Health & Safety Flashcards

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Total quality management (TQM)

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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!

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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; can be acute or chronic; can result from absorbing, inhaling, ingesting, or directly-contacting an illness-causing agent

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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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Three principal rights of workers

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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

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Incidence Rate

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(Number of injuries and illnesses x 200,000) / (Total hours worked by all employees during a period covered)

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Frequency Rate

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Number of medical aid injuries (or events) relative to the number of hours worked. = (number of injuries/total hours worked) x 200,00

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Severity Rate

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The ratio of days lost to injuries to a factor of 200,000. = (Number of days lost/total hours worked) x 200,000

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Emergency Action Plan

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A plan an organization develops that contains step by step procedures for dealing with various emergency situations

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Cumulative Trauma Disorders

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Injuries involving tendons of the fingers, hands, and arms that become inflamed from repeated stresses and strains

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Stress

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Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that require coping behaviours; caused by either physical or mental/emotional activity.

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Eustress

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Positive stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration; can be regarded as a beneficial force that helps use forge ahead against obstacles

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Distress

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Harmful stress characterized by a loss of feelings of security or adequacy

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Burnout

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The most severe stage of distress, manifesting itself in depression, frustration, and loss of productivity

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