week 10 Flashcards
(40 cards)
how many inuury and death based fatalities
362 injury
665- disease
264438 inuuries
3 categories OHS law
general industry specefic and hazard specefic
employers role in OHS
- Employer must show due diligence
o Be focused on do everything to maintain healthy work environment and safe
o File reports for work related accidents
o Records for everything health and safety
o Ensure health and safety being enforced using progressive discipline
supervisor role in OHS
o * advise and instruct workers * ensure that all reasonable precautions have been taken * minimize the risk of injuries or illness * ensure workers comply
Employee role and rights in OHS
- Employee role
o Take responsibility of own and coworkers safety
o Report breach of regulations anon so no retaliation
o Wear protective gear - Employee right
o Know about workplace hazard and participate in OHS process like committee
o Refuse unsafe work if they have reasonable cause
- Joint Health and safety committe role in OHS
o Management and laborwork tog ensure safe halehty workplace
o Employee and employer
o Depend on size of org
o Usually do inspection of some sort or find unsafe things and make recommendation
o Point is employee participates make regular inspections abt workplace
o Role in investigate employee complaint and accident
How to foster culture of saftey in wokplace
o Teamwork where we try to prevent injury collab ensure safety of all
Like days’ accident free take pride
o Highly visible and interactive communication and collab
Even signs say we care of your safety
o Shared vision of safety excellence
Culture or tone that accident and injury preventable
o Assignment of critical safety functions
People designated taking advance role for safety of employee
o Continuous effort toward ID and correct workplace
No accident = reward, makes it hard
What does WHMIS legeslation include
o Legally mandated system to protect workers by providing info about hazardous material on workplace
o Label materials
o Have info sheet outline hazardous ingredients
o Provide material safety data sheets outline hazardous ingredients and handling procedurs
o How to handle
o And training to ID WHMIS symbol and know how to read the label
How Gov to enforce OHS
o Gov inspection have power carry out inspection any time no warning needed or warrant
o If see an issue can issue order to stop work, install first aid, stop contaminants
o There are penalties or combo of fines
o Bill c45 criminal liability to people who direct work of others and fail ensure appropriate level of safety in the workplace
Unsafe conditions incl
o Chance occurrences nothing can do about so either unsafe condition or unsafe act
o Improperly guarded equipment
o Defective equipment
o Hazardous procedures
o Unsafe storage
o Improper illumination
o Improper ventilation
o Reduce by: dealing with it, joint committee, investigate injury etc
Unsafe acts incl
o Operate at unsafe speeds
Piecework might encourage them go quick
o Rendering safety devices inoperative
Guards on machine can slow people down so workers get rid of them
o Unsafe equipment or procedure
o Unsafe positions under suspended loads
o Distracted teasing abusing getting scared
Personal charcteristics leading to risk
persoal charecteristics (motivation)–> behaviour tendency(lack specefic ailities)–> types of behaviour forgetfulness)–> incidence of specefic accident behaviour (probability of individuals accident behaviour)
personal factors leading to risk incl
o Poor vision
o Low literacy skills
May not share info – so can’t read safety manuals or safety signs. Part of due diligence can’t just say gave manuals is employer issue if they didn’t read
o Age
o Perceptual skills lower than motor skills
other causes leading to accident
o Dangerous jobs: construction, first responders etc
o Work sched: shift work, fatigue, long hours
o Pyscological climate: hostility among employees, stress, high seasonal layoff = uncertainty and higher accidents
Unrealistic time pressure
Dealing with clients
How to reduce unsafe conditions
Follow gov standards
Use checklist to analyze
Make it a first priority to have workplace safety
Design jobs to remove physical hazards
Change employee behavior
how to reduce unsafe acts
Selection testing for job related physical skill and ability must be BFOR cant have testing be unrelated or extreme
Leadership commitment through values
Resource allocation and culture based on safety
Train and educate to ensure procedure followed, not one and done but continuing to make employee aware of what needed
* Maybe annual or more frequent
Positive reinforce collect data and provide feedback on performance
how to reduce WCB costs
o 1- prevent accident
o 2-Responding appropriately to the accident
o 3-Facilitating employee return to work
Look for ways to provide accommodation
o 4-Conduct functional abilities
Maintain contact with medical professionals to ID problem area and level of disability for job return
How to work on saftey pre accident
o Establish safety policy and communicate enforce monitor
o Remove unsafe conditions
o Have loss control goals
o Screen out employees who might be accident-prone without violating human rights
how to work on saftey post accident
o Support or facilitate quick first aid and medical attention
o Demonstrate concern for injured worker
o Document accident important for WCB claims and keep track of the info to determine if unsafe condition or unsafe acts
o Work with employee and healthcare specialist
o Commitment collab creativity in managing accident events recommended by NIDMR
what does employee healthcare specialist do
Often an arm’s length from HR and their job is to advocate for the employee
Directly with individual and physician and keep info confidential
Detailed functional assessment forms where doc would fill out form related to what person can or can’t do
Can cause lack of comfort if it is manager that has knowledge with issues, usually based on size of org if role exists
how to balance substance abuse and saftey
Alcoholism and drug addiction are disabilities under human rights laws
* Complaints could come from people in community too
* Can cause stop work order
Employers are responsible under occupational health and safety legislation
substance abuse negatives in OHS
o 15.7 billion in Canada estimated as a loss of productivity
o Effects both quantity and quality of work and huge impact
o Safety may be compromised
when is alcholo and drug testing ok
Can’t do it for specific people unless case of accident occurs
If find abusing drugs and alcohol then stop them from working at the moment, communicate frim policy, give them help and support then written warning.
guidelines for supervisro dealing with substance abuse
o Look for signs of impairment- if unfair will be sent home from work
Written recorded created and doc, indicated observed behavior and follow up
1st time written reprimand then worker reminded of number of warning and may lead to termination
Troubled employees to counseling and EAP
Maybe return to work coordinator especially for industry with higher abuse
