MGHB12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Occupational Injury, Distracted Driving, Workplace Violence
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Occupational injury: any cut, fracture, sprain or amputation resulting from a workplace accident or from an exposure involving an accident in the work environment. Occupation illness: any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. Industrial disease: a disease resulting from exposure to a substance relating to a particular process, trade or occupation in industry. Emergency action plan: a plan an organization develops that contains step-by-step procedures for dealing with various emergency situations. Cumulative trauma disorders: injuries involving tendons of the fingers, hands and arms that become inflamed from repeated stresses and strains. Building better physical and emotional health among employees. Depression: negative emotional state marked by feelings of low spirits, gloominess, sadness and loss of pleasure in ordinary activities. Stress: any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental or emotional factors that require coping behavior. Eustress: positive stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration.
