Term
| Describe the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees in regards to health and safety |
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Definition
Employers:
- Taking every reasonable precaution to ensure the health and safety for their workers
- Enforce safe work procedures through discipline
Employees:
- Take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety
- Right to know about workplace safety hazards
- Right to participate in the occupational health and safety process
- Right to refuse unsafe work if they have reasonable cause |
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Term
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Definition
Workplace hazardous materials information system
3 components:
1. Labeling of hazardous material containers to alert workers
2. Material safety data sheets to outline product's potentially hazardous ingredients
3. Employee training to ensure employees can identify WHMIS hazard symbols |
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Term
| Name (3) causes of accidents (and how to reduce them) |
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Definition
1. Chance occurrences
2. Unsafe conditions
3. Unsafe acts |
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Term
| Name (2) ways to prevent accidents |
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Definition
1. Reduce unsafe conditions: through removing physical hazards
2. Reducing unsafe acts: through selection testing, top management commitment, training and education, and positive reinforcement |
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Term
| What is an employee wellness program and why is it becoming popular? |
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Definition
A program that takes a proactive approach to employee health and well being
Popular due to the shrinking workforce, and increase in postponed retirement, increase awareness in mental health, and medical and technological advancements |
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Term
| Name (7) health and safety issues (and how they can be reduced) |
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Definition
1. Substance abuse (prohibition of alcohol and drugs, disciplinary measures, preventive education, training to identifying users)
2. Job stress (suggest common remedies, counseling, job demands lowered, break patterns)
3. Repetitive strain injuries (training workers about signs, correctly designed workstations)
4. Workplace toxins (information kit/training)
5. Workplace smoking (banning in workplaces, smoking programs)
6. Influenza pandemic (pandemic preparedness plan)
7. Violence at work (identify jobs with high risk of violence, create healthy work environment, heighten security measures, violence training) |
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