Rights and Responsibilities
The right to KNOW, the right to PARTICIPATE and the right to REFUSE unsafe work.
What are the three fundamental employee rights?
Work boots, gloves, face visors
What are types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Constant loud noise, ladders/scaffolding, liquids/spills on floor
What are physical hazards?
Someone who is working and between the ages of 15 and 24
What is a young worker?
Occupational Health and Safety Act
What is the Act that governs Health and Safety in Ontario workplaces?
Repetitive strain injuries, cancers caused by exposure to chemicals
What are chronic injuries?
Blood and bodily fluids, insect bites, bird and animal droppings
What are biological hazards?
Nine
What are the number of statutory holidays in Ontario?
Use machines/equipment the way you were trained, report any hazards you see, use any required PPE
What are some responsibilities of a worker.
Injuries that happen right away (such as slippery floors)
What are acute injuries?
Liquids like cleaning products, paints, acids
What are examples of chemical hazards?
44 hours
What is the how many hours you can work before you are to be paid overtime?
Make sure that required health & safety training is delivered to all employees
What is one responsibility of an employer?
They lack experience and training to recognize and avoid hazards; they don't know their rights; they aren't properly supervised
When someone eats and takes off -- and you do NOT have to chase them down!
What is dine and dash?
It sets out the minimum standards for the workplace for Ontario employees.
What is the Employment Standards Act?
Termination letter
What is something you have the right to receive when you are let go from a job?
The symbols you find on products that tell you the type of hazards contained within them.
What are WHIMIS symbols?
Poor lighting, poor workstations/chairs
What are ergonomic hazards?
Gross pay
What are how much you earn BEFORE taxes/deductions are taken off your pay?