OH&S Final Exam questions and
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Occupational Health and Safety - correct answer ✔✔ The identification, evaluation, and control
of hazards associated with the work environment
Hazard - correct answer ✔✔ Any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on
something or someone under certain conditions at work
Occupational Injury - correct answer ✔✔ Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from
a workplace incident
Occupational Illness - correct answer ✔✔ Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by
exposure to environmental factors associated with employment
Lost-time Injury - correct answer ✔✔ A workplace injury that results in the employee missing
time from work
Industrial Revolution Effect on Health - correct answer ✔✔ Brown lung disease is caused by
excessive inhalation of dust
Assumption of Risk - correct answer ✔✔ Belief that a worker accepted the risks of employment
when he or she accepted a job
Accident Proneness - correct answer ✔✔ 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 answer ✔✔ Expected standard of conduct that requires employers to
take every reasonable precaution to ensure safety
Internal Responsibility System (IRS) - correct answer ✔✔ The system of shared responsibility for
health and safety that is the basis for most Canadian OH&S legislation
Traditional views of safety are emphasized by the three E's: - correct answer ✔✔ Engineering,
education, enforcement
Act - correct answer ✔✔ Federal, provincial, or territorial law that constitutes basic regulatory
mechanism for occupational health and safety
Regulations - correct answer ✔✔ Explain how general intent of the act will be applied in specific
circumstances
Guidelines and Policies - correct answer ✔✔ More specific rules that are not legally enforceable
unless referred to in a regulation or act
Standards and Codes - correct answer ✔✔ Provide practical guidance on the implementation of
OH&S practices; often established by agencies such as the CSA or ILO
General Duty - correct answer ✔✔ OH&S acts have the general duty provision requiring
employers to take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee safety
Prescribed Duty - correct answer ✔✔ A particular duty to be undertaken because of health and
safety regulation
Constructor/Primary Contractor - correct answer ✔✔ Oversees the construction of a project
and is ultimately responsible for the health and safety of all involved workers
, Supervisor Prescribed Duties - correct answer ✔✔ Ensuring workers comply with OH&S
regulation, ensuring workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing and advising
workers of possible hazards
GHS (Global Harmonized System) - correct answer ✔✔ An international standard for the
classification and labelling of chemicals being adopted by countries around the world
What are the backbones of workplace health and safety - correct answer ✔✔ Hazard
identification, risk assessment, and control
Risk - correct answer ✔✔ The probability or the extent to which a hazard is likely to cause harm
to people, processes, or equipment
Risk Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ The process of hazard and risk identification, analysis,
and control
Risk Perception - correct answer ✔✔ An individual's interpretation of the potential for harm and
their concern for the consequences, which influences how they behave in response to that
hazard
Incident - correct answer ✔✔ An event or occurrence that had or could have had a negative
impact on people, property, or processes
Probability - correct answer ✔✔ Chance or likelihood that an event will occur and will result in
harm or loss
Consequences - correct answer ✔✔ The results or severity of the injury
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Occupational Health and Safety - correct answer ✔✔ The identification, evaluation, and control
of hazards associated with the work environment
Hazard - correct answer ✔✔ Any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on
something or someone under certain conditions at work
Occupational Injury - correct answer ✔✔ Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from
a workplace incident
Occupational Illness - correct answer ✔✔ Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by
exposure to environmental factors associated with employment
Lost-time Injury - correct answer ✔✔ A workplace injury that results in the employee missing
time from work
Industrial Revolution Effect on Health - correct answer ✔✔ Brown lung disease is caused by
excessive inhalation of dust
Assumption of Risk - correct answer ✔✔ Belief that a worker accepted the risks of employment
when he or she accepted a job
Accident Proneness - correct answer ✔✔ 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 answer ✔✔ Expected standard of conduct that requires employers to
take every reasonable precaution to ensure safety
Internal Responsibility System (IRS) - correct answer ✔✔ The system of shared responsibility for
health and safety that is the basis for most Canadian OH&S legislation
Traditional views of safety are emphasized by the three E's: - correct answer ✔✔ Engineering,
education, enforcement
Act - correct answer ✔✔ Federal, provincial, or territorial law that constitutes basic regulatory
mechanism for occupational health and safety
Regulations - correct answer ✔✔ Explain how general intent of the act will be applied in specific
circumstances
Guidelines and Policies - correct answer ✔✔ More specific rules that are not legally enforceable
unless referred to in a regulation or act
Standards and Codes - correct answer ✔✔ Provide practical guidance on the implementation of
OH&S practices; often established by agencies such as the CSA or ILO
General Duty - correct answer ✔✔ OH&S acts have the general duty provision requiring
employers to take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee safety
Prescribed Duty - correct answer ✔✔ A particular duty to be undertaken because of health and
safety regulation
Constructor/Primary Contractor - correct answer ✔✔ Oversees the construction of a project
and is ultimately responsible for the health and safety of all involved workers
, Supervisor Prescribed Duties - correct answer ✔✔ Ensuring workers comply with OH&S
regulation, ensuring workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing and advising
workers of possible hazards
GHS (Global Harmonized System) - correct answer ✔✔ An international standard for the
classification and labelling of chemicals being adopted by countries around the world
What are the backbones of workplace health and safety - correct answer ✔✔ Hazard
identification, risk assessment, and control
Risk - correct answer ✔✔ The probability or the extent to which a hazard is likely to cause harm
to people, processes, or equipment
Risk Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ The process of hazard and risk identification, analysis,
and control
Risk Perception - correct answer ✔✔ An individual's interpretation of the potential for harm and
their concern for the consequences, which influences how they behave in response to that
hazard
Incident - correct answer ✔✔ An event or occurrence that had or could have had a negative
impact on people, property, or processes
Probability - correct answer ✔✔ Chance or likelihood that an event will occur and will result in
harm or loss
Consequences - correct answer ✔✔ The results or severity of the injury
