Chapter 12 - Health And Safety

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Assumption of risk

Back 1

The worker accepting all the customary risks associated with his or her occupation. For example, workers may be instructed to protect themselves from special hazards such as heat extremes or molten and sharp metal.

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Burnout

Back 2

A condition of mental, emotional, and sometimes physical exhaustion that results from substantial and prolonged stress.

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Careless worker model

Back 3

The early approach to safety in the workplace, which assumed that most accidents were due to workers' failure to be careful or to protect themselves. Even if training was provided to make workers more aware of the dangers in the workplace, this approach still assumed accidents to be mainly the worker's fault.

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Hazardous Products Act

Back 4

An act whose primary objective is the protection of consumers by regulating the sale of dangerous products.

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Health and safety committee

Back 5

A group consisting of representatives of the employer and employees that meets regularly in order to reduce accident rates.

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Shared responsibility model

Back 6

A newer approach to safety in the workplace that assumes the best method to reduce accident rates relies on the cooperation of the employer and the employees (who may be represented by a union).

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Stressors

Back 7

Stressful working conditions that can directly influence the health and safety of employees.

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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Back 8

Legislation that requires suppliers to label all hazardous products and provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each.