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
Risk Assessment - Severity
projects the consequences of the hazard
Risk Assessment - Probability
estimates the likelihood of an accident occurring given the hazard and its frequency
Methods of Controlling Hazards
elimination (eliminate the hazard), engineering controls (use of metal guards, shields, barriers etc), administrative controls (ensuring proper processes, instruction, training, rotating shifts etc), personal protective equipment (masks, gloves, aprons, hard hats etc)
Frequency Track Record Formula
(# injuries x 200,000) / total hours worked
Severity Track Record Formula
(# days lost to injuries x 200,000) / total hours worked
Types of Vibration
segmental (particular body part) or whole body
How Vibration is evaluated
intensity, frequency, duration
Thermal Stress
epxosure to extreme cold leading to hypothermia, frostbite etc
exposure to extreme heat leading to swelling, heat rash, heat stroke
Exposure to Radiation
controlled through engineering controls, admin controls and ppe
Ionizing Radiation
xrays, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta particles
Non-Ionizing Radiation
ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, infrared radiation, microwave, radio waves
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
provides information about hazardous materials, how it is stored/handled/disposed, cleaned up, labels, MSDS
Types of Workplace Violence
Type 1 - Random, usulayy associated with a criminal act
Type 2 - committed by clients/customers
Type 3 - Committed by co-workers
Type 4 - Committed by family member
