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Workplace Health and Safety Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary (main) purpose of the Health and SAfety at Work Act (HSWA)?

a)

To make sure employees are fairly paid

b)

To provide a framework to protect the health & safety of workers

c)

To encourage employees to be more responsible

2.

Who enforces the HSWA?

a)

The Police

b)

The Ministry of Health

c)

The Department of Labour

d)

Worksafe NZ

3.

The HSWA requires us to take all practicable steps to protect health and safety. What does practicable mean?

a)

It's another word for legal

b)

Practical, reasonable and physically possible

c)

Authorised, validated and tested

4.

All workplaces should have which of the following systems in place?

a)

Emergency procedures

b)

Employee participation scheme

c)

Hazard management systems

d)

All of the above

5.

Emergency procedures instruct employees on

a)

How to control emergencies at work

b)

What to do in the event of an emergency

c)

Emergency services to contact if there is an emergency

6.

When is it necessary to receive health & safety training ?

a)

At induction

b)

With any plant, substance, object or PPE you need to use

c)

With any significant change of duties or work environment

d)

All of the above

7.

All known hazards need to be listed in:

a)

A hazard register

b)

An emergency procedures manual

c)

A legal document filed with the Labour Department

8.

When must you contact Worksafe regarding a workplace incident?

a)

Every time there is an incident

b)

When the incident is classified as notifiable

c)

When a person has to go on ACC

d)

When there has been a near miss

9.

When must you record hazards in the workplace?

a)

When someone has been hurt

b)

When a task or process analysis shows potential hazards

c)

When someone tells you about hazards

d)

All of the above

10.

When must you record a workplace incident?

a)

Only when someone is badly hurt

b)

Only when ACC will be needed

c)

Everytime an incident/accident occurs even if a near miss

d)

Only if Worksafe have to be involved

11.

How do we define a hazard?

a)

The likelihood of something going wrong

b)

An accident waiting to happen

c)

Anything with the potential for harm

12.

When an accident occurs in the workplace the following form should be filled out:

a)

A safety inspection list

b)

A risk assessment report

c)

An incident report

d)

A hazard register

13.

What does following mandatory sign mean?

a)

Get a hair cut

b)

Wear a hard hat

c)

Wear ear protectors

14.

What does the following safe condition sign mean?

a)

Fire assembly point

b)

Church

c)

First Aid

d)

Fire Exit

15.

PPE is optional, the H&S Act says you are responsible for your own H&S - so it's your choice

a)

This statement is true

b)

This statement is false