Ontario health and safety quiz: OHSA rights and duties (14 questions)
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The basics of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in 14 questions: awareness training, duties of workers, supervisors and employers, the right to refuse unsafe work, committees, representatives and reporting. Free quiz with instant feedback and a short explanation citing the rule for every answer. Based on Ontario law (Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations); other provinces and territories have their own rules. Practice material written by Quizhat: these are not the questions of any official test or assessment, and Quizhat is not affiliated with Health Canada, CCOHS, the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, the Chief Prevention Officer or any training provider. Sources: Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1; Ontario Regulation 297/13 (Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training), ss. 1 to 4.
Within what time must a new supervisor complete basic health and safety awareness training in Ontario?
Within one year of being promoted to supervisor
Within 90 days of starting work as a supervisor
Within one week of starting work as a supervisor
Before the next joint committee inspection
Question 2 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which topic is NOT required in the basic awareness training program for workers?
Workers' rights and duties under the Act
How to operate a forklift truck safely
Roles of joint health and safety committees
WHMIS information on hazardous products
Question 3 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
In the awareness training, what does "latency" of an occupational illness mean?
The time between exposure and the illness appearing
How easily the illness spreads between co-workers
The amount of exposure that it takes to cause the illness
The length of time off work the illness causes
Question 4 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
A worker notices the guard on a saw is cracked. What does the Act require?
Keep working carefully until the shift ends
Fix it themselves without telling anyone
Report it only if someone is actually hurt
Report it to the employer or supervisor
Question 5 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which of these is a worker forbidden to do?
Ask the supervisor a question about a task
Wear the protective equipment the employer requires
Remove a guard with no adequate temporary guard
Report a hazard to the joint health and safety committee
Question 6 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Who must "take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker"?
The employer, but not the supervisor
Both the employer and the supervisor
The supervisor, but not the employer
The health and safety representative
Question 7 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
A worker refuses work they believe is likely to endanger them. What is the first step?
Promptly report it to the employer or supervisor
Phone the Ministry before telling anyone
Leave the workplace for the rest of the day
Wait for the next joint committee meeting
Question 8 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
During that first investigation, where must the worker be?
At home until the investigation is finished
Back at the same work while it is checked
At the nearest Ministry of Labour office
In a safe place as near as possible to their work station
Question 9 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
If the worker still has reasonable grounds to believe the work is unsafe after the investigation, who must be notified?
The worker's family doctor
The WSIB claims office
A Ministry inspector
The equipment manufacturer
Question 10 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Can an employer discipline a worker for following the Act or asking for it to be enforced?
Yes, if the worker was wrong
No, reprisals are prohibited
Yes, after a written warning
Yes, during a probation period
Question 11 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
From how many regularly employed workers does a workplace need a joint health and safety committee?
5 or more
50 or more
100 or more
20 or more
Question 12 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Where no committee is required, when must workers select a health and safety representative?
When workers regularly number more than five
When the employer decides one is useful
When the Ministry orders one after an accident
When a worker is critically injured on site
Question 13 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
A worker is critically injured. When must the employer notify an inspector?
Within 30 days, using the WSIB claim form
At the end of the month, in a written report
Immediately, by phone or other direct means
Within seven days, by letter to the Ministry
Question 14 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
How often must the employer review the written occupational health and safety policy?
Every five years
Whenever the law changes
Never: it is written once
At least once a year
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