Scenario 8.2: Faulty Scaffolding

question 131

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Scenario 8.2: Faulty Scaffolding
The owner and supervisor of a small BC construction company and a scaffold platform supplier were charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death,in addition to 12 provincial health and safety legislation charges.Two migrant workers fell 11 storeys from a high-rise building when the faulty scaffolding broke,and they were not attached to harnesses.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.2.What is another one of the three fundamental rights that the immigrant workers should have been informed of?

• A)the right to know about medical benefits
• B)the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
• C)the right to immigrant aid and support
• D)the right to information on health and safety legislation

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