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OHS
Occupational Health & Safety
| Occupational Health & Safety-Q | Occupational Health & Safety-A |
|---|---|
| Alcoholism & drug addiction | Are disabilities |
| Assessable earnings | Gross earnings of all full-time, part-time & casual employees as well as unregistered contractors & shareholders |
| Base Rate | Industry group compensation rating |
| Bill C-45 | Legislation that puts the spotlight on corporate decision-makers & makes it easier to criminally convict corporate leaders for their actions |
| Causes of accidents | Chance occurrences that are beyond the control of the worker or management; unsafe conditions that include: the job itself, the work schedule, the psychological climate etc. & unsafe acts on the part of employees |
| Compressed gas | Includes dissolved gases & gases liquefied by compression or refrigeration. Examples: gas cylinders for oxyacetylene welding or water disinfections |
| Controlled products | Six broad types, or classes, of hazardous materials... |
| Corrosive material | Acid or caustic materials which bàn destroy the skin or eat through metals. Examples: muriatic acid, lye |
| Dangerously reactive material | Products which can undergo dangerous reaction if subjected to heat, pressure, shock or allowed tp contact water. Examples: plastic monomers such as butadiene & some cyanides |
| Documentation | Is essential to the overall success of a well-designed OH&S program & a due diligence requirement |
| Due diligence | To take all reasonable care in the circumstances of the situation to protect the health & safety of workers |
| Experience rating | Organization’s experience, as it relates to workers compensation premiums |
| Eustress | A level of stress that energizes but does not wear someone out |
| Functional Abilities Evaluations | An important part of a return-to-work program |
| Flammable material | Solids, liquids & gases capable of catching fire or exploding in the presence of a source of ignition. Examples: white phosphorus, acetone & butane & liquids such as acetone are more easily ignited than combustible liquids such as kerosene |
| Frequency rate | The numberof lost time injuries x 200,000/person-hours worked. |
| Harassment | Includes the creation of a poisoned environment |
| Inexperienced workers | In general, are involved in accidents at a higher rate than others |
| Incentives | An issue around which there is no apparent consensus as to their effectiveness in improving safety performance |
| Insured costs | Recognizable & relatively fixed, such as: WCB assessments, fire, vehicle, theft & damage insurance |
| Job safety analysis | Involves the following steps: 1) select the job 2) break down the job into a sequence of steps 3) identify the hazards 4) determine preventive measures |
| Medical first aid & facilities | Prescribed under health & safety legislation & include the following: location of 1st aid stations, identification of 1st aid attendants, procedures for injuries, provision of 1st aid training,procedure for recording injuries & work related illness. |
| Material Safety Data Sheet | Essential element of WHMIS, required to include the following: product information, hazardous ingredients, physical data, fire & explosion hazard, reactivity data, toxicological properties, preventive & 1st aid measures, preparation info. |
| OH&S legislation | Provides for the following worker rights: to know about occupational hazards to participate in decision-making around OH&S issues to refuse to perform work they have reasonable cause to consider dangerous |
| OH&S & worker’s compensation | In most jurisdictions in Canada, these responsibilities have been consolidated into one agency |
| Oxidizing material | Materials which provide oxygen or similar substances & which increase the risk of fire if they come into contact with flammable or combustible materials. Examples: sodium hypochlorite, perchloric acid, inorganic peroxides |
| PPE | Personal protective equipment |
| Poisonous & infectious materials - Division 1 | Materials causing immediate & serious toxic effects. This division covers materials which can cause the death of a person exposed to small amounts. Examples: sodium cyanide, hydrogen sulphide |
| Poisonous & infectious materials - Division 2 | Materials causing other toxic effects. This division covers materials which cause immediate eye or skin irritation as well as those which can cause long-term effects in a person repeatedly exposed to small amounts. Examples: acetone, asbestos,etc. |
| Poisonous & infectious materials - Division 3 | Biohazardous infectious material. This division applies to materials which contain harmful microorganisms. Examples: cultures or diagnostic specimens containing salmonella bacteria or the hepatitis B virus |
| R&om testing | Has been deemed acceptable in certain safety sensitive positions |
| RSI | Repetitive Strain Injury |
| Severity rate | the number of days lost x 200,000/person-hours worked |
| Uninsured costs | Are not easily recognizable or fixed, & include items such as: production loss, OH&S committee expenses, replacement worker wages & reduced worker motivation & morale |
| Vicariously liable | Where the employer is held accountable for the actions of its employees |
| WHMIS | Requires all organizations in Canada to provide employees with the information about the materials they work with that they need to know to prevent a workplace incident |
| Worker’s compensation | Establishes provincially-run programs for workers & their dependents; provides for: medical care, rehabilitation services, wage loss recovery, disability awards for worker injury, income continuation & funeral benefits for dependents in case of death. |
| Workplace inspections | A proactive action required by legislation with some jurisdictions providing guidelines |
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