Impact of health and safety infractions on the individual | Impact of health and safety infractions on the organization | Impact of health and safety infractions on the industry: | Employee comfortability and engagement in the context of health and safety | Fostering an environment that promotes health and safety |
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True
True or false? Are almost all injuries and accidental deaths preventable?
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Compensation claims, fines and penalties, higher insurance premiums
What are some examples of direct consequences on the organization as a result of team infractions?
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True
True or False? Canada’s first H&S legislation was created in the mid-1900s
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True
True or False? Senior managers can be critical or judgemental of ideas brought up causing the dismissal of employee voices.
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Cost reduction, prevention of injuries, better performing firms
Name 3 advantages of following health and safety protocols.
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Reputational consequences
What is an example of a consequence faced by a manager resulting from a team health and safety infraction?
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True
True or False? Health and safety infractions can affect an organization’s productivity and performance.
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Falls and Trips
What is the top H&S infraction in the industry?
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Fear of retaliation, management is unapproachable, poor past experiences
Name three factors that might prevent employees from feeling comfortable when speaking up about needed changes in current health and safety processes:
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Employees that report safety concerns should be rewarded
Employees will feel more comfortable reporting if they know their concerns matter and will be heard
What is a positive reporting system?
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$1100
What is the average income loss per worker when it comes to a workplace injury?
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False
True or False? The benefits of an organization implementing a health and safety program are mainly limited to supporting compliance with mandatory H&S legislation.
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Increased legislation or more strict regulations
From a macro-level perspective, name a consequence of health and safety infractions on the industry as a whole:
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Increased communication, greater employee involvement with health and safety initiatives
What are some ways to improve employee communication and comfortability when it comes to discussing H&S program-related changes?
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Communicate, provide training, lead by example, positive reporting system, involve workers, create a H&S committee
Name 3 ways you can create a culture of health and safety.
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Employee injuries, reduced productivity and motivation
Micro-level consequences of team infractions on employees specifically can result in:
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Negative reputational damage can result and have an impact on business performance and talent management efforts
How might an organization be affected reputationally by health and safety infractions and are there any consequences resulting from this?
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Stricter processes, more programs from the government promoting the implementation of better health and safety programs
How might an increase in infractions affect current health and safety processes, procedures, or programs within the industry?
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Hold weekly or monthly meetings about safety
Involve employees or ask employees to lead these meetings Make safety procedures and policies easy to access
How can you increase communication between management and employees?
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Frame potential issue findings as opportunities for improvement/redesign rather than as performance problems.
What is the best practice to motivate employees to follow health and safety protocols?
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