ACSA NCSO Exam Prep Questions With Correct Answers

(CSA) What type of system is a complete system that maintains high standards throughout every part of a company's organization? - Answer Health and Safety Management System HSMS (CSA) What are the three factors of Due Diligence? - Answer Forseeability Preventability Control (CSA) What type of losses are cost associated with loss-type incidents? - Answer Absolute Losses. (CSA) What formula give you the LTFR - lost time frequency rate? - Answer (Lost time cases x 200,000) / Total Employee Hours of Exposure. (CSA) What formula gives you the IRS - injury severity rate? - Answer (Lost work days x 200,000) / Total employee hours of exposure. (CSA) What formula gives you the TRIF - total recordable incident frequency? - Answer (lost time cases + medical aids + modified work cases) x 200,000 / Total employee hours of exposure. (CSA) On a project, who's responsibility is it to develop a collaborative environmental management program? - Answer Prime Contract (CSA) What is the purpose of an Action Plan? - Answer To provide a plan to improve the HSMS over the upcoming year. (CSA) Corrective actions may very depending on the level of risk, but they should always follow what format. - Answer SMART S - specific M - measurable A - attainable R - relevant T - Time-bound (CSA) What helps to identify how well a HSMS is performing against a standard? - Answer Audits (CSA) What are the 4 key principles of instruction for OJT (On-the-job training)? - Answer Tell Show Do Review (CSA) Who has the potential liability for mishandling/misuse of a hazardous substance? - Answer Anyone responsible for product during its lifecycle. (CSA) Communication is the expression or exchange of what four items? - Answer 1. Information 2. Ideas 3. Thoughts 4. Feelings (CSA) Individuals communicate using what 5 items? - Answer Words Sounds Signs Visuals Behaviours (CSA) What are the Six steps in order of an effective communication process? - Answer 1. Developing your message 2. Conveying your message 3. Receiving the message 4. Processing the message 5. Verifying understanding 6. Reflecting (CSA) List the 5 steps in the Five-Step Site-Specific Hazard Assessment Model? - Answer 1. List tasks. 2. Identify health and safety hazards 3. Eliminate or control hazards 4. Communicate the hazards and follow controls 5. Repeat the process if there is a change in condition (CSA) List the 9 steps in the Nine-Step Formal Hazard Assessment Model? - Answer 1. Figure out what people do 2. List tasks associated with jobs 3. Identify health and safety hazards 4. Rank hazards according to risk 5. Find ways to eliminate or control hazards 6. Implement the selected controls 7. Communicate the hazards and controls to employees 8. Monitor the implemented controls 9. Review and revise the hazard assessment as needed How many elements is the ACSA COR audit tool organized around? - Answer 10 How many elements is the SECOR program organized around? - Answer 13 For employers with 10 employees or less, an HSMS is evaluated through what program? - Answer SECOR Define Due Diligence? - Answer A person who does everything reasonable to try to prevent something harmful from happening is said to be showing due diligence. What becomes the guiding document by which each employer on site participates in the HSMS for the project? - Answer Project Safety Plan What 4 things must management be successful with in order to lead Health and Safety Management Systems? - Answer Plan Organize Lead Control Accountability for safety can be established by what three methods? - Answer Charge Backs Safety Goals Safety Activities What is the purpose of a charge back system in regards to accountability? - Answer To motivate supervisors to obtain and maintain superior safety results. What are the Three basic types of Safety Goals? - Answer Injury frequency rate Incident costs Loss ratio What is the most widely accepted incident rate goal. - Answer Lost Time Frequency Rate (LTFR) What method can improve safety performance and the reduction of incidents that are agreed upon by the manager and supervisor? - Answer Safety Goals What are the 2 basic types of hazard assessment processes? - Answer Formal & Site-specific What are the two main types of hazards? - Answer Health & Safety Has the potential to cause an acute or chronic condition, illness, or disease, Is a description of what type of hazard? - Answer Health Hazard Has the potential to cause immediate injury or damage, Is a description of what type of hazard? - Answer Safety Hazard List the Five Elements of an Effective Training Program? - Answer Training Policy Orientation On-the job training Ongoing training Assessment and documentation What is the minimum retention period for First Aid records? - Answer 3 years How long must an Investigation reports be retained as per (OH&S requirement)? - Answer 2 years What is the minimum retention period as per OH&S requirements on Audiometric Testing Records? - Answer 10 years (LEG) What are the Workers' Three basic rights in Canada? - Answer Right to Know Right to Participate Right to Refuse (LEG) Rank the three levels of legislation in Canada in the correct order? - Answer Federal Provincial Municipal (LEG) What are the Four common characteristics of Regulatory Law? - Answer Focuses on public welfare Uses some combination of regulations, codes, and/or rules Applies strict liability for offences Allows for a due diligence defense (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with Permits, assigns general obligation, duties and/or responsibilities? - Answer Act (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with assigning more specific duties or responsibilities to individuals and outlines specific procedures that must be followed? - Answer Regulations, Codes, and Rules (LEG) Identify the two main pieces of Federal OH&S legislation? - Answer Canada Labour Code (Part II) (similar to Alberta's OH&S Act) Canada OH&S Regulations (similar to Alberta's OH&S Code) (LEG) Define Strict Liability? - Answer The burden of proof is on a person to prove innocence if charged (LEG) How long must records be retained for entry work into a confined space if there were no incidents or unplanned events during the entry? - Answer 1 year - Code s.58(a) (LEG) Describe the three provincial enforcement tools used by OH&S? - Answer Ticketing. Administrative Penalties. Regulatory Penalties. (can include imprisonment) (LEG) A common defense in strict liability is? - Answer Due Diligence (LEG) Identify the four most common referencing used in Alberta OHS Legislation? - Answer Section Subsection Clause Sub clause (LEG) List at least 6 examples of discriminatory actions in regard to worker rights? - Answer Termination Layoff Suspension Demotion Transfer Elimination of job Change of job location Changes in hours of work Reprimand Coercion Intimidation (LEG) What the Two key parts of training as defined by the OH&S Act? - Answer Training & Practical Demonstration (LEG) A person having the responsibility to establish a system to ensure compliance with OHS legislation at multi-employer work sites is the? - Answer Prime Contractor (LEG) What are the Three elements used to determine if a person is competent? - Answer Adequately qualified Suitably trained with sufficient amount of experience (LEG) Which work site parties have a specific OHS obligation to ensure that workers are not subjected to or participate in harassment or violence at a work site? - Answer Employer & Supervisor (LEG) State the Three things harassment can cause as defined in the OHS Act? - Answer Offence Humiliation Adversely affects the workers' health and safety (LEG) What is the legal duty of persons directing work outlined in the Criminal Code of Canada? - Answer They have a legal duty to take reasonable steps top prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task (LEG) What will you find under section s.219 of the Criminal Code of Canada? - Answer Criminal Negligence "Offence" (LEG) What will you find under section s.220 of the Criminal Code of Canada? - Answer Causing death by criminal negligence "Charge" (LEG) What will you find under section s.221 of the Criminal Code of Canada? - Answer Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence "Charge" (LSE) What are the Three essential actions of an effective Safety Leader? - Answer Mentoring Motivating Monitoring (LSE) Recognize three goals of corporate culture? - Answer Workers hold safety as a value (fundamental belief) and not just a priority (can change). Workers take responsibility for their own safety as well as the safety of others. Workers are willing to act on their own sense of responsibility. (LSE) What are the Three main sources of supervision health and safety responsibilities? - Answer Company H&S Program Safety Team Safety Tasks (LSE) Identify common purposes for the Act component of Alberta OH&S legislation? - Answer Permits government to legally regulate an area. Assigns obligations to people or organizations. Allows government to create regulations and codes. (LSE) Identify common purposes for the Regulations and Code of Alberta OH&S legislation? - Answer Assigns specific responsibilities to individuals. Describes actions to be taken by individuals. Outlines specific procedures to be followed. Adopts standards from the organizations. (LSE) Describe the obligations of a supervisor under s.4 of the OH&S Act? - Answer Ensure they are competent to be supervising every worker under their supervision. Take all precautions to protect the health and safety of workers they are supervising. Ensure that workers under their supervision are in compliance with the OH&@ Act, Reg, and Code. Ensure workers they are supervising use all hazard controls and required PPE. Ensure none of the workers under their supervision are subjected to, or participate in, violence or harassment at the work site. Advise the workers they are supervising of all known or reasonably foreseeable hazards to heath and safety in their working area. Report any unsafe work site conditions (that exist or have existed) to the employer. Cooperate with others who are exercising their duties under the Act, Reg, and Code (i.e., JWSHSC and/or HSR) Comply with the Act, Reg, and Code (LSE) Which piece of the Alberta OHS legislation provides information regarding adopted standards? - Answer Code (LSE) What are the Three groups that make up a company's Health & Safety team? - Answer Management Supervisors Worker (LSE) What are Three types of supervisor safety tasks? - Answer Pre-job planning considerations Schedule or periodic tasks Continuous or ongoing tasks (LSE) Name a few best practices for daily logbooks? - Answer Write entirely in pen so they cannot be altered Contain facts of the events that occurred Leave all pages intact and in place Draw solid lines from the last filled line to the end of the page Include items that require follow ups Include people involved and their particular tasks or role in the event Cross out errors with a single line and initial (LSE) List three advantages of conducting hazard assessment? - Answer Bring attention to the company's immediate safety needs. Focus on the prevention of incidents. Help workers to identify hazards related to their work. Help workers to identify controls required for hazards. Help workers to prioritize implementation of controls. (LSE) Identify the Four contributing factors of hazards at a work site? - Answer People Equipment Materials Environment (LSE) List the Three advantages of conducting hazard assessments? - Answer The focus is on prevention Help workers identify controls Help workers prioritize/implement controls (LSE) List the Five steps in the site-specific hazard assessment process in the correct order? - Answer 1. Identify the tasks to be performed 2. Identify and risk rank the hazards associated with the tasks 3. Eliminate or control the hazard 4. Communicate hazards and follow controls 5. Repeat when conditions change or work resumes (LSE) Explain the difference between a hazards and an outcome? - Answer Hazards - is what needs to be controlled Outcome - is what happens if a hazard is not controlled (LSE) What Two factors do most risk assessment models evaluate? - Answer Severity Probability (likelihood)