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Chapter 1 - Intro to Occupational Health and
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Workplace Accidents in Canada - Answer✔-around 1000 workers die yearly as a result of
workplace incidents
-approximately 240 000 suffer injury serious enough to warrant missing time from work
-interpretation of workplace fatality and injury data should take into account how many people
work in each industry, region, and the reporting requirements in each area
Occupational Health and Safety - Answer✔recognition, assessment, and control of hazards
associated with the work environment
Hazard - Answer✔-any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on
something or someone under certain conditions at work
-include biological, physical, and psychological agents
Goal of OH&S Program - Answer✔reduce occupational injury and illness
Occupational Injury - Answer✔-any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from a
workplace incident
-lost-time injury is an injury that results in employee missing time from work
Occupational Illness - Answer✔any abnormal condition or disorder caused by expsoure to
environmental factors associated with employment
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Changing Perspectives on Risk and Liability - Answer✔-until the early 20th century the
prevailing model for workplace hazards was the assumption of risk which is a belief that a
worker accepted the risks of employment when he or she accepted a job
-associated is the view that injuries were caused by accident-prone people
Late 19th Century - Answer✔Ontario legislation estblished safety standards (chain saw guards)
Early 20th Century - Answer✔canadian jurisdictions passed factory laws to regulate heating,
lighting, ventilation, hygiene, fire safety, and accident reporting
Royal Commission on Relations of Capital and Labour in Canada - Answer✔-1889
commissioners made several recommendations - improving health and safety by establishing
standards and mandating regular inspections
-system for compensating victims of industrial accidents, regardless of who was at fault
-this was an important influence on the development of OH&S regulations
Three Principal Rights of Workers - Answer✔1. Right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
2. Right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
3. Right to know about hazards in the workplace
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) - Answer✔-legislation passed in
1988
-reflects the fundamental right of workers to know about potential workplace hazards
Economic Considerations - Answer✔-work-related injury costs are direct (overtime pay) and
indirect (work stoppages, strikes, reduced morale, reduced productivity, employee turnover,
and negative publicity)
-costs of workplace injuries exceed $12 billion a year
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Chapter 1 - Intro to Occupational Health and
Safety. Exam Questions And Answers |Latest
2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Workplace Accidents in Canada - Answer✔-around 1000 workers die yearly as a result of
workplace incidents
-approximately 240 000 suffer injury serious enough to warrant missing time from work
-interpretation of workplace fatality and injury data should take into account how many people
work in each industry, region, and the reporting requirements in each area
Occupational Health and Safety - Answer✔recognition, assessment, and control of hazards
associated with the work environment
Hazard - Answer✔-any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on
something or someone under certain conditions at work
-include biological, physical, and psychological agents
Goal of OH&S Program - Answer✔reduce occupational injury and illness
Occupational Injury - Answer✔-any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from a
workplace incident
-lost-time injury is an injury that results in employee missing time from work
Occupational Illness - Answer✔any abnormal condition or disorder caused by expsoure to
environmental factors associated with employment
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Changing Perspectives on Risk and Liability - Answer✔-until the early 20th century the
prevailing model for workplace hazards was the assumption of risk which is a belief that a
worker accepted the risks of employment when he or she accepted a job
-associated is the view that injuries were caused by accident-prone people
Late 19th Century - Answer✔Ontario legislation estblished safety standards (chain saw guards)
Early 20th Century - Answer✔canadian jurisdictions passed factory laws to regulate heating,
lighting, ventilation, hygiene, fire safety, and accident reporting
Royal Commission on Relations of Capital and Labour in Canada - Answer✔-1889
commissioners made several recommendations - improving health and safety by establishing
standards and mandating regular inspections
-system for compensating victims of industrial accidents, regardless of who was at fault
-this was an important influence on the development of OH&S regulations
Three Principal Rights of Workers - Answer✔1. Right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
2. Right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
3. Right to know about hazards in the workplace
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) - Answer✔-legislation passed in
1988
-reflects the fundamental right of workers to know about potential workplace hazards
Economic Considerations - Answer✔-work-related injury costs are direct (overtime pay) and
indirect (work stoppages, strikes, reduced morale, reduced productivity, employee turnover,
and negative publicity)
-costs of workplace injuries exceed $12 billion a year
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