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100 1 _aFoster, Jason
_eauthor
245 0 0 _aHealth and Safety in Canadian Workplaces
_cJason Foster
264 2 _bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _bAthabasca University Press
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aWorkplace 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
520 0 _aWorkplace 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 (OHS).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.
542 1 _fAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource
650 0 _aBusiness
_vTextbooks
650 0 _aPersonnel management
_vTextbooks
700 1 _aBarnetson, Bob
_eauthor
710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
_edistributor
856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/439
_zAccess online version
999 _c19822
_d19822