RBQ Construction Site Safety Management Practice Exam
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• The principal contractor (maître d'œuvre) responsible for carrying out all the work
• The CNESST inspector assigned to the site's administrative region
• The specialty contractor with the highest declared payroll
• The lender or financial backer financing the project, with no responsibility for carrying out the work

Why: Section 196 of the LSST requires the principal contractor (maître d'œuvre) to meet, on the same footing as the employer, the obligations imposed on the employer and to take the measures necessary to protect construction workers. The principal contractor is the owner or the person responsible for carrying out all the work (s. 1).

• Only on civil roadwork infrastructure projects commissioned directly by the MTQ
• On any site employing 50 workers or where the overall budget crosses $5 million
• On any jobsite involving deep trench excavation work exceeding 3 metres in depth, regardless of the number of workers present
• On any site employing 100 or more workers, or where the project cost exceeds 12 million dollars

Why: Section 215.1 of the LSST requires the principal contractor to appoint one or more health and safety coordinators from the start of work when at least 100 construction workers are expected on site at the same time or the total cost of the work will exceed $12,000,000 (threshold revalued every five years).

• It may be made on site with unapproved hemp ropes
• It must be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions so that a person falling into it strikes no obstacle
• It may be hung up to 6 metres below the work surface
• It exempts the employer from checking for obstacles below the net as long as the net is rated for the height of the fall

Why: Section 2.9.3 of the CSTC requires, among other things, that the net be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions so that a person falling into it strikes no obstacle, that it be placed as close as possible to the work surface to prevent a free fall of more than 3 m, and that it comply with ANSI-ASSE A10.11 or the NF EN 1263 standards.

• Within two days after the worker's return to work (if the worker returns within the 14 complete days) or after the 14 complete days of incapacity expire
• Within 48 hours following the initial compliance inspection visit by a CNESST inspector
• No later than 60 days following the formal closure of the corporate financial year
• Only if the employer disputes paying wages for the initial 14-day disability period

Why: Under ss. 268 and 269 of the LATMP, the employer required to pay the s. 60 wages notifies the CNESST and claims reimbursement on the prescribed form, which is sent within two days after the worker returns to work, or after the 14 complete days of incapacity if the worker has not returned.

• The system is subsidized 100% through general tax revenues administered by the Ministry of Finance
• The system is funded equally through a matching gross payroll tax deducted from each tradesperson's paycheque
• The regime is funded solely through penal regulatory fines collected during unannounced jobsite visits
• The scheme is funded by the amounts the CNESST collects from employers

Why: Under s. 281 of the LATMP, the CNESST collects from employers the amounts required for the application of the Act. These amounts (assessments) form part of the assets of the Fund (s. 282).