BU354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Workplace Violence, Occupational Safety And Health
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Can"t achieve strategic objectives of organization if employees are getting injured. All provinces, territories, and the federal jurisdiction have occupational health and safety legislation based on the principle of joint responsibility. Responsibility of employees: to protect themselves and their co-workers. Unsafe conditions: improperly guarded equipment, defective equipment, improper illumination. Work-related factors: job itself, work schedule, psychological climate. If people don"t feel safety is important, they won"t behave like it is = lead to infractions. Workplace accidents and occupational-related illnesses costs $ billions in direct compensation an more in indirect expenses annually. Work accidents are caused by a combination of unsafe employee behaviour and unsafe working conditions. Workplace hazardous materials information system (whmis), canada-wide legally mandated system consisting of 3 components: labelling of hazardous materials, material safety data sheets (msds, employee training. No way to make it interesting = make it online training = people snooze through it. Each province and the federal jurisdiction have detailed legislation addressing health and safety.
