Scenario 8.1: SaFE The Safety for Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages Peer-On-Peer

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Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE) program at Canadian Rails (CR) encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.It was found that the rail worker whose arms were burned was working for minimum wage and had just been employed part-time.He was vulnerable in that he was inexperienced and did not really understand his three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation.Which of the following is one of the three rights he needed to know before he began working in the rail yard moving boxes of hazardous materials?

• A)the right to know about hazards in the workplace
• B)the right to work in dangerous and risky work environments
• C)the right to receive job training
• D)the right to a fair and equitable compensation when working in more dangerous work environments

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