Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
31 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
net earnings
|
salary after mandatory deductions (income tax, Canada Pension and Employment Insurance)
|
|
Loss of functional Capacity
|
limit of ability or dexterity depending on the seriousness of an injury
|
|
Vocational rehabilitation
|
the steps undertaken by WCBs to help injured workers return to their place of employment or find similar or suitable work
|
|
Physical rehabilitation
|
the steps taken to restore, fully or partially the workers physical function
|
|
Social rehabilitiation
|
the psychological and practical services that help workers with sever disabilities cope with daily life
|
|
latency period
|
the time between exposure to a cause and development of a disease
|
|
hazard
|
any condition or changing set of circumstances that has the potential to cause an injury
|
|
event
|
any activity that may occur on a day to day basis as a direct or indirect result of some human or human related undertaking
|
|
incident
|
any observable human activity that is an unwanted event or occurrence that might have had a negative impact on the people property or process involved
|
|
accident
|
any unwanted event that causes harm to people, property or processes
|
|
injury
|
any trauma, physical or mental, direct or indirect, acute or chronic, experienced by a human being
|
|
overt traumatic injuries
|
injuries resulting from coming into contact with an energy source
|
|
overexertion injuries
|
injuries resulting from excessive physical effort, repetitive motions, and possibly awkward working positions
|
|
anthropometry
|
study of the measurements of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups
|
|
human factor
|
when a person causes an accident by commission, poor judgment, or omission (failing to do something)
|
|
unsafe act
|
generally refers to a deviation from the standard job procedures or practices that increases a workers exposure to a hazard
|
|
situational factors
|
also known as unsafe conditions; exist when a company does not provide proper equipment , tools, or facilities or when operations are unsafe
|
|
walk through survey
|
a survey in which a safety professional walks through a worksite and notes hazards
|
|
safety sampling
|
a systematic survey procedure undertaken by safety personnel who record their observations of unsafe practices on a sampling document
|
|
hazard analysis
|
an orderly analytical technique that examines a system for the most probable hazards having the severest consequences, for the purpose of establishing corrective or control mechanisms
|
|
positive tree
|
shows graphically how a job should be done
|
|
fault tree
|
an illustration of things that can go wrong
|
|
pre-contact control
|
addressing issues before an incident or accident occurs
|
|
contact control
|
identifying ways in which a hazardous situation can be prevented from becoming worse and harming workers
|
|
post contact control
|
putting in place medical and cleanup operations and ensuring that the event cannot be repeated
|
|
engineering control
|
modifications of work processes, equipment and materials to reduce exposure to hazards
|
|
machine guarding
|
protection for workers from the hazards and energies created by moving machinery
|
|
kickback
|
action of having work piece suddenly thrown backward into the operator
|
|
administrative control
|
management involvement, training of employees, rotation of employees, environmental sampling, and medical surveillance to protect individuals
|
|
preventative maintenance
|
the orderly continuous and scheduled protection and repair of equipment and buildings
|
|
confined space
|
a space that is potentially deficient in oxygen and could contain toxic aerosols
|