OHS 208 Lecture 4: lecture 4

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Occupational Health
• Course: OHS 208
• Professor: Peter Strahlendorf

Document Summary

Part 2 was gone in 2012: was given responsibility for overseeing safe workplace association in ontario, gave the board the authority to administer the prevention system. Calling for creation of chief prevention officer. Transfer of the swa to administration of office. Workmen compensation act passed in 1914 used to provide broad coverage to workers in ontario: ex. Not given the option of joining the compensation scene. Safe occupations: accounting, teaching: linking level of hazard in workplace to rate were calculated through meredith"s principles, the larger the firm grew, the larger the premiums would be paid. Rate reflective of injury history and size. Based on size of payroll: payroll was divided into wsib assessment base. Assessable c rate amount per . 00: each er is protected by the system of collective liability. Money is pooled in the insurance fund and all cost (benefit to injured workers) are paid from the pool.