Basic health and food safety Flashcards
1
Q
What are impacts of accidents?
A
- Fines penalty ($$$)
- Loss of employee “know how”
- CNESST costs
- Competitive advantage
- Reputation
- Productivity and morale
- Train replacement
2
Q
What are some health and safety laws, and what organizational level are they?
A
Provincial laws
- Act respecting occupational health and safety (what are the obligations of employer,etc)
- Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases
- Related regulations
Other
- Fire code
- Building code
- CSA
- International standards
3
Q
What is due diligence?
A
- Taking all reasonable precautions in the circumstances for the protection of the worker
+ - Document
= Due diligence
4
Q
What are workers rights?
A
- Working conditions that have proper regard for his health and safety and physical well-being
- training
- Refusal of work that exposes him to danger to H&S or physical well-being
5
Q
What are some workers obligations?
A
- Become familiar with the prevention program
- take the necessary measures to ensure his safety
- See that he does not endanger other person’s safety
- Participate in the identification and elimination of risks
- Cooperate
- etc.
6
Q
What are employer’s obligations?
A
- Take the necessary measures to protect the worker’s safety
- 15 specific obligations (art. 51 of the act respecting occupational H&S)
7
Q
What are things to inspect in the workplace?
A
- posting
- First aid
- Fire prevention
- Personal Protection Equipment
- Work areas ad warehousing
- Equipment
- Chemicals
8
Q
What do to when there is an accident?
A
- All companies must be registered at CNESST and pay their due cotisation
- Ensure that workers declare immediately all accidents
- Procedure the “avis et demande de remboursement ADR” at CNESST if there was medical visit and lost of time
