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13 Cards in this Set
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Safety Principles |
- critical success factors in an effective safety program are management commitement, a human/ one on one approach and a postive enviroment - safety is achieved by 1. elimnative the hazard 2.engineering protection from dangers 3. administtering them out 4. protective equipment - risk is a consideration and is a function of frequencey, probability and the magnitude of the consequence |
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Frequency Rate |
the # of lost time x 2000,000/ person- hours worked |
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Severity Rate |
the # of days losts x 20,000/ person - hours worked |
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Insured Costs |
recognized and realtive fixed, such as WCB assessments, fire, vehicle, theft and damage insurance |
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Uninsured Costs |
not easily recognizable or fixed and include items such as production loss, OH&S committee expenses, replacement worker wages, and reduced worker motivation and moral |
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Employee Wellness program |
a proactive program to creating a healthy workplace in terms of physical envrioment, social enviroment and health practices |
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Reason to test for alcohol and substances |
- of there are reasonable grounds to believe an employee is impaired or unfit - as part of accident investigation - as a condition of continued employment after a rule violation - to monitor an employee after drug treatment - as a final condition for a job offer for certain safety sensitve positions |
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Eustress |
stress is not necessarily based, performance is optial at a level of stress that energizes but does not wear someone out |
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Strategies for Dealing with Stress |
- control it at its soure - give employee more control |
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Penetration Rate for employee assistancce |
use of program depends upon employee having confidence in them and management being prepared to suport and accommodate employees in resolving personal issues |
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Early Return to work programs |
- funcational ability test - use of light or modified duties - management training to support the returning worker - health case management strategies |
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Harassment |
human rights legislation in Canada protect workers from (unwelcome behaviour of a sexual nature or the demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person) on prohibited grounds and requires organizations to have policies and procedures for dealing with harassement |
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Vicariously Liable |
where violence including bullying is between employees and the employer has been aware of the situation and not taken action |
