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Violence and Harassment in the Workplace - Canadian Centre for ...
Most people think of violence as a physical assault. However, workplace violence and harassment is a much broader problem. It can be defined as any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or her employment. While exact definitions vary in legislation, generally speaking, workplace violence or harassment ...
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CCOHS: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs)
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves. Examples include carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, and tension neck syndrome. For the purpose of developing injury prevention strategies, many health and safety agencies include only disorders that develop ...
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Back Injury Prevention - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Mechanical aids lower the risk of back injury by reducing the worker's physical effort required to handle heavy objects. Manual handling such as lifting and carrying can be easier and safer if mechanized by using lift tables, conveyors, yokes, or trucks. Gravity dumps and chutes can help in disposing of materials.
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Hazard and Risk - General - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and ...
A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone. Basically, a hazard is the potential for harm or an adverse effect (for example, to people as health effects, to organizations as property or equipment losses, or to the environment). Sometimes the resulting harm is referred to as the hazard ...
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CCOHS: Incident Investigation - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health ...
The term"accident" is also commonly used, and can be defined as an unplanned event that interrupts the completion of an activity, and that may (or may not) include injury or property damage. Some make a distinction between accident and incident. They use the term incident to refer to an unexpected event that did not cause injury or damage that ...
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Workplace Stress - General - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health ...
From: “ Stress ”, Canadian Mental Health Association, 2018. Workplace stress then is the harmful physical and emotional responses that can happen when there is a conflict between job demands on the employee and the amount of control an employee has over meeting these demands. In general, the combination of high demands in a job and a low ...
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Estimating the Economic of Occupational Injuries
of occupational injury and diseases and costs in a country. The aim is to help countries identify the economic costs of not improving workplace safety and health – to employers, to workers and to society as a whole – and to inform decision-makers of the net costs of policies presented to them. The idea is to raise awareness among policy-makers
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Health and Safety Legislation in Canada - Injury Reporting
Modified Work Injury: Injuries that require a workplace accommodation or modification of work duties so that a worker can stay at work, avoiding a lost-time injury. Lost Time Injury: Injuries that require additional medical treatment from a health care provider or specialist and require additional time off work. The worker does not return for ...
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Return to Work - Program Overview - Canadian Centre for Occupational ...
A return to work program is a workplace’s written plan that focuses on finding meaningful and suitable work for workers coming back to the workplace from injury or illness. The program should include prevention, accommodation, and support for recovery. Through collaboration, the goal of the program is to have the worker return to their pre ...
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Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) - Risk Factors
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are associated with these factors: Awkward and static postures. Repetitiveness and pace of work. Forceful movements and heavy loads. Vibration. Temperature. Lack of influence or control over one's job. High work demands. Lack of or poor communication.
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