Running Head: ARTICLE REVIEW Article Review: Safety, Accidents, and Investigations: Be Prepared for the Unexpected Article Summary In this article, the author has explained the importance of health and safety programs in the companies. Through this article, people can be able to identify the potential job hazards in the organizations and development plan for its safety. Apart from this, he has also explained the methods of effectively responding to the accidents. With the help
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secure in their workplace environment in order for them to perform their duties to the best of their ability. Workplace safety should be considered a number one priority in order to maintain a healthy work environment. “Workplace violence costs United States businesses approximately $4.2 billion per year in missed days of work and legal costs”, (Ritchey, 2010, Statistics). Workplace safety should be addressed in our organizations’ regulations, policies and training; however it is everyone’s responsibility
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OHS Legislation Requirement North Shore Pulp and Paper Ltd. will develop a program to safeguard their employees from any potentially hazardous workplace environments and scenarios by complying with the standards set by the Occupational Health and Safety acts and legislation. Responsibilities * President: The President will ensure that all resources necessary to provide a proper legislation will be acquired in order to meet or exceed all requirements created. * Vice President: The Vice-President
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“Safety, Accidents, and Investigations: Be Prepared for the Unexpected,” by Robert A. Battles. 2011. Critic by Idy Kool Columbia Southern University MOS 5101, Safety and Accident Prevention. The main focus of the author in this article was about accident prevention. In the article, the author describes how to establish and maintain an accident prevention plan, responds to accidents in the workplace, and how to handle potential external investigations. The authors intended audience
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menu. Whataburger employees undergo a complete training course through Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This training course includes food and safety handling, proper preparation of food, and finally complete testing from OSHA. This testing must be complete before an employee is allowed to prepare food for customers to consume. The training that Whataburger employees undergo ensures that regulations in food safety are strictly regulated at all stages ensuring quality. Whataburger is
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unwelcome. This includes words, gestures, intimidation, bullying, or other inappropriate activities. Verbal abuse - swearing, insults or condescending language. Physical attacks - hitting, shoving, pushing or kicking “Canadian center for occupational and safety” In hospitals work place violence had different forms as prevalence of handguns and other weapons among patients, their families or friends increasing use of hospitals by the criminal justice system for criminal holds and the care of acutely
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24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. ("About CDC: Mission, Role and Pledge", 2013). The Center for Disease Control also protects the U.S. whenever health threats occur that could be expensive and also dangerous to the health of the world. In order for
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Human Resource Management Roles Kris A. Kilian HCS/341 March 26, 2012 Judith Burke Human Resource Management Roles The Human Resources (HR) department has a vital role in the industry of health car organizations. Working with each individual within the organization is imperative to help the entire organization accomplish the goals. When HR staffs an organization, HR must take an inventory based on supply and demand first to see where the correct amounts of people are needed in each department
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say the failure of government to pass a law that will help healthcare providers to address the issues of mandatory overtime. According to experts at the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health, there has been little research into the ways in which overtime by health care providers compromises patient and staff safety. Short Staffing is the reason why nurses needs to do overtime is it because of the nursing shortage? or failure of hospital in terms of financial, management and leadership
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Workplace Violence According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Workplace Violence is any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or her employment (OSHA Factsheet, 2002). Workplace violence includes threatening behavior such as shaking fists, destroying property or throwing objects. It also consists of any expression of intent to inflict harm. It can occur at the workplace or outside the workplace. It can range from threats
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