Quiz for supervisors

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Question # 1

From the list below, identify supervisor responsibilities described in the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR). Check all that apply.

a) Tell the employees they supervise about the hazards they are likely to encounter while driving for work both known and reasonably foreseeable. b) Not knowingly permit an employee to operate a vehicle that is, or could create, a hazard to the health and safety of any person.c) Instruct workers in safe work procedures.d) Ensure employees know and follow safe driving procedures.e) Tell employees about their rights and duties under the WCA and the OHSR.

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Question # 1

From the list below, identify supervisor responsibilities described in the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR). Check all that apply.

a) Tell the employees they supervise about the hazards they are likely to encounter while driving for work both known and reasonably foreseeable. b) Not knowingly permit an employee to operate a vehicle that is, or could create, a hazard to the health and safety of any person.c) Instruct workers in safe work procedures.d) Ensure employees know and follow safe driving procedures.e) Tell employees about their rights and duties under the WCA and the OHSR.

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Question # 2

Supervisors do not have the authority to require employees who drive their own vehicles for work to comply with company safe-driving procedures.

TrueFalse

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Question # 2

Supervisors do not have the authority to require employees who drive their own vehicles for work to comply with company safe-driving procedures.

False

Regardless of who owns the vehicle, supervisors are responsible to ensure the workers they supervise know and follow the company’s safe work procedures including procedures for work-related driving.

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Question # 3

Supervisors can be held criminally accountable where their negligence directly contributes to a serious workplace injury or fatality.

True False

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Question # 3

Supervisors can be held criminally accountable where their negligence directly contributes to a serious workplace injury or fatality.

True

Section 217.1 of the Canadian Criminal Code specifies that any person who directs, or has the authority to direct, how another person does their work or performs work-related tasks has a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task.

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Question # 4

Supervisors are equally responsible for the safety of employees they directly supervise whether the employee is in the office, working at the job site or driving as part of their work.

TrueFalse

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Question # 4

Supervisors are equally responsible for the safety of employees they directly supervise whether the employee is in the office, working at the job site or driving as part of their work.

True

Although supervisors can’t always physically see or communicate with an employee while they are driving – to a meeting, job site or a remote sales location – supervisors remain responsible to ensure the safety of employees they directly supervise.

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Question # 5

Once they know an employee has a valid driver’s licence and a clean driver’s abstract, a supervisor has satisfied their supervisory duties and can assign that employee the work-related driving they were hired to do. TrueFalse

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Question # 5

Once they know an employee has a valid driver’s licence and a clean driver’s abstract, a supervisor has satisfied their supervisory duties and can assign that employee the work-related driving they were hired to do. False

In addition, Part 16.4 of the OHSR requires a supervisor to confirm the employee’s driving competency directly or through a qualified instructor. If through an instructor, the supervisor remains responsible to confirm driving competency with the instructor, for example, by way of a driver assessment report.