LSE Flashcards
Essential actions of a safety leader
Mentor
Motivate
Monitor
Goals of corporate culture
Workers hold safety as a value and not just a priority
Take responsibility for their own safety and others
Are willing to act on their own sense of responsibility
Sources of h&s responsibilities
H&S program
Safety team
Safety tasks
Levels of legislation
Federal
Provincial and territorial
Municipal
Federal
TDG
Canada criminal code
H&S regulations
Hazardous products act and regulations
Provincial
Ohs act regulations and code
Safety codes act
Building code
Safety act
Municipal
Noise control
Waste management
Dangerous goods routes
Community standards
Ohs act
Permits government to legally regulate an area
Assigns obligations to people or organizations
Allows government to create regulations and code
Ohs regulations and code
Assigns specific responsibilities to individuals
Describes action taken by individuals
Outlines specific procedures to be followed
Adopts standards from other organizations
Obligation of supervisors
Ensure they are competent
Take all precautions to protect the h&s of workers
Ensure compliance with ohs
Comply with act, regulations and code
Report unsafe work site conditions
Obligations of employers
Ensure h&s of workers
Workers are aware of their rights and duties
No workers are subjected to or participate in violence or harassment
Supervised by someone who is competent
Workers are adequately trained
Cooperate with jhsc
Obligations of workers
Take reasonable care to protect their h&s
Cooperate with the er and supervisor to protect h&s
Use all ppe and devices
Report unsafe or harmful acts or conditions
Regulatory law
Focused on public welfare
Applies strict liability
Allows for due diligence defence
Uses some combination of regulations codes or rules
Strict liability
The burden of proof is on a person to prove innocence if charged
Due diligence
All the things a reasonable person would have done to try to avoid or prevent something from happening
Factors in due diligence
Foreseeability
Preventabilty
Control
Basic rights
Right to know
Right to participate
Right to refuse
Formal hazard assessments
Identification of hazards associated with every position/job task identified in a company’s organizational chart
Review formal hazard assessments
Annually
When a process changes
After an incident
When new work is introduced
Formal hazard assessment uses
Identify hazards associated with each job in the company
Risk rank those hazards and select controls
Site specific hazard assessments
Identification. Of hazards at a specific work site or area
Used multiple times a day
Site specific hazard assessment uses
To identify and assess hazards before a worker or crew starts work for the day
Risk ranking may not be required as all identified hazards have to be eliminated or controlled before work starts for the day or shift
Used as a source of information for toolbox talks and safety meetings
Supervisor obligations for hazard assessments
Advise workers of all hazards that may impact their health and safety
Ensure that workers are aware of and using f the correct hazard controls
Report all unsafe or harmful acts and conditions to the employer
Formal hazard assessment steps
Figure out what people do
List all tasks associated with jobs
Identify h&s hazards
Rank hazards according to risk
Find ways to eliminate or control hazards
Implement controls
Communicate the hazards and controls to employees
Review and revise as needed
Site specific hazard assessment model
List tasks
Identify h&s hazards
Eliminate or control hazards
Communicate hazards and follow controls
Repeat process of change in conditions
4 factors of hazards
People
Equipment
Materials
Environment
Hazard
What needs to be eliminated or controlled
Outcome
What could happen if the hazard is not eliminated or controlled
Physical hazards
Ergonomics
Repetitive motions
Vibrations
Noise
Poor lifting
Violence
Poor surfaces
Radiological
Working at heights
Working around PME
Working alone
Extreme weather
