MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Due Diligence, Safety Data Sheet, Absolute Liability
2 Mar 2018
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Around 1000 workers die yearly as a result of workplace incidents. Approximately 240 000 suffer injury serious enough to warrant missing time from work (lost-time injury) Interpretation of workplace fatality and injury data should take into account how many people work in each industry, region, and the reporting requirements in each area. When analyzing ohs and create a data you need to consider: Occupational health and safety (oh&s) - recognition, assessment, and control of hazards associated with the work environment. Any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on something or someone under certain conditions at work. Hazards include chemical, biological, physical, and psychological agents (ex: manger yells at you and causes stress) Goal of oh&s programs: reduce occupational injury and illness. Occupational injury: any cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation resulting from a workplace incident, physical. Lost-time injury is an injury that results in employee missing time from work.
