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Before starting work, what quick safety check should be done to think through the tasks, tools/equipment, and the work area?
Pre-Job Safety Assessment (PSA).
Where must all H&S training (including orientation) be documented immediately after completion?
In the training matrix (CORFIX) and Dropbox.
Before stepping onto site, what CSA symbol should you check for on your safety boots?
Green triangle
During overhead lifting operations, what must be used to mark off the exclusion zone so only authorized/trained workers may enter?
Caution tape or Danger tape with signage.
Which muscles should be used when lifting to reduce the risk of MSDs?
Leg muscles, not the back.
After a critical injury, this must remain undisturbed unless life-saving action is required.
Accident scene
If a task is identified as high-risk, what must be in place that clearly lists the steps and controls?
A Safe Work Procedure (SWP).Also JHA
Who is responsible for ensuring PPE is worn on site?
Employers, supervisors, and workers.
Which heat-related illness is a medical emergency where sweating stops and body temperature continues to rise?
Heat Stroke.
If you’re operating equipment and it contacts an overhead powerline, how should you exit the machine to reduce shock risk?
Jump clear with both feet together, or shuffle away keeping your feet together
Name two control methods that should be considered before PPE (hint: hierarchy of controls)
Any two of: Elimination/Substitution, Engineering Controls, Administrative Controls
After a workplace injury, what record must be completed to document what happened and what corrective actions are needed?
Injury Report Form (Photo) Form
This type of hard hat is mandatory on all sites.
CSA Class E Type 2 hard hat
This electrical protection device is required on all construction sites.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
Who is allowed to perform the maintenance electrical equipment?
Only trained and authorized workers. Unqualified workers must not repair, modify, or troubleshoot electrical equipment.
This system requires hazards to be reported to supervision as part of shared safety responsibility.
Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
Name two documents that must be prepared and reviewed with the crew at project start-up?
Project Safety Plan (PSP)
Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
Workplace Violence & Harassment Program / Procedures
Site-Specific Orientation / Site Rules (as applicable)
This training is mandatory for workers exposed to fall hazards.
Working at Heights training
This rule explains why traffic control workers must remain visible to drivers at all times.
If you can’t see the driver, the driver can’t see you
What are the most common electrical hazards?
Exposed live wires, damaged cords, improper grounding, wet conditions, overloaded circuits, and contact with overhead or underground power lines.
Your crew is doing an excavation and there’s a risk of soil collapse. To follow the “source–path–receiver” control approach, where should the first control be applied?
At the source: at the excavation itself (e.g., proper shoring/sloping/benching before relying on barriers/PPE)
If an anchor point can’t be installed exactly as per the manufacturer’s instructions, what is required before it can be used?
An engineer-approved anchor point (engineering approval/design)
Fall protection is required at or above this height if guardrails are not in place.
8 feet (2.4 metres)
For a Type 1 asbestos abatement, name three key requirements that must be followed?
only non friable asbestos materials should be handled, no power tool allowed, appropriate PPE, control dust (wetting materials), minimize breakage to keep materials intact, use drop sheets to contain debris, ensure proper waste disposal
Name TWO reasons a worker may be considered unfit for duty.
Fatigue, drugs, alcohol, prescription meds, mental health, medical conditions.