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1. (CSA) What type of system is a complete system that maintains high standards
throughout every part of a company's organization?: Health and Safety Management System
HSMS
2. (CSA) What are the three factors of Due Diligence?: Forseeability
Preventability
Control
3. (CSA) What type of losses are cost associated with loss-type incidents?: Absolute
Losses.
4. (CSA) What formula give you the LTFR - lost time frequency rate?: (Lost time cases
x 200,000) / Total Employee Hours of Exposure.
5. (CSA) What formula gives you the IRS - injury severity rate?: (Lost work days x 200,000)
/ Total employee hours of exposure.
6. (CSA) What formula gives you the TRIF - total recordable incident frequency?-
: (lost time cases + medical aids + modified work cases) x 200,000 / Total employee hours of exposure.
7. (CSA) On a project, who's responsibility is it to develop a collaborative environ-
mental management program?: Prime Contract
8. (CSA) What is the purpose of an Action Plan?: To provide a plan to improve the HSMS over the
upcoming year.
9. (CSA) Corrective actions may very depending on the level of risk, but they
should always follow what format.: SMART
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
R - relevant
T - Time-bound
10. (CSA) What helps to identify how well a HSMS is performing against a stan-
dard?: Audits
11. (CSA) What are the 4 key principles of instruction for OJT (On-the-job train-
ing)?: Tell
Show
Do
Review
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12. (CSA) Who has the potential liability for mishandling/misuse of a hazardous
substance?: Anyone responsible for product during its lifecycle.
13. (CSA) Communication is the expression or exchange of what four items?: 1.
Information
2. Ideas
3. Thoughts
4. Feelings
14. (CSA) Individuals communicate using what 5 items?: Words
Sounds
Signs
Visuals
Behaviours
15. (CSA) What are the Six steps in order of an effective communication process?-
: 1. Developing your message
2. Conveying your message
3. Receiving the message
4. Processing the message
5. Verifying understanding
6. Reflecting
16. (CSA) List the 5 steps in the Five-Step Site-Specific Hazard Assessment Mod-
el?: 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
17. (CSA) List the 9 steps in the Nine-Step Formal Hazard Assessment Model?: 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
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7. Communicate the hazards and controls to employees
8. Monitor the implemented controls
9. Review and revise the hazard assessment as needed
18. How many elements is the ACSA COR audit tool organized around?: 10
19. How many elements is the SECOR program organized around?: 13
20. For employers with 10 employees or less, an HSMS is evaluated through what
program?: SECOR
21. Define Due Diligence?: A person who does everything reasonable to try to prevent something harmful
from happening is said to be showing due diligence.
22. What becomes the guiding document by which each employer on site par-
ticipates in the HSMS for the project?: Project Safety Plan
23. What 4 things must management be successful with in order to lead Health
and Safety Management Systems?: Plan
Organize
Lead
Control
24. Accountability for safety can be established by what three methods?: Charge
Backs
Safety Goals
Safety Activities
25. What is the purpose of a charge back system in regards to accountability?: To
motivate supervisors to obtain and maintain superior safety results.
26. What are the Three basic types of Safety Goals?: Injury frequency rate
Incident costs
Loss ratio
27. What is the most widely accepted incident rate goal.: Lost Time Frequency Rate (LTFR)
28. What method can improve safety performance and the reduction of inci-
dents that are agreed upon by the manager and supervisor?: Safety Goals
29. What are the 2 basic types of hazard assessment processes?: Formal & Site-specific
30. What are the two main types of hazards?: Health & Safety
31. Has the potential to cause an acute or chronic condition, illness, or disease,
Is a description of what type of hazard?: Health Hazard
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32. Has the potential to cause immediate injury or damage, Is a description of
what type of hazard?: Safety Hazard
33. List the Five Elements of an Effective Training Program?: Training Policy
Orientation
On-the job training
Ongoing training
Assessment and documentation
34. What is the minimum retention period for First Aid records?: 3 years
35. How long must an Investigation reports be retained as per (OH&S require-
ment)?: 2 years
36. What is the minimum retention period as per OH&S requirements on Audio-
metric Testing Records?: 10 years
37. (LEG) What are the Workers' Three basic rights in Canada?: Right to Know
Right to Participate
Right to Refuse
38. (LEG) Rank the three levels of legislation in Canada in the correct order?: Fed-
eral
Provincial
Municipal
39. (LEG) What are the Four common characteristics of Regulatory Law?: Focuses
on public welfare
Uses some combination of regulations, codes, and/or rules
Applies strict liability for offences
Allows for a due diligence defense
40. (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with Permits, assigns general obligation,
duties and/or responsibilities?: Act
41. (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with assigning more specific duties or
responsibilities to individuals and outlines specific procedures that must be
followed?: Regulations, Codes, and Rules
42. (LEG) Identify the two main pieces of Federal OH&S legislation?: Canada Labour
Code (Part II) (similar to Alberta's OH&S Act)
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1. (CSA) What type of system is a complete system that maintains high standards
throughout every part of a company's organization?: Health and Safety Management System
HSMS
2. (CSA) What are the three factors of Due Diligence?: Forseeability
Preventability
Control
3. (CSA) What type of losses are cost associated with loss-type incidents?: Absolute
Losses.
4. (CSA) What formula give you the LTFR - lost time frequency rate?: (Lost time cases
x 200,000) / Total Employee Hours of Exposure.
5. (CSA) What formula gives you the IRS - injury severity rate?: (Lost work days x 200,000)
/ Total employee hours of exposure.
6. (CSA) What formula gives you the TRIF - total recordable incident frequency?-
: (lost time cases + medical aids + modified work cases) x 200,000 / Total employee hours of exposure.
7. (CSA) On a project, who's responsibility is it to develop a collaborative environ-
mental management program?: Prime Contract
8. (CSA) What is the purpose of an Action Plan?: To provide a plan to improve the HSMS over the
upcoming year.
9. (CSA) Corrective actions may very depending on the level of risk, but they
should always follow what format.: SMART
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
R - relevant
T - Time-bound
10. (CSA) What helps to identify how well a HSMS is performing against a stan-
dard?: Audits
11. (CSA) What are the 4 key principles of instruction for OJT (On-the-job train-
ing)?: Tell
Show
Do
Review
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12. (CSA) Who has the potential liability for mishandling/misuse of a hazardous
substance?: Anyone responsible for product during its lifecycle.
13. (CSA) Communication is the expression or exchange of what four items?: 1.
Information
2. Ideas
3. Thoughts
4. Feelings
14. (CSA) Individuals communicate using what 5 items?: Words
Sounds
Signs
Visuals
Behaviours
15. (CSA) What are the Six steps in order of an effective communication process?-
: 1. Developing your message
2. Conveying your message
3. Receiving the message
4. Processing the message
5. Verifying understanding
6. Reflecting
16. (CSA) List the 5 steps in the Five-Step Site-Specific Hazard Assessment Mod-
el?: 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
17. (CSA) List the 9 steps in the Nine-Step Formal Hazard Assessment Model?: 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
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7. Communicate the hazards and controls to employees
8. Monitor the implemented controls
9. Review and revise the hazard assessment as needed
18. How many elements is the ACSA COR audit tool organized around?: 10
19. How many elements is the SECOR program organized around?: 13
20. For employers with 10 employees or less, an HSMS is evaluated through what
program?: SECOR
21. Define Due Diligence?: A person who does everything reasonable to try to prevent something harmful
from happening is said to be showing due diligence.
22. What becomes the guiding document by which each employer on site par-
ticipates in the HSMS for the project?: Project Safety Plan
23. What 4 things must management be successful with in order to lead Health
and Safety Management Systems?: Plan
Organize
Lead
Control
24. Accountability for safety can be established by what three methods?: Charge
Backs
Safety Goals
Safety Activities
25. What is the purpose of a charge back system in regards to accountability?: To
motivate supervisors to obtain and maintain superior safety results.
26. What are the Three basic types of Safety Goals?: Injury frequency rate
Incident costs
Loss ratio
27. What is the most widely accepted incident rate goal.: Lost Time Frequency Rate (LTFR)
28. What method can improve safety performance and the reduction of inci-
dents that are agreed upon by the manager and supervisor?: Safety Goals
29. What are the 2 basic types of hazard assessment processes?: Formal & Site-specific
30. What are the two main types of hazards?: Health & Safety
31. Has the potential to cause an acute or chronic condition, illness, or disease,
Is a description of what type of hazard?: Health Hazard
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32. Has the potential to cause immediate injury or damage, Is a description of
what type of hazard?: Safety Hazard
33. List the Five Elements of an Effective Training Program?: Training Policy
Orientation
On-the job training
Ongoing training
Assessment and documentation
34. What is the minimum retention period for First Aid records?: 3 years
35. How long must an Investigation reports be retained as per (OH&S require-
ment)?: 2 years
36. What is the minimum retention period as per OH&S requirements on Audio-
metric Testing Records?: 10 years
37. (LEG) What are the Workers' Three basic rights in Canada?: Right to Know
Right to Participate
Right to Refuse
38. (LEG) Rank the three levels of legislation in Canada in the correct order?: Fed-
eral
Provincial
Municipal
39. (LEG) What are the Four common characteristics of Regulatory Law?: Focuses
on public welfare
Uses some combination of regulations, codes, and/or rules
Applies strict liability for offences
Allows for a due diligence defense
40. (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with Permits, assigns general obligation,
duties and/or responsibilities?: Act
41. (LEG) What type of Legislation deals with assigning more specific duties or
responsibilities to individuals and outlines specific procedures that must be
followed?: Regulations, Codes, and Rules
42. (LEG) Identify the two main pieces of Federal OH&S legislation?: Canada Labour
Code (Part II) (similar to Alberta's OH&S Act)
