{"id":17621,"date":"2022-09-09T05:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T05:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksofall.com\/?post_type=product&p=17621"},"modified":"2022-09-09T05:51:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T05:51:31","slug":"health-and-safety-in-canadian-workplaces-foster-and-barnetson","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.booksofall.com\/pt\/health-and-safety-in-canadian-workplaces-foster-and-barnetson\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces (Foster and Barnetson)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 health can be better handled in Canadian occupational health and safety<\/a> (OHS).<\/p>\n

This introduction to OHS differs from others because it contends that the practice of occupational health and safety can only be properly understood if we acknowledge that workers and employers have conflicting interests. Specifically, we investigate which workplace hazards are recognized and controlled, the manner in which these hazards are controlled, and who makes these decisions. These are all factors that reflect the broader political economy of employment and suggest that OHS is contested terrain.<\/p>\n

Broadly speaking, a workplace injury<\/a> is any form of ill health\u2014such as a physical or mental injury or illness\u2014that arises because of a worker\u2019s employment. Instances of work-related ill health can encompass a vast array of injuries and illnesses. Most workrelated injuries will be minor and temporary (such as a slight burn), while others will be permanent (such as an amputation) or lifethreatening (such as cancer). Some injuries will be acute (such as a laceration) and some will take years to manifest themselves (such as silicosis<\/a>). Despite the vast range of potential injuries, when most people think of a workplace injury, what comes to mind is an acute injury caused by an obvious physical cause. For example, a fall from a height may break a worker\u2019s wrist. There are three main reasons why we tend to focus on acute physical injuries:<\/p>\n