2. Chapter Overview
Organizational benefits of a safe and
healthy workplace
Relation to other HRM functions
Health and safety responsibilities
Ontario occupational health and safety act
Workers’ compensation
Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace
Special health problems
14.1
3. Health and Safety: Relation to
Other HRM Functions
Job Analysis
Selection
Training
Performance
Appraisal
Health &
Safety
Recruiting
Benefits
Labour
Relations
14.2
4. Steps in a Job Safety Analysis
Break the job down into its
basic steps
Identify potential accidents
and hazards associated with
each step
Recommend safe job
procedures for each step
14.3
5. Examples of Actions to
Minimize Workplace Hazards
Engineering the hazard out
Providing personal
protective equipment
Job instruction training
Good housekeeping
Good ergonomics
14.4
6. The Ontario Occupational and
Health Safety Act
History of the Ontario legislation
Provisions of the Ontario legislation
Employers’ responsibilities
Supervisors’ responsibilities
Employees’ responsibilities and rights
Joint health and safety committees
Health and safety representatives
Inspection and enforcement
Provincial differences
Impact of health and safety legislation on
organizations
14.5
7. 12 Steps Employers Can Take in
Response to a Worker’s
Compensation Claim
1. Keep detailed written records of the
accident and injury
2. Interview the worker in person if
possible
3. Interview any witnesses to the
accident
4. Go to the scene of the accident and
review the event
14.6
8. 12 Steps Employers Can Take in
Response to a Worker’s
Compensation Claim (cont’d.)
5. Check information in the worker's file
before
completing the accident report form
6. Investigate any previous similar disabilities
that occurred before the worker was
employed by your organization
7. Check if the accident was caused by
negligence of someone other than one of
your
workers
8. Find out if the worker had been involved in
a
14.7
pedestrian or car accident within the last
five
9. 12 Steps Employers Can Take in
Response to a Worker’s
Compensation Claim (cont’d.)
9.
Investigate any work-related difficulties, such as
labour disputes, grievances, layoffs, or disciplinary
proceedings, involving the worker
10. Check whether the worker has been continuously
employed by your organization for a period of one
year or more
11. Investigate any important inconsistencies between
the worker’s version of the accidents and the
version
provided by any witnesses, supervisors, or
14.8
managers
10. Ensuring a Safe and Healthy
Workplace
controlling physical hazards
promoting safety awareness
health and safety committees
recording and posting safety
performance records
safety recognition programs
safety rules and regulations
safety training programs
promoting good health
14.9
11. Focus of Health and
Safety Committees
Health and Safety Policy —
reviewing
health and safety records, investigating
accidents, and making recommendations for
safety procedures and expenditures
Inspection —
conducting periodic safety
inspections of the establishment
Education —
promoting interest in and
compliance with safety rules and methods
14.10
13. Elements of an HIV/AIDS
Policy
The rights of workers with HIV/AIDS to
reasonable accommodation regarding their
schedule or duties
The continuation of health benefits or access to
group coverage
The protection of confidentiality about a person’s
HIV status
The protection of people with HIV/AIDS from
harassment and discrimination
The prohibition of HIV testing for workers
14.12
The right of all workers to a safe and healthy
workplace
