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Unit 8 - Health, Wellness, and Safe Workplaces Flashcards

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Due Diligence

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Requires all employers to take every reasonable precaution to prevent workplace accidents, incidents or illness.

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Bill C-45

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An amendment to the criminal code that established new rules for attributing criminal liability to organizations, including their executives and operational managers. If found negligent when it comes to complying with health & safety regulations, they can be personally fined and/or imprisoned.

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H&S Management Responsibilities

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  • Ensuring compliance with the law
  • Creating, communicating, and upholding safety policies
  • Maintain equipment, materials and protective devices
  • Ensure proper work procedures
  • Provide a hazard-free environment
  • Monitoring, reporting and maintaining records
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Incident

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Events that could have lead to an accident.

An unwanted event that causes harm to people, property or processes.

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Accident

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Events that caused harm

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Hazards

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Conditions that have the potential to cause harm

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Occupational Injury

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Work-related injuries

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Lost-time injury

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Work-related injuries that result in the employees missing work time

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Occupational Illness

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Abnormal health conditions or disorders caused from working

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H&S Supervisor Responsibilities

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  • Advising employees of potential workplace hazards
  • Ensuring workers use safety equipment and devices
  • Ensuring workers wear protective clothing
  • Providing written work instructions
  • Complying with due diligence protocols
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Health & Safety Committees responsibilities

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 Supporting safety collaboration
 Conducting safety inspections
 Investigate work refusals and work stoppage
 Investigate accidents
 Respond to concerns

Committees include union, management and employee representation.

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Health & Safety Representative’s responsibilities

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All the same responsibilities as the H&S Committee
• Regularly inspect the workplace
• Identify workplace hazards
• Be consulted about workplace testing
• Make recommendations to employer
• Investigate work refusals
• Respond to concerns
• Maintain up-to-date records
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13
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Employees rights include the following 4

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  • Right to know
  • Right to participate
  • Right to refuse
  • Right to stop
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Workers’ Compensation

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Provides workers with compensation when they are unable to work

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What determines the premium an employer pays for workers’ compensation?

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Industry Rating x Employer Experience Rating x Size of Payroll

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What are the workers compensation benefits that cover employees?

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  • Benefits to cover loss of earnings
  • Benefits to compensate for non-economic loss
  • Loss of retirement income
  • Benefits for future economic loss
  • Health care benefits, equipment and supplies
  • Occupational disease and survivor benefits
  • Benefits for seriously injured workers
  • Compensation for survivors
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Causes of hazards include

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Human
Environmental
Situational

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Environmental Factors

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Condition of the work environment like loud noises or cold temperatures; conditions that are integral to the job and can’t be fixed or changed.

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Situational Factors

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Include operations, equipment, or materials that contribute to accident situations.

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20
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Methods for identifying hazards include:

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  • Walk-through surveys
  • Safety/behavior sampling
  • Task and job inventories
  • Historical safety records
  • Incident investigations
  • Safety audits
  • Employee complaints
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What is the most common form of hazard analysis?

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Analytical tree

Includes positive and fault tree

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Positive Tree

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Shows the proper way of doing a job

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Fault Tree

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Shows things that can go wrong

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Risk assessments include what 3 factors

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Frequency
Severity
Probability

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Frequency

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Measures how often someone is exposed to the hazard as a normal part of their job

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Severity

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Projects the consequences of the hazard

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Probability

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Estimates the likelihood of an accident occurring given the hazard and its frequency

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Standard Safety Tracking Formulas - Frequency track record

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of injuries X 200 / Total Hours Worked

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Standard Safety Tracking Formulas - Severity track record

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days lost to injuries X 200 / Total Hours Worked

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Sound Pressure Level Meter

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Measure gross noise levels in decibels

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Octave Band Analyser

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Measures noise frequency range

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Dosimeter

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Measure employee exposure to noise as a percentage of work time.

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Audiometer

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measures employee hearing sensitivity

34
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Vibration can be measured in terms of

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  • Intensity
  • Frequency
  • Duration
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Ionizing Radiation

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x-rays, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta particles, neutrons.

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Non-Ionizing Radiation

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ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, infrared radiation, microwave radiation, radio waves.

37
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Chemical Reaction Category includes _______.

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Vapours

38
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Physical Action Category includes __________.

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Airborne particles

39
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Chemical States include __________.

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Solid, liquid and gas.

40
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Chemical Contaminants include __________.

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dust, fumes, smoke, mist, vapour gas and liquid

41
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Controlling Chemical Hazards can be:

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  • Inhaled
  • Ingested
  • Absorbed through the skin
  • Penetrated through direct contact with a cut or injected through a needle
42
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WHMIS - Labels

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  • Product identifier and Supplier identity
  • Reference to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  • Hazard Symbols and Risk Phrases
  • Precautionary measures and First Aid measures
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WHMIS - Material Safety Data Sheets

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  • Harmful ingredients

* Guidelines for use, storage, disposal, treatment

44
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Cumulative Trauma Disorders

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Includes repetitive strain injuries (RPI)

45
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Causes of trauma repetitive strain injuries

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  • Unnatural joint position or posture
  • Application of force to hinge joints
  • Repetition
  • Pre-existing conditions

Ergonomics is a good preventative measure

46
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Workplace Violence - Type I + protective acts

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Random – usually associated with a criminal act

  • Protective screens
  • Barriers
47
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Workplace Violence - Type II + protective acts

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Committed by clients or customers

  • Surveillance cameras
  • Effective lighting
  • Presence of security personnel
  • Card-controlled entrances
48
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Workplace Violence - Type III + protective acts

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Committed by co-workers

Unfair treatment –> Management training
Abusive supervision –> Open environment
Role stress –> Conflict resolution processes
Interpersonal conflict –> Employee training
Job insecurity –> Non-tolerance policy

Lastly, a comprehensive workplace violence program needs to be implemented.

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Workplace Violence - Type IV + protective acts

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Committed by family member

  • Employee and Family Assistance Programs
  • Temporary accommodation as required
50
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Eustress

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Positive stress that is usually accompanied with excitement and higher productivity

51
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A health and safety frequency rate is calculated as:

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Number of accidents divided by total number of hours worked

52
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To increase the effectiveness of medical surveillance programs, it is important to:

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Establish baseline and ongoing records of employee health.

53
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The degree to which a substance can cause harm to human skin or tissue is measured in terms of:

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Toxicity

54
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The transactional model of stress indicates that:

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Different employees will respond differently to the same stressors.

55
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Psychosocial Model of Stress

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Details the paths and processes through which personality (e.g., optimism, mastery, social support perceptions) and social (e.g., time, money, gender, status) resources influence stress levels and psychological and health outcomes.

E.g., self esteem, exposure to violence, and family situation.

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Walk-through survey

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Used to determine the types and possible exposures to hazards in the workplace.

57
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Safety Audit

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Is used to ensure compliance with safety policy and safe work practices.

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Hazard Analysis

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Process is used to assess hazards and risk in the workplace. The likelihood of an incident, injury, or accident is determined commonly via the analytical tree.

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