General Amherst High School
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, N9V 1Z8

Young Worker Awareness Program

TASK: Questions 21 - 30

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21) During a job interview, some questions that could be asked of the employer are:

  1. What company health and safety rules or policies should I know about to do my job safely?
  2. Are there any Designated Substances in the workplace? What are they? Are the regulations for them posted?
  3. Will I get safety training for this job? WHMIS training? When?
  4. What should I do if I get injured? Who is the trained first aid person in my work area?
  5. All of the above?

22) Where do occupational health and safety laws come from?

  1. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
  2. Industrial Prevention Association
  3. Ministry of Labour
  4. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

23) The Emplyment Standards Act is under the jurisdiction of the

  1.  Ministry of Health
  2.  Ministry of Education
  3.  Ministry of Labour
  4.  Ministry of Transportation

24) Are people who pick apples on a farm covered by the Occupational Health and Safety act?

  1. yes
  2. no

25) The purpose of an Internal Responsibility System (IRS) is to:

  1. Give direct responsibility that officers of a company have for health and safety.
  2. Require employers to have a health and safety policy and program.
  3. Allow the joint health and safety committee or in smaller workplaces the health and safety representative to play a role by monitoring the Internal Responsibility System.
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above

26) A worker can refuse to work if he/she has reason to believe that one or more of the following is true:

  1. Any machine, equipment or tool that the worker is using or is told to use is likely to endanger himself or herself or another worker.
  2. The phusical condition of the workplace or workstation is likely to endanger the worker.
  3. Any machine, equipment or tool that the worker is using, or the physical condition of the workplace, is in violation of the act or regulations and is likley to endanger himself or herself or another worker.
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above.

27) Megan Roblin was:

  1. 17 when she was blinded by flying glass
  2. 17 when she lost the tips of three fingers in a punch press
  3. 17 when she lost her toes to a lawn mower
  4. 15 when she was killed by a rabbit at the Toronto Zoo

28) You have the right to refuse to do unsafe work.

  1.  true - with exceptions
  2.  true
  3.  if you are nervous
  4.  if your job doesn't pay enough

29) The following groups cannot refuse unsafe work:

  1. teachers because teenagers are dangerous
  2. police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and some health care workers
  3. guidance secretaries
  4. ministers and religious leaders

30) Ministry of Labour inspectors have the power to:

  1. Inspect a workplace.
  2. Investigate potentially hazardous situations and work refusals in a workplace.
  3. Order compliance with the Act and regulations.
  4. Recommend prosecution of those who are not in compliance with the Act.
  5. All of the above.

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