Safety Legislation, Regulations, and Industry Policy in the Trades

Who shares the responsibilities for health and safety at the work site?

Government, Employers, and Employees

What is the name of the Act/Regulation/Code that helps protect workers from risk of injury at work.

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety

What is the OHS Act?

It details obligations your employer must fufill, your rights and responsibilities as a worker, and the rights and responsibilities of others connected with the work site.

What is the purpose of the OHS Regulation?

To help all groups and individuals understand their obligations and responsibilities regarding safety issues on the work site and it details the minimum legal standards for worker health and safety.

What is the OHS Code?

It provides comprehensive information detailing the current OHS requirements for employers, workers, suppliers, and government agencies.

What is the Hagiarchy of safety controls?

Elimination, Substitution, Engineering Controls, Administrative Controls, PPE

What are the three ways you and your employer can control hazards?

Engineerings Controls, Administrative Controls, Personal Protective Equipment.

What is Elimination control?

The process of removing the hazard from the workplace

What is substitution control?

The act of replacing a hazard with a less hazardous one.

What is an Engineering Control?

Machinery or Equipment designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to chemical or physical hazards.

What is Administrative Control?

Policies and procedures that changes how people work to reduce their exposure to worksite hazards.

What is PPE?

Personal protective equipment designed to reduce your exposure to a known hazard.

What is Bill C-45?

Federal Legislation which holds anyone who undertakes, or has the authority, to direct how another person does work or performs a task criminally liable for safety offences.

What are 4 ways to avoid safety liability?

• Know the legal OHS obligations

• Know what hazards exist at the workplace

• Effectively reduce or eliminate hazards

• Ensure employees are fully trained, informed of any risks and hazards, and made aware of the company's Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Who is an employer?

A person who employs, represents, or oversees one or more workers.

Who is both and Employer and an Employee that follows the OHS Act?

Self-employed trades people

What must your employer do according to the OHS Act?

They must be familiar with the OHS Act, Regulations, and codes and they must do everything reasonable to protect the health and safety of you and other workers at the work site including but not limited to conducting a hazard assessment, addressing hazards, implementing OHS policies and procedures, and ensuring PPE is used by employees when appropriate.

What are the duties and responsibilities of all employees according to the OHS Act?

You must work in a safe manner, be safety conscious and co-operate with your employer in the health and safety measures set up to protect workers.

What are the key employee responsibilities according to the OHS Act?

• Report hazards

• Report injuries

• Wear all required PPE and insure its in good condition

• Inspect all equipment, tools, and machinery

• Participate in work site safety

• Ensure you know and follow procedures and policies

• Do not perform unsafe work

Who is responsible for education yourself on the OHS Act, Regulations, and Code?

YOU ARE!

Who is responsible for providing health and safety training to any workers who are near or use hazardous materials or equipment?

The employer

What is WHMIS?

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

What should all WHMIS training include?

• Hazardous information interpretation and safety data

• Product identification and labeling

• Procedures for safe use, storage, handling and disposal

• Procedures for handling emissions, spills, and emergencies.

What is the employees WHMIS responsibilities?

• Participate in training

• Use information to protect yourself and others

• Apply labels where and when required

• Demonstrate the application of safe work procedures with hazardous materials and substances

What are the three elements of fire?

heat, fuel, oxygen

What is the first line of defense in fires?

Prevention

What is the WCB?

a private not-for-profit organization which provides cost effective workplace liability and disability insurance.

What does WCB do?

They compensate injured workers for lost income, health care and other costs related to work related injury or occupational disease.

True/False: According to WCB, Injured workers are eligible to claim benefits for work related accidents even if their own negligence contributed to the accident.

True

True/False: WCB focuses and supports returning to work?

True

What are the employees WCB obligations?

• Detail your injury

• Say injury occurred at work

• Submit a "workers report of injury"

What are the employers WCB obligations?

• Provide for and pay the cost of immediate transportation from the work site to medical treatment facility

• Pay the employees full regular wage for the day the injury occurred

• Report the accident to WCB

What are the five safe work organizations in Alberta?

• Alberta construction Safety Association (ACSA)

• Construction Owners Association of ALberta (COAA)

• Occupational Health and Safety Council (OHS)

• Work Safe Alberta

• Safety Codes Council

What is the Alberta construction Safety Association (ACSA)?

The committee that develops, supports, implements, and improves safety philosophies, practices, and tools in heavy industrial construction and industrial maintenance.

What is the Occupational Health and Safety Council?

The council that advises the minister on occupational health and safety matters.

What is Work Safe Alberta?

The Alberta government initiative to reduce work related injuries, illnesses, amd fatalities in consultation with industry and labour.

What is the Safety Codes Council?

The council that accredits the municipalities, corporations, and agencies that sell permits and inspect work carried out under these permits according to the Safety Codes and and the Minister of Municipal Affairs.

What are the four categories of workplace hazards?

• Biological

• Chemical

• Ergonomic

• Physical

What is biological hazards?

Biological substances which cause disease in human beings.

What is chemical hazards?

any solid, liquid, or gas element, compound, or mixture that can cause harm to human beings due to its intrinsic chemical properties.

What is ergonomic hazards?

A job, a tool a procedure, or work environment improperly designed for a worker.

What is physical hazards?

Environmental factors or conditions that can harm human beings.

What are 5 types of engineering controls?

Elimination, substitution, redesign, isolation, automation

What are 4 types of administrative controls?

Safe work policies, safety training, schedules, standard operating procedures

What are 6 types of PPE?

Eye protection, hearing protection, hand protection, head protection, limb and body protection, respiratory protection

What are the 5 main hazard assesment tools?

Hazard assessment report, checklists, health and safety plans, emergency plans, first aid records and reports

What is a hazard checklist?

A hazard assessment tool used to ensure due diligence is exercised, typically in an itemized list.

What are the 4 steps to field hazard assessment?

Identify hazards, assess risks, control risks, resume work

What is the Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee?

A volunteer committee or union which addresses health and safety concerns between employers and employees.

True or False: OHS Code requires employers to develop emergency response plans?

True

True or False: You must report to your employer when yourself or another workers is injured at the work site as soon as reasonably possible?

True

True or Fale: Your employer can ignore an injury report and in some cases do not need to address it or take any action to prevent the incident from occurring again?

False, They must take action

True or False: According to the OHS Code, Employees AND employees must be prepared to respond to emergencie?

True, both employers and employees are responsible

True or False: According to the OHS Code, an employer AND employee must have an emergency response plan for responding to emergencies which require rescue or evacuation?

False, only the employer is responsible for creating the rescue or evacuation plan.

True or False: Employers must include all employees in emergency plans?

False, Employers only need to inform and include affected workers or workers participating in the rescue plan.

What is the OHS Code on First Aid?

It states that employers must ensure first aid services, equipment and supplies are available at the work site which are always easily and readily accessible to all workers. Additionally, only designated and trained individuals are to provide first aid services to you or any other workers.

What is the largest contributing factor to work site safety?

ATTITUDE

What is Safety Housekeeping?

The general way the job site or workplace is maintained.

True or False: The OHS Code requires employers to take ALL steps necessary to maintain a safe work site that is clean and free of any hazardous material or equiptment.

True

True or False: Lighting is not mandatory for work site safety?

False, your employer must provide adequate lighting

Who is responsible for providing workers necessary PPE?

The employer

Who is responsible for using PPE?

The employee

True or False: Employer are not allowed to exceed PPE requirements?

False

What is your employers PPE responsiblity according to the OHS Code?

Employers must provide employees with required/necessary PPE, Ensure that it is not defective and in good condition, and is responsible for training employees in its correct use, care and maintenance.

True or False: PPE eliminates workplace hazards?

False, it only reduces hazards

True or False: PPE Can be modified to improve fitment and feel?

False

What are the 7 classes of eye protection?

• Class 1: safety glasses

• Class 2: safety goggles

• Class 3: welding helmets

• Class 4: welding hand shields

• Class 5: hoods

• Class 6: face shields

• Class 7: respirator face pieces

What are the 7 classifications of eye hazards?

• flying objects

• flying particles

• heat, sparks, splash, (glare)

• chemical splashes and burns

• abrasive blasting materials

• Glare and light

• Radiation

What are the three categories of footwear?

• Category 1: High danger

• Category 2: Medium danger

• Category 3: Low danger

What are the three classes of safety headwear?

• Class G: General impact and penetration protection that is non-conductive.

• Class E: Impact and penetration protection that is non-conductive and electrically rated.

• Class C: Impact and penetration protection that is conductive.

When should you replace safety headwear?

After it receives severe impact or after 5 years and the webbing every year.