Health & Safety Flashcards
Health & Safety Legislation Purpose
to prevent accidents, incidents, and illness; it outlines the need for proper protocols, controls, protections, monitoring, reporting and training
Due Diligence
all employers to take every reasonable precaution to prevent workplace accidents, incidents or illness
Management Responsibilities
ensuring legal compliance, create/communicate/uphold policies, mantain equipment/materials and protective devices, ensure proper work procedures, provide a hazard free environment
Employee Responsibilities
work safely, wear PPE, comply with policies, report defective equipment, report hazards and unsafe practices
Supervisor Responsibilities
advise of potential hazards, ensure workers using safety equipment/devices, ensure workers wear protective clothing, provide written instructions, comply with due diligence protocols
Health & Safety Committee Responsibilities
support safety collaboration, conduct inspections, investigate work refusals and work stoppages, investigate accidents, respond to concerns
Health & Safety Representative Responsibilities
same as H&S committee
Employees Rights
right to know, right to participate, right to refuse, right to stop
Causes of Hazards
Human Factors, Environmental Factors, Situational Factors
Human Factors
human error, laziness, carelessness, things that shouldnt happen and can be fixed
Environmental Factors
condition of the work environment like loud noises or cold temperatures, conditions that are integral to the job and cant be fixed/changed
Situational Factors
operations, equipment, or materials that contribute to accident situations
Methods to Identify Hazards
walk through surveys, safety sampling, task and job inventories, historical safety records, incident investigations, safety audits and/or employee complaints
Analytical Tree
Positive tree shows the proper way of doing a job
Faul tree shows things that can go wrong
Risk Assessment - Frequency
how often someone is exposed to the hazard as a normal part of their job
