Quiz for supervisors
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.
True
False
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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.
True
False
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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 workrelated driving they were hired to do.
True
False
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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 workrelated 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.
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