Occupational Health and safety MIDTERM questions
with answers
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
identification, evaluation, and control of
hazards associated with the work environment
Hazards - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Any source of potential adverse health effect,
damage, or harm on something or someone under
certain conditions at work
-Hazards include chemical, biological, physical, and
psychological agents
Goal of OH&S Programs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reduce occupational injury
and illness
Occupational Injury: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- cut
-fracture
-sprain
- amputation resulting from
a workplace incident
Occupational Illness: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any abnormal condition or
disorder caused by
,exposure to environmental factors associated with
employment
OH&S Statistics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Workplace Fatalities, Injuries, and
Illness in
Canada
-Around 1000-1100 workers die yearly as a result
of workplace incidents
-Interpretation of workplace fatality and injury
data should take into account how many people
work in each industry, region, and the reporting
requirements in each area
Lost-Time Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A workplace injury that results in the
employee
missing time from work
Historical Development of Modern
Occupational Health and Safety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔*Began in Ancient
Egypt
-Stonemasons and potters experienced respiratory
problems
*Industrial Revolution
-Advent of new industries and occupations
resulted in new health and safety-related
,problems
-Brown lung disease caused by excessive inhalation of
dust
Volenti-non-fit Injuria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔if someone willingly places
themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of
harm might result, they are not able to bring a claim against the other party in tort or
delict. Volenti applies only to the risk which a reasonable person would consider
them as having assumed by their actions
Accident proneness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The notion that some individuals
are inherently more
likely than others to be involved in accidents, as a result
of individual characteristics
Due diligence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An expected standard of conduct that
requires employers to take every reasonable precaution to ensure safety
Late 19th century - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ontario legislation established safety
standards
(machine guards).
Early 20th century - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Canadian jurisdictions passed factory
laws to
regulate heating, lighting, ventilation, hygiene, fire
safety, and accident reporting.
, Royal Commission on Relations of Capital and
Labour in Canada (1889) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Commissioners made several
recommendations:
Improving health and safety by establishing standards
and mandating regular inspections
System for compensating victims of industrial
accidents, regardless of who was at fault
Labour bureau to be created to oversee these activities
Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of
Workers in Mines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In 1974, the three principal rights of
workers first
articulated:
-Right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
-Right to participate in identifying and correcting health
and safety problems
-Right to know about hazards in the workplace
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
System (WHMIS) legislation passed (1988; revised
in 2015) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reflects the fundamental right of workers to
know
about potential workplace hazards
OH&S acts provide legal rights to safe workplaces
with answers
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
identification, evaluation, and control of
hazards associated with the work environment
Hazards - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Any source of potential adverse health effect,
damage, or harm on something or someone under
certain conditions at work
-Hazards include chemical, biological, physical, and
psychological agents
Goal of OH&S Programs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reduce occupational injury
and illness
Occupational Injury: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- cut
-fracture
-sprain
- amputation resulting from
a workplace incident
Occupational Illness: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any abnormal condition or
disorder caused by
,exposure to environmental factors associated with
employment
OH&S Statistics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Workplace Fatalities, Injuries, and
Illness in
Canada
-Around 1000-1100 workers die yearly as a result
of workplace incidents
-Interpretation of workplace fatality and injury
data should take into account how many people
work in each industry, region, and the reporting
requirements in each area
Lost-Time Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A workplace injury that results in the
employee
missing time from work
Historical Development of Modern
Occupational Health and Safety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔*Began in Ancient
Egypt
-Stonemasons and potters experienced respiratory
problems
*Industrial Revolution
-Advent of new industries and occupations
resulted in new health and safety-related
,problems
-Brown lung disease caused by excessive inhalation of
dust
Volenti-non-fit Injuria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔if someone willingly places
themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of
harm might result, they are not able to bring a claim against the other party in tort or
delict. Volenti applies only to the risk which a reasonable person would consider
them as having assumed by their actions
Accident proneness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The notion that some individuals
are inherently more
likely than others to be involved in accidents, as a result
of individual characteristics
Due diligence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An expected standard of conduct that
requires employers to take every reasonable precaution to ensure safety
Late 19th century - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ontario legislation established safety
standards
(machine guards).
Early 20th century - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Canadian jurisdictions passed factory
laws to
regulate heating, lighting, ventilation, hygiene, fire
safety, and accident reporting.
, Royal Commission on Relations of Capital and
Labour in Canada (1889) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Commissioners made several
recommendations:
Improving health and safety by establishing standards
and mandating regular inspections
System for compensating victims of industrial
accidents, regardless of who was at fault
Labour bureau to be created to oversee these activities
Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of
Workers in Mines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In 1974, the three principal rights of
workers first
articulated:
-Right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
-Right to participate in identifying and correcting health
and safety problems
-Right to know about hazards in the workplace
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
System (WHMIS) legislation passed (1988; revised
in 2015) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reflects the fundamental right of workers to
know
about potential workplace hazards
OH&S acts provide legal rights to safe workplaces
