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45 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 inputs needed for production
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Equipment, Materials, Environment, Process
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when did Canada passed laws to regulate physical parameters of work.
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20th century
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what are three principle rights of workers
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right to refuse, right to participate, right to know
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what is the old view of OHS (occupational health and safety)
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Assumption of risk ( you know what you are getting into)
accident proneness (some people just get into more accidents) |
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what is the new view
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everyone works together to prevent accidents
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what are the two major components of the workers compensation act of 1914
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protecting lost wages of injured workers
preventing accidents |
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What are three stake holders in OHS
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Employers, (policy, equipment, monitoring)
employees, (following procedures, ppe) unions ( quasi governments, collective bargaining) |
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what are the different OHS
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employees, employers, government, unions
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why do all stakeholders have the same goals
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workers do not want to get sick and employers do not want to loose a worker
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what are the cost of not having a not considering health and safety.
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direct cost of a injury
indirect cost of work stoppages and strikes/moral |
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what are the benefits of considering health and safety
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cost reduction, employee relations, legal requirements
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where are the three points to control hazards
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the source, the path, the worker
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where did workers compensation originate
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Germany
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what are the objectives of workers compensation
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gives collective liability for employers and ensures that workers receive compensation when injured.
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What does workers compensation ensure
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first aid treatment, benefits when recuperating, proper treatment for injuries, rehabilitation and assistance for return to work.
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what does the workers compensation board have authority over.
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fix and collect assessment, determine the right to compensate, pay compensation/benefits
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what is the workers compensation board mandates
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injury prevention, compensation (pension or medical bills), return to work facilitation
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what are the two types of worker loss
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Economic and non-economic
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what are two ways of paying economic loss?
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cash benefits (get a percentage of income as cash if injury is permanent)
wage loss (supplement benefits if the new job pays less then previous job) |
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what is non-economic loss
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functional impairment, they are incapable of fulfilling roles.
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what are the three different focuses of rehabilitation
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vocational (returning to work)
Physical (physical function) Social (think PTSD) |
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What is the latency period
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the time between an exposure and development of a disease
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how does the incident insurance pricing work for employers
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employers are grouped together in high, medium and low risk jobs.
everyone pays the same amount in their group. at the end of the year if you are lower then the average then you get a rebate if higher then you pay a surcharge |
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what are the three levels of response to a injury
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First Aid (worker can return to work after injury)
Lost time (employee fails to return to work after the injury critical (life threatening, unconscious or broken legs or arm) |
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what are two possible outcomes from a hazard
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Incident ( a unwanted event that could have an a negative impact)
Accident ( a unwanted event that causes harm to people or process) |
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what is a near miss
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the accident did not happen but something could have seriously happen
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after you identify the hazards what are two options
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if hazard is within limits, nothing /collect data if it is beyond acceptable limits control the hazard
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what are the 4 different factors that can lead to accidents
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ergonomic factors, human factors, situation factors, environmental factors
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what are the two different parts of hazard analysis
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Positive tree (how the job is done
Fault Tree (what can go wrong) |
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what are the the parts of hazard control
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pre-contact (before an incident)
Contact control (identify hazards and stop them from being worse) Post contact (clean up operations) |
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what are the two different properties of noise
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Frequency (hz) intensity (db)
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what is the threshold of hearing
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range of sound that a human ear can perceive (2-20,000)
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what are the three different health effects of noise
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Physiological, physical and psychological
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what are the two different types of physiological hearing loss
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conductive (restriction in transmission of sound)
Sensor Neural (affect the cochlea) |
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what are some indicators of hearing damage
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ringing in the ears (tinnitues)
raising volume on radio or tv |
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what are two different types of hearing loss
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temporary threshold shift
permanent threshold shift |
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what is Dose
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the amount of noise absorbed by ear
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name several sound exposure testing tools
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sound pressure level meter
octave band dosimeter audiometer |
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what are the two different types of vibration
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whole body (ship or train)
sentimental vibration (jackhammer) |
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what are the 4 different routs of entry into the body
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respiration, skin absorption, ingestion, penetration
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what is the Hiearch of legal considerations of OHS
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ACT, Regulation, guidelines & policies
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what is the primary duty of the employer
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provide safe work environmental, provide a compliant supervisor, provide information
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who is a supervisor
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anyone with an authority to promote & discipline workers
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name some jobs that have a limited right to refusal
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police, firefighters, teachers, healthcare workers
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when are workers not allowed to refuse work
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the work is a normal condition of employment, if the worker by his refusal places another life in jeopardy
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