Health & Safety Flashcards
Total quality management (TQM)
A set of principles and practices whose core ideas include understanding customer needs, doing things right the first time, and striving for continuous improvement; also tends to improve worker safety!
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; can be acute or chronic; can result from absorbing, inhaling, ingesting, or directly-contacting an illness-causing agent
Industrial disease
A disease resulting from exposure to a substance relating to a particular process, trade, or occupation in industry
Three principal rights of workers
The right to refuse dangerous work without penalty; The right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems; The right to know about hazards in the workplace
Incidence Rate
(Number of injuries and illnesses x 200,000) / (Total hours worked by all employees during a period covered)
Frequency Rate
Number of medical aid injuries (or events) relative to the number of hours worked. = (number of injuries/total hours worked) x 200,00
Severity Rate
The ratio of days lost to injuries to a factor of 200,000. = (Number of days lost/total hours worked) x 200,000
Emergency Action Plan
A plan an organization develops that contains step by step procedures for dealing with various emergency situations
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Injuries involving tendons of the fingers, hands, and arms that become inflamed from repeated stresses and strains
Stress
Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that require coping behaviours; caused by either physical or mental/emotional activity.
Eustress
Positive stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration; can be regarded as a beneficial force that helps use forge ahead against obstacles
Distress
Harmful stress characterized by a loss of feelings of security or adequacy
Burnout
The most severe stage of distress, manifesting itself in depression, frustration, and loss of productivity