EBOOK
Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces
Jason FosterSeries: OPEL (Open Paths to Enriched Learning)(0)
About
Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. It offers an extensive overview of central occupational health and safety (OHS) concepts and practices and provides practical suggestions for health and safety advocacy. Foster, Cake, and Barnetson bring the field into the twenty-first century by including discussions of how precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian OHS.
Although they address the gendered and racialized dimensions of new work processes and structures in contemporary workplaces, Foster, Cake, and Barnetson contend that occupational health and safety can only be understood if we acknowledge that workers and employers have conflicting interests. Who identifies what workplace hazards should be controlled is therefore a product of the broader political economy of employment and one that should be well understood by those working in the field.
The newly revised second edition updates key information and discusses OHS topics related to emerging issues such as COVID-19 and climate change. It offers an expanded discussion of chemical and biological hazards and provides all-new learning activities and exercises. An introduction to occupational health and safety (OHS) and injury prevention for workers and students, combining core concepts with practical guidance for health and safety advocacy.
Jason Foster is a professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University. He is also Director of Parkland Institute, a public interest research centre based at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Defying Expectations: The Case of UFCW Local 401, Gigs, Hustles and Temps, The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada (with Bob Barnetson), and Industrial Relations in Canada, 5th ed. (with Fiona A.E. McQuarrie). He is a former president of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association.
Susan Cake is an associate professor in human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University. She has worked as a worker advocate specializing in OHS, workers' compensation systems, and pensions. Her current research interests include union relevance and renewal, government workplace policy and regulations, and child care.
Bob Barnetson was a professor of labour relations at Athabasca University. His previous books include Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada, Canada's Labour Market Training System, and The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada (with Jason Foster).
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Workplace Injury in Theory and Practice
2 Legislative Framework of Injury Prevention and Compensation
3 Hazard Recognition, Assessment, and Control
4 Physical Hazards
5 Chemical Hazards
6 Biological Hazards
7 Psycho-social Hazards
8 Health Effects of Employment
9 Training and Injury Prevention Programs
10 Incident Investigation
11 Disability Management and Return to Work
12 The Practice of Health and Safety
Notes
About the Authors
Although they address the gendered and racialized dimensions of new work processes and structures in contemporary workplaces, Foster, Cake, and Barnetson contend that occupational health and safety can only be understood if we acknowledge that workers and employers have conflicting interests. Who identifies what workplace hazards should be controlled is therefore a product of the broader political economy of employment and one that should be well understood by those working in the field.
The newly revised second edition updates key information and discusses OHS topics related to emerging issues such as COVID-19 and climate change. It offers an expanded discussion of chemical and biological hazards and provides all-new learning activities and exercises. An introduction to occupational health and safety (OHS) and injury prevention for workers and students, combining core concepts with practical guidance for health and safety advocacy.
Jason Foster is a professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University. He is also Director of Parkland Institute, a public interest research centre based at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Defying Expectations: The Case of UFCW Local 401, Gigs, Hustles and Temps, The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada (with Bob Barnetson), and Industrial Relations in Canada, 5th ed. (with Fiona A.E. McQuarrie). He is a former president of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association.
Susan Cake is an associate professor in human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University. She has worked as a worker advocate specializing in OHS, workers' compensation systems, and pensions. Her current research interests include union relevance and renewal, government workplace policy and regulations, and child care.
Bob Barnetson was a professor of labour relations at Athabasca University. His previous books include Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada, Canada's Labour Market Training System, and The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada (with Jason Foster).
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Workplace Injury in Theory and Practice
2 Legislative Framework of Injury Prevention and Compensation
3 Hazard Recognition, Assessment, and Control
4 Physical Hazards
5 Chemical Hazards
6 Biological Hazards
7 Psycho-social Hazards
8 Health Effects of Employment
9 Training and Injury Prevention Programs
10 Incident Investigation
11 Disability Management and Return to Work
12 The Practice of Health and Safety
Notes
About the Authors
Related Subjects
Extended Details
- EditionSecond Edition