Question 1

Scenario 8.3: Emergency Room Shutdown
On Saturday,February 28,2013,Ciara Michal,the human resource manager at Strathcona Hospital,made a decision to shut down the hospital's emergency room.A second registered nurse had refused to work a 12-hour shift due to fears concerning the spread and infection of several communicable diseases.Patients had to be directed to another hospital,260 km away.Michal had spent the last several hours fielding questions and concerns from hospital staff,the public,and government representatives about the hospital emergency room closure.Several additional health and safety concerns were brought to her attention,pointing to a larger problem.
Emergency room doctors and nurses working at Lochview Hospital are particularly concerned about the risk of patients contracting C.difficile virus,as the incidents of infection had increased 300% in two years.There had been two recent needle-stick injuries: one involving a rushed emergency room cleaning staff person and the other,a practicum nursing student.These incidents posed both physical and emotional threats related to the hepatitis B virus,the hepatitis C virus,and HIV.All emergency room staff,as well as paramedics and emergency social services staff,are concerned about the shortage of hospital beds and the makeshift system of creating an overflow ward in the hallways and cafeteria.Hallway beds don't have the safety equipment available,leading to mistakes and poor care.Extension cords run across the floors in order to reach electrical outlets.Patients with acute problems are seen in chairs,and some are tucked way into corners where they cannot be observed.These stressful working conditions are having an adverse impact on emergency room health-care workers.Over 10% of the emergency room staff are on extended stress-related leaves.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.3.What would be another program the hospital could offer to encourage healthier lifestyles among its employees?

Accepted Answer

A) proactive health and safety training 
B) health services ranging from first-aid kits to an on-site physician and nurse 
C) safety promotion programs 
D) safety awareness programs

Question 2

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.What is a learning principle that will help in health and safety training at CR?

Accepted Answer

A) participation 
B) instructional objectives 
C) ongoing orientations 
D) basic skills training

Question 3

A year after several investigations,a company was found criminally liable for several health and safety violations.What legal body regulates health and safety criminal negligence charges?

Accepted Answer

A) provincial and regional health and safety legislation 
B) federal health and safety legislation 
C) Bill C45 
D) Workers' Compensation Act

Question 4

Which of the following is an employee responsibility for health and safety?

Accepted Answer

A) perform all duties assigned regardless of risk of exposure to hazards 
B) implement health and safety programs 
C) follow all safety rules and regulations 
D) report all unsafe conditions to the Workers' Compensation Board

Question 5

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.It was found that the rail worker whose arms were burned was working for minimum wage and had just been employed part-time.He was vulnerable in that he was inexperienced and did not really understand his three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation.Which of the following is one of the three rights he needed to know before he began working in the rail yard moving boxes of hazardous materials?

Accepted Answer

A) the right to know about hazards in the workplace 
B) the right to work in dangerous and risky work environments 
C) the right to receive job training 
D) the right to a fair and equitable compensation when working in more dangerous work environments

Question 6

What does the shared responsibility model of workplace safety assume about health and safety?

Accepted Answer

A) workers share the responsibility for safety among themselves 
B) workers and line supervisors share responsibility for safety together 
C) the employer is solely responsible for safety 
D) the employees and the employer must co-operate on ensuring safety

Question 7

What would be an indirect cost of a workplace fatality?

Accepted Answer

A) lost wages 
B) fines 
C) lost production 
D) compensation

Question 8

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.What primary legal body regulates occupational health and safety at CR?

Accepted Answer

A) provincial and regional health and safety legislation 
B) federal health and safety legislation 
C) Bill C45 
D) Workers' Compensation Act

Question 9

What is the key legal role of the supervisor with respect to ensuring the safety of workers?

Accepted Answer

A) to administer employee disciplinary procedures 
B) to communicate to each of the workers how to work safely 
C) to observe the workers' job performance behaviour on-the-job 
D) establish a health and safety program

Question 10

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.What best defines CR's young workers' (18 to 23 years of age)legal fundamental health and safety responsibilities?

Accepted Answer

A) to ensure day-to-day health and safety of crew practices 
B) to take reasonable precautions to ensurecrew safety 
C) to follow health and safety on-site practices 
D) to ensure all employees and customers know what is expected of them regarding health and safety

Question 11

Scenario 8.3: Emergency Room Shutdown
On Saturday,February 28,2013,Ciara Michal,the human resource manager at Strathcona Hospital,made a decision to shut down the hospital's emergency room.A second registered nurse had refused to work a 12-hour shift due to fears concerning the spread and infection of several communicable diseases.Patients had to be directed to another hospital,260 km away.Michal had spent the last several hours fielding questions and concerns from hospital staff,the public,and government representatives about the hospital emergency room closure.Several additional health and safety concerns were brought to her attention,pointing to a larger problem.
Emergency room doctors and nurses working at Lochview Hospital are particularly concerned about the risk of patients contracting C.difficile virus,as the incidents of infection had increased 300% in two years.There had been two recent needle-stick injuries: one involving a rushed emergency room cleaning staff person and the other,a practicum nursing student.These incidents posed both physical and emotional threats related to the hepatitis B virus,the hepatitis C virus,and HIV.All emergency room staff,as well as paramedics and emergency social services staff,are concerned about the shortage of hospital beds and the makeshift system of creating an overflow ward in the hallways and cafeteria.Hallway beds don't have the safety equipment available,leading to mistakes and poor care.Extension cords run across the floors in order to reach electrical outlets.Patients with acute problems are seen in chairs,and some are tucked way into corners where they cannot be observed.These stressful working conditions are having an adverse impact on emergency room health-care workers.Over 10% of the emergency room staff are on extended stress-related leaves.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.3.What does the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)require of hospitals?

Accepted Answer

A) that medical product suppliers need to train employers on how to label chemical products that will be transported 
B) that medical product suppliers provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)on each hazardous product they produce 
C) that medical suppliers need to train employees on chemical products they produce 
D) that medical chemicals must be labeled by the federal government and transported safely

Question 12

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.A year later,after several investigations,CR was found criminally liable for several health and safety violations.What legal body regulates health and safety criminal negligence charges in this situation?

Accepted Answer

A) provincial and regional health and safety legislation 
B) federal health and safety legislation 
C) Bill C45 
D) Workers' Compensation Act

Question 13

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.Within a short time after the train crash,a team of professionals arrive to perform counselling techniques to help with employees who are experiencing shock,anxiety and other emotions around the accident.What are these intervention teams called?

Accepted Answer

A) crisis intervention and critical incident teams 
B) trauma and recovery teams 
C) health and safety committee emergency teams risk assessment and intervention teams

Question 14

What is the name of the primary health and safety legislation in which the company owners,directors,supervisors,and suppliers who work within the provincial jurisdiction can receive fines and penalties if they do not take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee health and safety?

Accepted Answer

A) Bill C45 
B) Workers' Compensation Act 
C) Workers' Compensation Code 
D) Labour Code

Question 15

What legislation would be the primary legislation you would rely on in a situation that involves substance abuse?

Accepted Answer

A) privacy 
B) health and safety 
C) human rights 
D) labour law

Question 16

What is part of employer obligation under health and safety regulations?

Accepted Answer

A) keep records of all work-related accidents and injuries 
B) ensuring that workers use or wear safety equipment,devices,or clothing 
C) compensate employees who have been injured or have become ill due to work-related factors 
D) question employees who have filed safety complaints with the ministry of labour

Question 17

Which segment would likely be included in an employer-sponsored stress-management program?

Accepted Answer

A) time management 
B) safety awareness 
C) identifying and eliminating difficult people 
D) critical incident counselling

Question 18

Scenario 8.3: Emergency Room Shutdown
On Saturday,February 28,2013,Ciara Michal,the human resource manager at Strathcona Hospital,made a decision to shut down the hospital's emergency room.A second registered nurse had refused to work a 12-hour shift due to fears concerning the spread and infection of several communicable diseases.Patients had to be directed to another hospital,260 km away.Michal had spent the last several hours fielding questions and concerns from hospital staff,the public,and government representatives about the hospital emergency room closure.Several additional health and safety concerns were brought to her attention,pointing to a larger problem.
Emergency room doctors and nurses working at Lochview Hospital are particularly concerned about the risk of patients contracting C.difficile virus,as the incidents of infection had increased 300% in two years.There had been two recent needle-stick injuries: one involving a rushed emergency room cleaning staff person and the other,a practicum nursing student.These incidents posed both physical and emotional threats related to the hepatitis B virus,the hepatitis C virus,and HIV.All emergency room staff,as well as paramedics and emergency social services staff,are concerned about the shortage of hospital beds and the makeshift system of creating an overflow ward in the hallways and cafeteria.Hallway beds don't have the safety equipment available,leading to mistakes and poor care.Extension cords run across the floors in order to reach electrical outlets.Patients with acute problems are seen in chairs,and some are tucked way into corners where they cannot be observed.These stressful working conditions are having an adverse impact on emergency room health-care workers.Over 10% of the emergency room staff are on extended stress-related leaves.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.3.What type of stress management intervention would be focused on dealing with workplace stress?

Accepted Answer

A) primary (i.e.clear role expectations) 
B) ergonomic (i.e.workplace accommodation) 
C) tertiary (i.e.employee assistance and counselling) 
D) secondary (i.e.yoga and fitness classes)

Question 19

Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.CN Rail provides employees with access to trained professionals who provide short-term counselling,and then refer the person on to specialists in the area of need.As a result of the accident,CN Rail is encouraging their employees and their families to access this service so as to meet both their emotional and physical needs.What is this service called?

Accepted Answer

A) short-term personal and family Crisis Intervention Programs (CIPs) 
B) Critical Incident Stress workshops (CISs) 
C) Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) 
D) health and wellness programs

Question 20

What primary legal body regulates occupational health and safety for communications companies?

Accepted Answer

A) provincial health and safety legislation 
B) federal health and safety legislation 
C) regional health and safety legislation 
D) national health and safety legislation

Exam 8: A Part 1creating a Safe and Healthy Work Environment

A year after several investigations,a company was found criminally liable for several health and safety violations.What legal body regulates health and safety criminal negligence charges?

Which of the following is an employee responsibility for health and safety?

What does the shared responsibility model of workplace safety assume about health and safety?

What would be an indirect cost of a workplace fatality?

What is the key legal role of the supervisor with respect to ensuring the safety of workers?

What is the name of the primary health and safety legislation in which the company owners,directors,supervisors,and suppliers who work within the provincial jurisdiction can receive fines and penalties if they do not take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee health and safety?

What legislation would be the primary legislation you would rely on in a situation that involves substance abuse?

What is part of employer obligation under health and safety regulations?

Which segment would likely be included in an employer-sponsored stress-management program?

What primary legal body regulates occupational health and safety for communications companies?