HROB 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Due Diligence, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Industrial Revolution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 3030
• Professor: Rhonda Gordon

Document Summary

Over 1000 workers die yearly because of workplace accidents. About 308,000 suffer injury serious enough to warrant missing time from work (lost- time injury) More than half of workplace fatalities are attributed to occupational diseases: asbestos effects accounts for most of these deaths. Occupational health and safety: hazards range from chemical, biological and physical agents to psychological disorders such as stress. Occupational illness: any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. Lost-time injury: workplace injury that results in employee missing time from work. Began in ancient egypt: stonemasons and potters experienced respiratory problems. Industrial revolution: brown lung disease caused by excessive inhalation of dust. Late 19th century: ontario legislation established safety standards (machine guards) Early 20th century: canada passed factory laws to regulate heating, lighting, ventilation, hygiene, fire safety, and accident reporting. Royal commission on relations of capital and labour in canada.