MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anthropometry, Chronic Toxicity, Surface Tension
12 Nov 2017
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Lost-time injury: workplace injury that results in employee missing time from work. Occupational health & safety: identification, evaluation, and control of hazards associated with work environment. Occupational injury- any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from workplace accident. Occupational illness- any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. Royal commission on relations of capital and labor in canada (1889) Important influence on the development of ohs regulations: 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, labor bureau be created to oversee these activities. Ontario government formed royal commission on the health and safety of workers in mines in 1974. First to articulate the three principal rights to workers: right to refuse dangerous work without penalty, right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems, right to know about hazards in the workplace.
