Legislation
The philosophy of the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act
Internal Responsibility System
This hazard causes stress to the workers body.
What is musculoskeletal injury hazards?
Review each step of a job.
What is Job Hazard Analysis?
Protects workers to reduce the occurrence of incidents and injuries.
What is a hazard control program?
Motivating factors of Safety
Moral, Legal and Financial
Can be in the form of solids, liquids or gases.
What is chemical and mineral hazards?
A walkthrough of the workplace.
What is inspection?
Control measure can be place where the hazard "travels".
Purpose of the Workplace Safety and Health Act
Section 2(1)
(a) To secure workers and self-employed persons from the risks to their safety, health and welfare arising out of, or in connection with, activities in their workplaces; and
(b) To protect other persons from risks to their safety and health arising out of, or in connection with, activities in workplaces.
Most likely to have acute effects.
What is Physical Hazards?
Can be conducted anytime, documented or undocumented.
What is informal inspection?
Best and most effective control measure.
What is elimination?
4 Basic Rights
1.Right to Know
2.Right to Participate
3.Right to Refuse Dangerous Work
4.Right to work without being subject to a reprisal
Workplace stressors and human behaviours.
Type of reporting when and incident didn't happen.
What is near miss reporting?
Last line of defense.
What is PPE?
This traditionally has 11 elements.
What is the Workplace Safety and Health Program
These can be in the form of living organisms, bacteria, viruses, etc.
What is biological hazards?
Process to systematically gather and analyze information.
What is incident investigation?
Outlines steps to do a specific task safely.
What is safe work procedure?