have a job that involves physical hazards to themselves or to the child they are carrying or breastfeeding
•are fit for work
•are available for assignment to other duties
are eligible
Your coop just received a bobcat/forklift. Do your employees need training before using it or can they use it without training if they know how to operate safely ?
Yes ! they need training even if they know how to operate it. According to AOHS, Sec. 51 para 9, they employer must :
• Adequately inform the worker about the risks related to his work and provide him with training and supervision for the safety of the worker
True of False? You shouldn't let an employee who doesn't wear his PPE work.
True.
AOHS sec 51: Employers must provide the worker with all personal protective equipment free of charge and ensure that the worker uses this equipment.
True or False: If my organization is guilty of criminal negligence for failing to exercise due diligence in supervising workers, the judge can impose a fine that could bankrupt my business.
True.
According to Court of Appeal for Ontario, the seriousness of the offense of criminal negligence is more important than the survival of the business. Economic viability is only one criterion to be considered in determining the amount of the fine.
True or False? You have to declare incidents/near misses even if no one got injured.
True.
True or False? When the employee gives you their “Certificat visant le retrait préventif et l'affectation de la travailleuse enceinte ou qui allaite” they automatically go on preventive withdrawal.
False.
Reassignment to new position is always the first step. Once you have the doctor’s recommendations, you need to assign the employee new duties according to those recommendations. The new tasks must allow the employee to work risk free.
If reassignment to a new position is impossible, the employee will go on preventive withdrawal.
True or False? An employee can continue working even if there is a work stoppage.
False.
If there's a work stoppage, please contact HR or Health and Safety ASAP. Also, the employee must not work to aggravate the situation.
Which of these statements are false? Employers must
A) Use methods and techniques aimed at identifying, controlling and eliminating risks that may or may not affect the health and safety of the worker.
B) Make sure that the work organization and the methods and techniques used to accomplish it are safe and do not harm the health of the worker.
C) Adequately inform the worker about the risks related to his work and provide him with training and supervision for the safety of the worker
A) Use methods and techniques aimed at identifying, controlling and eliminating risks that may or may not affect the health and safety of the worker.
Which statement corresponds to the definition of due diligence?
A)Due diligence involves taking all precautions that a prudent and diligent person would have taken in the circumstances to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace.
B) Due diligence involves acting like a diligent person to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace.
C) Due diligence involves making only the employee responsible to protect their the health and safety and the health and safety of others in the workplace
A) Due diligence involves taking all precautions that a prudent and diligent person would have taken in the circumstances to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace.
When do you fill out the event declaration form?
A) When the employee tells you they are on work stoppage.
B) When the employee tells you they have to go see the doctor.
C) Immediately after the event happened.
C) Immediately after the event happened.
Which statement corresponds to the objective of the For a Safe Maternity Experience Program?
A) The objective of the program is to allow pregnant or breastfeeding workers whose work involves physical hazards to their health or that of their child to stop working. These workers are immediately entitled to preventive withdrawal.
B) The objective of the program is to allow pregnant or breastfeeding workers whose work involves physical hazards to their health or that of their child to continue to work. These workers may be assigned to another position or other duties or, if this is not possible, be entitled to preventive withdrawal.
C) The objective of the program is to allow pregnant or breastfeeding workers whose work involves physical hazards to their health or that of their child to continue to work. These workers will assigned to another position or other duties based on their doctor's recommendations.
B) The objective of the program is to allow pregnant or breastfeeding workers whose work involves physical hazards to their health or that of their child to continue to work. These workers may be assigned to another position or other duties or, if this is not possible, be entitled to preventive withdrawal.
Which theory represents the relationship between serious accidents, minor accidents and near misses?
A) Maslow's Pyramid
B) Triangle of Life
C) Accident Triangle
C) Accident Triangle
Name 2 employees' duties.
•To take the measures required for protect his health and his security;
•Watch over not to put in danger the health and security of an other worker;
•To take knowledge the prevention program;
•Participate at identification and to elimination of risks accidents in his workplace.
Name one of the 3 duties that Employers must practice to prove that they did their due diligence
Duty of foresight, duty of efficiency, duty of authority
What tool do you have to guide you if you don't know what to do when an accident happens?
The "What to do in case of an accident" blue envelope
When applicable, what can you ask your employees to fill out to reduce the delay of payment from the CNESST?
A direct deposit form
Where can an employee get a Medical CNESST Certificate?
At the nursing station
Name 3 employer's duties.
•Take the necessary measures to protect the health and safety of the worker;
•Ensure that the establishments over which he has authority are equipped and fitted out for the protection of the worker;
•Use methods and techniques aimed at identifying, controlling and eliminating risks that may affect the health and safety of the worker.
•Make sure that the work organization and the methods and techniques used to accomplish it are safe and do not harm the health of the worker.
•Provide safe equipment and keep it in good condition.
•Adequately inform the worker about the risks related to his work and provide him with training, training and supervision for the safety of the worker
•Provide the worker with all personal protective equipment free of charge and ensure that the worker uses this equipment.
Explain one of the 3 duties of the Employer regarding due diligence:
Duty of foresight
Duty of efficiency
Duty of authority
The duty of foresight consists of identifying and controlling work-related risks, taking into account that human error is likely to be committed.
The duty of efficiency requires the employer to take concrete measures to eliminate or control the risks as well as to adequately train workers on safe work methods.
The duty of authority implies that the employer shows intolerance towards the dangerous behaviors adopted by its employees.
What are the 2 most important things to fill out in the event declaration form?
The date of the event and the description of the event.
Name the two documents your employees have give you to open their file for the For a Safe Maternity Experience Program.
The “Certificat visant le retrait préventif et l'affectation de la travailleuse enceinte ou qui allaite” and the doctors' recommandations
What's the name of your HR and Health and Safety Representatives?
A) Anita, Krystle, Kyla
B) David, Kyla, Yuhao
C) Nicole, Anita, Amanda
D) Donny, Nicole, Marie-Josée
B) David, Kyla, Yuhao