Eljhon J. Capili 3EE -- GE303 Safety Management Homework 1 Occupational Safety and Health 1. Define occupational safety and health (OSH). Occupational safety and health (OSH) refers to the systematized expectation‚ recognition‚ assessment‚ and reduction of hazards taking place in or from the workplace that could weaken or worsen the health and welfare of workers‚ considering the possible effects on the surrounding communities and the general environment. 2. Define tendinitis. Tendinitis is the
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the segregation that was implemented in the United States during the Civil Rights Era. Yes there was segregation in all areas of the public living‚ but we will be mainly focusing on the area of school districts and how it affected black and white students. It’s a touchy subject for some of the older folks that were present during the whole civil rights era cause they had experienced the harassment and the denial of a better education during those times. Now as you soon will read segregation wasn’t
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several different healthcare professionals‚ I quickly came to the realization that patients in rural areas do not always receive the support they need. It wasn’t until I observed an Occupational Therapist working with my grandmother after she had a stroke that my perspective changed. I reflected while watching the Occupational Therapist work with my grandmother about the importance of what I was observing‚ not only for my grandmother‚ but for the
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Gender roles in the workplace • Nursing industry and how it is only for woman • And if this is so male and female roles is this an outdated concept. Nonetheless before we can start to understand gender within the workplace I think understanding and looking at Hawthorne’s studies or theories on the organization and workplace as an example of how even though studies were done on treatment of workers on a whole was explored but the idea of gender wasn’t. Hawthorne’s studies on organization and workplace
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Gender Roles Gender role is a term used in the social sciences and humanities to denote a set of behavioral norms that accompany a given gendered status (also called a gender identity) in a given social group or system. (WHO‚ 2011) Gender roles are seen everywhere‚ everyday. There are many different ways to look at gender roles. Defining the terms that help you completely understand gender roles is necessary. Delving into the family aspect of gender roles gives you a better grasp on the different
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know that they have the moral and often legal responsibility to protect workers. As a result of the hazards and a lack of attention given to health and safety‚ work-related accidents and diseases are common in all parts of the world. Costs of occupational injury/disease Work-related accidents or diseases are very costly and can have many serious direct and indirect effects on the lives of workers and their families. For workers some of the direct costs of an injury or illness are: • The pain
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Racial segregation has been going on for more than sixty years and that not to mention the years we kept them enslaved in labor camps. This issue is still very prominent today‚ we have made very good progress but is it enough? African americans are still bitter over things like poverty and racialism in typical american social communities along with discrimination and segregation in some people’s eyes. These are some things that their ancestors and grandparents had to deal with. Now things aren’t
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ "Occupational health deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards." [2]. As for the term “health”‚ it has been defined as "A state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [3]. Occupational health is a field of healthcare concerned with protecting individuals from workplace-related
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hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system. Answer | a. | self | | b. | gender identity | | c. | sex | | d. | gender | | e. | gender role | 4 points Question 2 1. The feelings‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors typically associated with being male or female are termed one’s _____. Answer | a. | hormones | | b. | gender | | c. | sex | | d. | gender role | | e. | gender identity | 4 points Question 3 1. Your identification with‚ or sense of belonging to‚
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side. Now that I am in high school and can look at all sides of a career‚ I think that being an occupational therapist or elementary school teacher are possible future careers for me. Although these careers require similar personality traits‚ they are very different in education‚ salary‚ and work environment/schedule. Occupational therapists work with a variety of patients young and old(“Occupational Therapists” 770). Elementary school teachers‚ on the other hand‚ work mostly with other teachers
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