Ch 12: Health and Safety Flashcards

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Occupational injury

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Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from a workplace accident or from an exposure involving an accident in the work environment

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Occupational illness

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Any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment

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Industrial Disease

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A disease resulting from exposure to a substance relating to a particular process, trade, or occupation in industry

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4
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What act covers almost all employees in Ontario?

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Occupational Health and Safety Act

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5
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Incidence rate formula

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(# of injuries/illnesses * 200,000) / (Total hours worked by all employees during period covered)

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4 Main Safety Issues and Hazards

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Fatigue
Distracted Driving
Workplace Violence
Workplace Bullying

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Ways to create a healthy work environment

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Ergonomics

Cumulative trauma disorders
Injuries caused by repeated stress and strains (Ex. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)

Chemical hazards
WMHIS Symbols and hazard classification, cautionary labelling of containers, the provision of safety data sheets (SDSs) and worker education and training programs.

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What is ergonomics

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Focuses on ensuring that jobs are designed for safe and efficient work while improving the safety, comfort, and performance of users

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How to minimize hazards, violence, stress

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Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets, & Training for Hazardous materials

Air Quality and Smoking (Maybe use carbon monoxide detectors etc?)

Communiable Diseases (Ex. Influenza)

Workplace Violence (Diminshed with design and practices)

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Why don’t employees follow health and safety practices

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Don’t know the rules
Inconvenient to follow the rules
Inhibits speed/productivity
Norms (“not cool”)

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How to get people to follow the rules

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-Health and Safety Programs
-Training and Education
-Monitoring and problem-solving (health and safety committee)
-Behavior Modification/Goal Setting (Competition, incentives, rewards)
-Create a safety-conscious culture

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Stress

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Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that require coping behaviour.

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Eustress

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Positive Stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration

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Distress

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Harmful
Stress becomes distress when we begin to sense a loss of our feelings of security and adequacy

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Sources of job related stress

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High demand: having too much to do in too short a time

High effort: having to expend too much mental or physical energy over too long a period

Low control: having too little influence over the way a job is done on a day-to-day basis

Low reward: receiving inadequate feedback on performance and no recognition for a job well done

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16
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Burnout

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Severe Stage of Distress
Generally occurs when a person begins questioning his or her own personal values

17
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Resources for stress

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Personal Energy Theories & Effort Recovery Model
Internal energy required for self-regulation, focus, mental effort

Conservation of Resource Theory
A host of more personal resources that allow people to build additional resources and thus reduce stress

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How to manage stress

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  • Build positive relationships
  • Talk openly
  • Prepare for future by keeping tabs on possible changes
  • Set realistic goals
  • Set times for concentration
  • Take breaks and holidays
  • What types of breaks? How to maximize break and work recovery
  • New ways or working
  • Remote/Hybrid
  • Reduced work schedules (e.g., 4-day work weeks)
19
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Healthy practices that should be promoted

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  • Promote Fitness
  • Proper Sleep
  • EAPs → To cope with : Personal crises, depression, alcoholism, drugs
  • Facilitate Positive Stress Coping