OHS Test #1 questions with complete
answers already passed
What is OHS? - correct answer ✔✔Occupational health(the umbrella) Promotion and
maintenance of physical, mental & social well-being, Prevention of work disability, Protection
from work hazards
What it Occupational safety? - correct answer ✔✔Identification, evaluation and control of
workplace hazards
OHS quote - correct answer ✔✔"the adaptation of work to person and of each person to the
job"
Define Lost-Time Injury - correct answer ✔✔Workplace injury that results in employee missing
time from work
Define Occupational Injury - correct answer ✔✔Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation
resulting from workplace accident. Most common. Ex. Misuse of equipment, not wearing/or not
available safety equipment
Define Occupational Illness - correct answer ✔✔Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by
exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. focused in recent yearsex.
Certain cancers related to firefighting ex. WCB accepts claims of certain diseases because of
work environment. Ex. Paramedic covered for certain illnesses contracted due to needle poke.
Recently boards are acknowledging PTSD ex. Paramedics
What happened in 1914? - correct answer ✔✔Workmen's Compensation Act passed in Ontario.
Lost-time wages provided to almost every injured worker, removing right of workers to sue their
employers. IF ACCEPT WCB THEN MUST AGREE TO NOT SUE
, What happened in 1950's & 60's? - correct answer ✔✔Shift from research on victim behaviour
to engineering, medicine and epidemiology. Ex. Put a guard on machine so arm cannot be
injured in printing press
What happened in 1978? - correct answer ✔✔Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety (CCOHS) established
What happened in 1988? - correct answer ✔✔Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
System (WHMIS) legislation passed. Workplace health promotion programs begin to appear
What was the assumption until Early 20th Century? - correct answer ✔✔Assumption of Risk
What are three principal rights of workers established by the Royal Commission on the Health
and Safety of workers in Mines 1974 - correct answer ✔✔1) right to refuse dangerous work
without penalty (employee refuses to complete job because they think its dangerous)
2) right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems (employee can
provide input if think a task is dangerous)
3) right to know about hazards in the workplace (employee has the right to know if a task was
dangerous or threatened to injure a different employee)
What was the 2 main goals of legislation enacted after WW1? - correct answer ✔✔Ensure
injured workers received compensation and employers accepted liability, and Prevent accidents
and illness by establishing safe work environments
What is Assumption of Risk? - correct answer ✔✔Belief that worker accepted risks of
employment when job is accepted. Employers have little or no responsibility for worker health
and safety. Accident Proneness Belief
What are the 3 methods of evaluation? - correct answer ✔✔Formative, Summative and Impact
answers already passed
What is OHS? - correct answer ✔✔Occupational health(the umbrella) Promotion and
maintenance of physical, mental & social well-being, Prevention of work disability, Protection
from work hazards
What it Occupational safety? - correct answer ✔✔Identification, evaluation and control of
workplace hazards
OHS quote - correct answer ✔✔"the adaptation of work to person and of each person to the
job"
Define Lost-Time Injury - correct answer ✔✔Workplace injury that results in employee missing
time from work
Define Occupational Injury - correct answer ✔✔Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation
resulting from workplace accident. Most common. Ex. Misuse of equipment, not wearing/or not
available safety equipment
Define Occupational Illness - correct answer ✔✔Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by
exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. focused in recent yearsex.
Certain cancers related to firefighting ex. WCB accepts claims of certain diseases because of
work environment. Ex. Paramedic covered for certain illnesses contracted due to needle poke.
Recently boards are acknowledging PTSD ex. Paramedics
What happened in 1914? - correct answer ✔✔Workmen's Compensation Act passed in Ontario.
Lost-time wages provided to almost every injured worker, removing right of workers to sue their
employers. IF ACCEPT WCB THEN MUST AGREE TO NOT SUE
, What happened in 1950's & 60's? - correct answer ✔✔Shift from research on victim behaviour
to engineering, medicine and epidemiology. Ex. Put a guard on machine so arm cannot be
injured in printing press
What happened in 1978? - correct answer ✔✔Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety (CCOHS) established
What happened in 1988? - correct answer ✔✔Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
System (WHMIS) legislation passed. Workplace health promotion programs begin to appear
What was the assumption until Early 20th Century? - correct answer ✔✔Assumption of Risk
What are three principal rights of workers established by the Royal Commission on the Health
and Safety of workers in Mines 1974 - correct answer ✔✔1) right to refuse dangerous work
without penalty (employee refuses to complete job because they think its dangerous)
2) right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems (employee can
provide input if think a task is dangerous)
3) right to know about hazards in the workplace (employee has the right to know if a task was
dangerous or threatened to injure a different employee)
What was the 2 main goals of legislation enacted after WW1? - correct answer ✔✔Ensure
injured workers received compensation and employers accepted liability, and Prevent accidents
and illness by establishing safe work environments
What is Assumption of Risk? - correct answer ✔✔Belief that worker accepted risks of
employment when job is accepted. Employers have little or no responsibility for worker health
and safety. Accident Proneness Belief
What are the 3 methods of evaluation? - correct answer ✔✔Formative, Summative and Impact
