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Title: Fundamentals of Workplace Health and Safety


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Fundamentals of Workplace Health and Safety
2
Why is workplace safety an issue?
  • Every year, many Canadians are injured or killed
    at work.
  • Workplace injuries are obviously a problem for
    workers, costing them time and sometimes money
  • Workplace injuries also cause problems for
    employers, from fines to shutdowns to lawsuits

3
How much does it cost an employer if a fatality
happens at work?
  • Paid shutdown of 3.5 shifts - 24 563
  • Equipment removal by staff - 3 119
  • Court fine, victim surcharge - 72 500
  • The above is just a sample of the costs
    associated with a fatalityalong with other
    costs, this employer would lose a total of 134
    239.

4
Hazards vs. Risks
  • A hazard is any thing that has the potential to
    cause harm. (e.g. crossing the road is a hazard)
  • Risk is a measurement of how likely an activity
    is to cause harm. (e.g. crossing a side street is
    a lower risk activity than crossing the highway)

5
Categories of workplace hazards
  • There are two major categories of workplace
    hazards
  • health hazards hazards that can cause
  • illness
  • safety hazards hazards that cause
  • injuries other
    than
  • illness

6
Other ways to categorize hazards
  • Hazards can also be categorized as
  • Physical Hazards (e.g. sound)
  • Chemical Hazards (e.g. acids)
  • Biological Hazards (e.g. bacteria)
  • Psychological Hazards (e.g. stress)

7
Three main sources of hazards
  • Hazards can come from three sources
  • Equipment (e.g. tools, machines)
  • People (e.g. co-workers)
  • Environment (e.g. smog, acid rain)

8
Ways to deal with hazards
  • There are three major ways to deal with hazards
  • Engineering controls controls that eliminate
    the potential hazard
  • Administrative controls controls that deal with
    training or procedures
  • Personal Protective Equipment controls that
    focus on safety equipment that the employee wears

9
Employer (bosses) safety responsibilities
  • Employers are required by law (The Occupational
    Health and Safety Act) to do certain things to
    protect employees.
  • Employers who do not do these things can be fined
    and/or charged criminally.

10
Employer responsibilities under the OHS Act
  • Provide and maintain equipment with proper safety
    devices
  • Train employees, and supervise them effectively
    in order to maintain safety
  • Making sure that employees know how to use
    personal protective equipment, and making sure
    that they use it
  • Establishing a Joint Occupational Health and
    Safety Committee
  • continued

11
Employer responsibilities under the OHS Act
(continued)
  • Co-operating with the Joint Occupational Health
    and Safety Committee and with the department of
    labour safety officers
  • Preparing and maintaining a health and safety
    policy or program
  • Providing a list of hazardous chemicals in the
    workplace
  • Following the Occupational Health and Safety Act,
    and making sure that employees also follow it.

12
Employee (worker) responsibilities under the OHS
Act
  • Workers must follow the OHS Act as well. Their
    main responsibilities are
  • Reporting anything in the workplace that may be
    dangerous
  • Co-operating with the employer and employees to
    protect health and safety
  • Wearing personal protective equipment and
    following safety procedures
  • Co-operating with the Joint Occupational Health
    and Safety Committee and with department of
    labour officials

13
Employee rights under the OHS Act
  • All employees have the right to
  • Participate in the Joint Occupational Health and
    Safety Committee (JOHSC)
  • Know about workplace hazards
  • Refuse unsafe work
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