MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: First Aid, Occupational Disease
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Legislative updates: act in manitoba amended to include presumptive provisions for ptsd, legislation modified in nb to provide compensation to first responders suffering from. Injured worker could receive non-economic loss if unable to perform some of the things that they had been able to do before the incident: ex. not being able to play golf after injury. The requirement to isolate the point at which the disease was contracted has given way to a recognition that the disease could be the result of exposure or injury over time. Injury frequency rates: some organizations calculate injury frequency rates to benchmark and track their own safety performance. In some cases, wcbs can also provide this information to companies. Using the 200,000 figure, the relationship becomes: frequency = (# of injuries / total hours worked) x 200,000. Using the 200,000 figure, the relationship becomes: frequency = (# of days lost to injuries / total hours worked) x 200,000.
