ADMS 3400 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - The Culture, Absenteeism, Time
12 Oct 2018
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ADMS 3400
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Define the components of a Healthy Workplace
- Psychosocial Work Environment
- Personal Health Resources
- Physical Work Environment
- Enterprise Community Involvement
- Leadership Engagement
- Worker Involvement
- All ased o the foudatio of the opay’s ethis and values
Define occupational health and safety, occupational injury,
occupational disease
- OH&S: The identification, evaluation, and control of hazards associated with the work
environment
- Occupational Injury: Any injury (cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation) resulting from a
workplace accident
- Occupational Illness: Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to
environmental factors associated with employment
Describe the reasons for investing in health and safety programs
- Legal
o Compliance with the law
o Not being aware of legal requirements is not a defense for non-compliance
o Minimum standards for business operations
- Economic
o Accident Costs
o Insurance Costs/Workwell Audit
o High-risk workplace initiative
o Ministry of Labour fines
o Effect on bottom line (profit margin)
- Moral
o Should be anchored in Values and Ethics of the Corporation
o Employee Relations
▪ Place you want to work in
o Public Trust
▪ Protet good ae
o Customer Relations
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4 Main Hazards
- Physical
- Chemical
- Biological
- Ergonomic
Types of controls
- Engineering
o Methods of isolating or removing hazards from the workplace
- Policies and Procedures
o Practical techniques that reduce the likelihood of exposure by changing the way a
task is performed
- Administrative
o Education and training of employees
o Medical surveillance program
- Personal Protective Equipment
o Must create an effective barrier between the exposed worker and the hazard
o Last line of defense; not an alternative to proper controls
Changing perspective
Accidents were often blamed on the worker because it was assumed that taking the job meant
taking the risks associated with it. Now it is a shared responsibility between everyone in the
workplace.
Key Stakeholders
- Employer
- Supervisor
- Employee
Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
- Every individual is responsible for health and safety and has roles and responsibilities
(authority and accountability)
- Report unsafe conditions in the workplace
- Interact with each other to identify and solve health and safety problems
- Seek opportunities to make improvements in the processes
- Employees have
o The right to know
o The right to refuse unsafe work
o The right to participate
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Document Summary
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