HROB 3030 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Homeostasis, Audiometer, Negative Affectivity
21 Apr 2017
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More than half workplace fatalities are from occupation diseases. Hazards range from chemical, biological and physical agents to psychological disorders such as stress. Goal is to reduce/eliminate occupational injury and illness. Occupational illness any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. Lost-time injury workplace injury that results in ee missing time from work. Royal commission of h&s created the 3 rights of workers in 1974. Before this it was mainly an assumption of risk. Economic considerations: work-related injury costs are direct and indirect. Indirect costs work stoppages, strikes, reduced productivity, etc. Legal considerations: due diligence every reasonable precaution. Moral considerations: mgmt. commitment to health and safety of workers = higher motivation of ees to work safe. Government: workers compensation passed in 1914 compensation and accident prevention, canadian centre for occupational health and safety (ccohs) Managers may not recognize unsafe conditions, or feel unable to do anything about those they do identify.
