Management Of Occupational Health And Safety Chapter 3/4

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net earnings

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salary after mandatory deductions (income tax, Canada Pension and Employment Insurance)

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Loss of functional Capacity

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limit of ability or dexterity depending on the seriousness of an injury

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Vocational rehabilitation

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the steps undertaken by WCBs to help injured workers return to their place of employment or find similar or suitable work

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Physical rehabilitation

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the steps taken to restore, fully or partially the workers physical function

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Social rehabilitiation

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the psychological and practical services that help workers with sever disabilities cope with daily life

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latency period

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the time between exposure to a cause and development of a disease

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hazard

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any condition or changing set of circumstances that has the potential to cause an injury

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event

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any activity that may occur on a day to day basis as a direct or indirect result of some human or human related undertaking

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incident

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any observable human activity that is an unwanted event or occurrence that might have had a negative impact on the people property or process involved

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accident

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any unwanted event that causes harm to people, property or processes

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injury

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any trauma, physical or mental, direct or indirect, acute or chronic, experienced by a human being

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overt traumatic injuries

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injuries resulting from coming into contact with an energy source

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overexertion injuries

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injuries resulting from excessive physical effort, repetitive motions, and possibly awkward working positions

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anthropometry

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study of the measurements of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups

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human factor

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when a person causes an accident by commission, poor judgment, or omission (failing to do something)

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unsafe act

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generally refers to a deviation from the standard job procedures or practices that increases a workers exposure to a hazard

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situational factors

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also known as unsafe conditions; exist when a company does not provide proper equipment , tools, or facilities or when operations are unsafe

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walk through survey

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a survey in which a safety professional walks through a worksite and notes hazards

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safety sampling

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a systematic survey procedure undertaken by safety personnel who record their observations of unsafe practices on a sampling document

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hazard analysis

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an orderly analytical technique that examines a system for the most probable hazards having the severest consequences, for the purpose of establishing corrective or control mechanisms

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positive tree

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shows graphically how a job should be done

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fault tree

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an illustration of things that can go wrong

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pre-contact control

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addressing issues before an incident or accident occurs

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contact control

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identifying ways in which a hazardous situation can be prevented from becoming worse and harming workers

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post contact control

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putting in place medical and cleanup operations and ensuring that the event cannot be repeated

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engineering control

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modifications of work processes, equipment and materials to reduce exposure to hazards

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machine guarding

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protection for workers from the hazards and energies created by moving machinery

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kickback

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action of having work piece suddenly thrown backward into the operator

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administrative control

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management involvement, training of employees, rotation of employees, environmental sampling, and medical surveillance to protect individuals

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preventative maintenance

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the orderly continuous and scheduled protection and repair of equipment and buildings

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confined space

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a space that is potentially deficient in oxygen and could contain toxic aerosols