Workers Compenstation Act
Part 26 - Forestry Operations
OHSR
Definitions
Miscellaneous
100
General duties of supervisor are outlined in this section of the Workers Compensation Act.
Section 117
100
Section 26.12 has been repealed. What does repealed mean?
Cancelled
100
What section describes the requirement to have a secondary means of escape from the cab of a machine?
Section 16.17 Escape from a cab
100
Knowledgable of the work, the hazards involved and the meansto control the hazards, by reason of education, training, experience or a combination thereof.
Qualified
100
Blasting operatrions are covered in this part of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Part 21 - Blasting Operations
200
What sections of the Act outline incident reporting and investigation.
Sections 172 to 177
200
This section of Part 26 outlines the requirements for anchors used in yarding operations.
Section 26.40 Anchors
200
This section has specific instructions for supervisors related to mobile equipment.
Section 16.6 Supervisor's responsibility
200
A workplace where work is done in relation to silviculture or harvesting trees, including constructing the means of access and transporting the harvested trees to a facility where they are processed or from which they are exported.
Forestry Operation
200
Part 17 of the OHSR deals with the Transportation of Workers. How many workers have to be in the vehicle to classify it as a "worker transportation vehicle".
Three or more
300
What section in the Act says that a worker must report hazards to their supervisor?
Section 116 - 2(e)
300
What section sets out requirements for how a log truck must be loaded and what the load should look like?
Section 26.67 Load specifications
300
List two things that are required as part of a new or young worker's orientation and training.
-Name and contact info of supervisor -Employers and workers rights and responsibilities under the WCA and OHSR -Workplace health and safety rules -Hazards -Working alone -Violence in the workplace -Personal Protective Equipment -Location of first aid and reporting incidents -Emergency procedures -Instruction and demonstration of the work -Health and Safety Program -WHMIS -Contact for health and safety committee, if applicable
300
A workplace where workers of 2 or more employers are working at the same time.
Multiple employer workplace
300
This section of the OHSR outlines what PPE is to be provided by the employer.
Section 8.2
400
This section of the Act says that the employer must make their workers aware of all known or forseeable health or safety hazards.
Section 115 - 2(b)(i)
400
What section of Part 26 requires that haul roads are to be constructed and maintained to a standard that permits safe transit.
Section 26.79 Haul road standards
400
A workplace conduct policy is required by what section of the OHSR?
Section 4.29 Policies and Procedures
400
The area within a 2 tree length radius of where a faller or mechanized falling equipment is located and equipped so as to be able to fall timber.
Active falling area
400
Prime Contractor responsibilities are outlined in the Workers Compensation Act and the OHSR. Which sections?
WCA 118 OHSR 26.1.1 and 26.1.2 - Prime Contractor requirements and Multiple employer workplace
500
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees are required in workplaces with this number of workers.
20 or more
500
Falling supervisor requirements are outlined in this section.
26.22.1 Falling supervisors for forestry operations
500
The right to refuse unsafe work is in this section of the OHSR.
Section 3.12 Procedure for refusal
500
A tree that is a hazard to a worker due to its location or lean, physical damage, overhead conditions, deterioration of its limbs, stem or root system.
Dangerous tree
500
The requirements to do have an avalanche safety program is located in this section of Part 4 of the OHSR.
Section 4.1.1 Snow avalanche assessment
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