Ch 12: Health and Safety Flashcards
Occupational injury
Any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from a workplace accident or from an exposure involving an accident in the work environment
Occupational illness
Any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment
Industrial Disease
A disease resulting from exposure to a substance relating to a particular process, trade, or occupation in industry
What act covers almost all employees in Ontario?
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Incidence rate formula
(# of injuries/illnesses * 200,000) / (Total hours worked by all employees during period covered)
4 Main Safety Issues and Hazards
Fatigue
Distracted Driving
Workplace Violence
Workplace Bullying
Ways to create a healthy work environment
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.
What is ergonomics
Focuses on ensuring that jobs are designed for safe and efficient work while improving the safety, comfort, and performance of users
How to minimize hazards, violence, stress
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)
Why don’t employees follow health and safety practices
Don’t know the rules
Inconvenient to follow the rules
Inhibits speed/productivity
Norms (“not cool”)
How to get people to follow the rules
-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
Stress
Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that require coping behaviour.
Eustress
Positive Stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration
Distress
Harmful
Stress becomes distress when we begin to sense a loss of our feelings of security and adequacy
Sources of job related stress
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