Workplace
Safety Regulations
Safety Regulations
It is a federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards in the U.S.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
This term refers to injuries caused by repetitive motion or overuse of certain body parts.
What are repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)?
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System.
What does WHMIS stand for?
These are right to non-discrimination , safe work and fair wages
What are workspace rights?
Canadian centre for occupational health and safety
What does CCOHS stand for?
This act, passed in 1970, established the framework for workplace safety regulations in the U.S.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act?
Exposure to this substance, commonly found in older buildings, can cause serious respiratory illnesses.
What is asbestos?
WHMIS is implemented through coordinated federal, provincial, and territorial legislation.
How is WHMIS implemented in the workplace of Canada?
This act requires employers to provide employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for certain family and medical reasons.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
As a worker, you have the right to deny rules that you feel are unfair to your health and safety.
What is the “Right to Refuse”?
Employers must report work-related fatalities within this many hours.
What is 8 hours?
These types of workplace hazards include wet floors, loose rugs, or clutter that can cause someone to trip or fall.
What are slip, trip, and fall hazards?
This WHMIS symbol represents a fire hazard.
What is the flame symbol?
This principle requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
As a worker, you have the right to be informed by the employer of hazards and be provided with education, training, and information.
What is the “Right to Know”?
This term refers to the systematic process of identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards.
What is risk assessment?
Prolonged exposure to loud noise in the workplace can lead to this condition.
What is hearing loss?
Workers must: Participate in WHMIS training programs. Take necessary steps to protect themselves and their co-workers. Participate in identifying and controlling hazards.
How do workers fit into the WHMIS system?
This legal principle protects employees from being fired for refusing to engage in illegal activities, reporting violations of the law, or exercising their legal rights.
What is the Whistleblower Protection Act?
A state of well-being in which a person understands his or her abilities, and can cope with the normal stresses of life.
What is Mental Health?
OSHA standards for this kind of protective equipment include requirements for head, eye, and respiratory protection.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
This condition, caused by prolonged exposure to vibrating tools, can lead to numbness and damage to blood vessels and nerves in the fingers and hands.
What is Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)?
The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) logo is a recognizable graphic for the Canadian system.
What is the workplace hazardous materials information system Logo?
This amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate against women based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
What is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)?
As a worker, you have the right to have input on steps taken to ensure health and safety, make suggestions, and report concerns.
What is the “Right to Participate”?