BUSI 2312U Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Job Security, Safety Data Sheet, Role Conflict
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Chapter 13 ensuring health and safety at the workplace. Assumption of risk the worker accepting all the customary risks associated with his or her occupation. 75% of this plant"s entire workforce lost time from work because of accidents on their job. Careless worker model the early approach to safety in the workplace, which assumed that most accidents were due to workers" failure to be careful or to protect themselves. Shared responsibility model a newer approach to safety in the workplace that assumes the best method to reduce accident rates relies on the cooperation of the employer and the employees (who may be represented by a union. ) Estimate about 4 canadian workers die every working day from an occupational injury or disease and 1 in 48 workers is injured severely enough to miss at least 1 day of work a year. Cost about billion annual in compensation for workplace accidents and occupation-related illnesses.
