Workplace Workplace Health & SafetyHealth & Safety

Types of hazardsTypes of hazards

1.1. Physical:Physical: things that can things that can physically cause injury to your physically cause injury to your bodybody

2.2. Biological:Biological: things that could things that could cause physical illness due to cause physical illness due to unclean or unsanitary conditionsunclean or unsanitary conditions

3.3. Chemical:Chemical: possibly toxic possibly toxic substances that could harm yousubstances that could harm you

4. 4. Psychological : Psychological : things that things that may impact your mental may impact your mental healthhealth

5. 5. Ergonomic:Ergonomic: things that over things that over time may cause injury to your muscle time may cause injury to your muscle or skeletal systemor skeletal system

Your workplace rightsYour workplace rights Right to knowRight to know

--employers must inform you of any employers must inform you of any potential hazards and provide trainingpotential hazards and provide training

Right to participateRight to participate- - employees need to help identify & employees need to help identify &

solve potential problemssolve potential problems Right to refuse unsafe workRight to refuse unsafe work

- if you believe a situation is - if you believe a situation is hazardous, you can refuse work without hazardous, you can refuse work without disciplinary actiondisciplinary action

In Nova Scotia, the In Nova Scotia, the Department Department of Labour investigatesof Labour investigates workplace injuriesworkplace injuries

Workers Compensation Board Workers Compensation Board provides assistanceprovides assistance to to employees who have to be off employees who have to be off work due to work-related work due to work-related injuries/illnessesinjuries/illnesses

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Activity:Activity:

In your group, come up In your group, come up with as many examples of with as many examples of your category of hazard as your category of hazard as you canyou can

brainstorm/list them on brainstorm/list them on chart paper chart paper (make sure they’re big (make sure they’re big enough to see from afar!)enough to see from afar!)

Occupational Health and Occupational Health and Safety ActSafety Act (OHS) (OHS)the Nova Scotia law that says the Nova Scotia law that says what rules employers and what rules employers and employees need to follow to employees need to follow to be safe at workbe safe at work

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