Workplace Safety: Safety – Be Part of the team

1. Workplace Safety:Safety – Be Part of the team • Grade 9 Health • The purpose of this unit is to examine issues surrounding health and safety in the workplace. • Brainstorm: What is workplace safety, and what are some of the effects of unsafe practices in the work force?

2. Workplace Safety • Answer: • Are all injuries at work or play preventable? • Do you know someone who has been injured at work or play? • How could the injury have been prevented? • What are some characteristics of a good team player? • How does being a good team player affect job safety?

4. It Only Takes a second • It Only Takes A Second • Discuss: • What is the human and financial cost of workplace injuries and fatalities? • Why are young workers injured more frequently than older more experienced workers?

11. Complete Answer Booklet • Complete fill in the blank answer booklet. • This completes Activity 1.

12. Activity 2:Hazard Alert • What were some of the hazards in the “It Only Takes a Second” video? Do these hazards exist in all areas of our lives? How do you recognize and evaluate these hazards? • Hazard: action or situation or substance that could injure, kill, make sick, or affect mental health. • Risk: probability or chance of an accident or loss.

16. Answers • Gas Bar Attendant • Food Service Worker • Retail Clerk • Outdoor worker • Robbery, abusive clients, toxic substances, late nights • Slippery floors, hot equipment, sharp objects • Violent crimes, lifting, stress • Cold, heat, noise, eye, respiratory, skin

17. Answers • Receptionist • Farm worker • Harassment, work station, lighting • Chemicals, equipment, noise, animals

18. Controlling a hazard • There are three steps to controlling a hazard: • Recognition • Evaluation • Control • Easy way to remember: • Stop • Think • Do

25. Complete Booklet • Workplace hazards • Bloody Lucky

26. Activity 3 • Everyone is responsible for safety

27. Pop Quiz • What are the 4 types of hazards? • Answers on next slide…

28. Answers • Physical • Chemical • Biological • Ergonomic • (Health)

29. Discuss • Who is responsible for safety in the classroom? • What rights do students have? • What responsibilities do students have?

32. Scenarios • In groups, discuss the responsibilities of the worker and employer in the scenario and record your findings. • Remember: safety of workers is everyone’s job.

33. Activity 4 • Are You in Danger - video

34. Are You In Danger Answers • Less experience, tend to rush, lack of training, less responsible, won’t ask questions, can’t recognize hazards. • 3 legal rights – 1) right to know 2) right to participate 3) right to refuse dangerous work • Take precautions, training, provide safe working environment, supervision, comply with Occupational Health and Safety, maintain equipment • Take precautions, comply with Occupational Health and Safety, ask for training, follow rules, report injuries and unsafe conditions, wear safety equipment

35. Are You In Danger Answers • 5) Identify hazards, avoid injury, stay safe • 6) supervisor, health and safety, coworkers, friends, family, employer • Part 2 • What kind of job? • What training will I receive? • How fast have staff been turning over? • What kind of equipment, chemicals, and materials will be used? • What kind of supervision?

36. All Employees Have Responsibilities on the Job • Follow rules and regulations • Ask for training you need to do the job safely • Report all injuries and unsafe working conditions • Wear proper protective equipment • Do the job safely

41. Are you in danger • Top 10 Health and Safety Pics • Workplace Quizzes

42. Activity 5 • Dying to Work – video • Complete video response sheet • Complete “Make the Job Safer” scenarios • Lost Youth Video and Questions • Background • Test: review and write.

43. Lost Youth Discussion • Discussion starters • • What are some of the reasons Michael, Jennifer, John, and Nick were injured at work? • • What safety messages/issues were conveyed in the video? • • What role does the employer play in keeping workers safe at work? • • What role does the worker play in keeping himself or herself safe at work? • • What can parents do to help keep their kids safe at work? • • What are some of the potential hazards at your place of work? • • What strategies could you use to keep yourself safe at work?

44. Lost Youth Questions • List 3 rights of all workers. • Why do you think it takes an accident to change how things are done in the workplace? • Why do young workers feel the need to prove themselves? • What are some issues with training? • How could each accident have been prevented? • What are some things you would have to change if you were injured? What would you have to give up or learn differently?

45. Poster Project • Task: Create a safety poster for the workplace. • Poster should be neat and attractive, present an important safety message, and be easy to understand. • Needs to be colored, but you will not be marked on artistic ability. • Should incorporate things you have learned in this unit. i.e. hazards, rights, responsibilities, etc. • Should try to be creative and original. • Marked out of 20. • Rubric • See following for examples:

50. Test Review • Know the following: • Three rights of all workers • What is the Workers Compensation Board (WCB)? • What is Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)? And what does it do? • Who can you talk to about health and safety on the job? • What is personal protective equipment (PPE) and some examples?