Life Skills-Workplace Health and Safety

3. accountability for carrying out duties
5. a hazard control measure that is used to safeguard workers
8. A person, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or a municipal, provincial or other public authority eligible to sign an Studentship Agreement with an apprentice.
11. work defined as safety and health risks that are not normal for that job.
13. nationwide system that provides information on hazardous materials used in the workplace so that workers have the information needed to work safely with these products. The three key WHMIS elements are labels, material safety data sheets and training.
14. is printed or electronic information about the hazards of controlled products used in the workplace, how to use them safely, and what to do in an emergency. They must be readily available to all workers
16. A worker may refuse to perform work at a workplace where he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that the particular work is dangerous to his or her safety or health, or the safety and health of another worker or any other person.
17. are made to protect workers while on the job.

1. describes the likelihood a hazard will cause harm
2. is a document based on best practices in the industry at the time of publication. A guideline gives specific ideas on how to do tasks safely in the workplace.
4. means possessing the knowledge, experience and training to perform a specific duty
6. Spot the hazard; Access the risk; Find a safer way; Everyday
7. a technique designed to temporarily circulate oxygenated blood through the body of a person whose heart has stopped
9. are privileges given to workers under the law
10. is emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before specially-trained emergency services or medical help can be obtained.
12. is an employee given authority over others.
15. is any activity, situation or substance that can hurt someone. Workplace hazards are divided into two categories: safety hazards and health hazards