Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces

Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities they live in. This textbook provides workers with an introduction to effective injury prevention. The book pays particular attention to how issues of precarious employment, gender, and ill heal...

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Main Authors: Foster, Jason (Author), Barnetson, Bob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Athabasca University Press [2016]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Workplace Injury in Theory and Practice
  • Legislative Framework of Injury Prevention and Compensation
  • Hazard Recognition, Assessment and Control
  • Physical Hazards
  • Chemical and Biological Hazards
  • Psycho-social Hazards
  • Health Effects of Employment
  • Training and Injury Prevention Programs
  • Incident Investigation
  • Disability Management and Return to Work
  • The Practice of Health and Safety