Carelessness, worker

To a limited degree the current workers compensation system penalizes nonnegligent parties and rewards negligent parties in an industrial injury. WC makes safety conscious employers pay medical and income replacement benefits when not at fault and only partially compensates careful workers for their injury costs. Similarly, WC less than folly penalizes careless employers by requiring they pay less than foil compensation for injuries and less than folly penalizes careless workers by providing support for injuries. Under workers compensation as... 

Belief. Information about an object, person or situation (true or false) linking an attribute to it, e.g. that machine guards are a hindrance to production, that accidents are caused by careless workers. 

Evidence from everyday life shows that well trained and careful workers may avoid injiny on a dangerous job, while untrained and careless workers may be injined under the safest possible conditions. Before any employee can work safely, they mnst be shown safe procednres for completing their tasks. Safety training should be designed to improve safety awareness in employees and to show them how to perform their jobs withont endangering themselves and their fellow employees. 

Walker, C. Behaviour based safety programs, or if it s rat psychology, who is Pied Piper and who are the rats Canadian Auto Workers, lAPA/WHSC session, Myth of the careless worker, AprU, 2003. 

This third explosion was too much for tlie people of Texas City, who had responded efficiently to the initial two blasts. Hundreds were forced to leave the city, letting the fire bum itself out. The series of explosions luid killed approximately 500 people and seriously injured 1000 otliers. The final deatli toll iiuiy ha e been as high as 1000 because the dock area contained a large population of migrant workers without permanent address or known relatives. It was reported tliat tliis disaster probably was caused by careless smoking aboard tlie Grandcamp. 

Many fires are started by careless or neglectful workers who do not abide by rules tliat proliibit smoking in areas containing flaimnable liquids, gases, vapors, dusts, fibers, and so on. ... 

Health and safety were absent from the list of priorities in the early decades of the synthetic dyes industry. Practical experience in the primitive working conditions of the time [64] no doubt made workers aware of the more obvious dangers, such as corrosive acids, flammable solvents and potentially explosive nitro compounds. Accidents must have occurred frequently, reminding victims and supervisors alike of the penalties suffered if hazardous chemicals were handled carelessly. 

While the manipulations involved in the practice of one electron MO theory are simple, it is clear that, unless someone is well familiar with the intricacies involved, mistakes can easily be made. We hope that in Part II we have provided sufficient warning of the pitfalls which await the careless and/or inexperienced worker who tries to apply MO methodology to a chemical problem. Needless to say, the proliferation of canned computer programs capable of performing quantum mechanical calculations of varied degrees of sophistication, makes forays into the theoretical arena irresistible to nonexperts. Whether this will turn out to be a panacea or a source of confusion for the experimentalists remains to be seen. 

Whoever sets about preparative work carelessly and thoughtlessly may easily come to harm. Bui even the careful are not secure against all danger. The serious accidents which, alas, again and again occur in chemical laboratories make it imperative that every worker in the laboratory should fully and seriously consider his duty towards his fellows. 

Exposure to 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine can be determined by finding the chemical or its metabolites in urine. The test is not commonly available to the general population, but it is available to workers who may be exposed to potentially hazardous levels of the chemical in the workplace (for example, by careless handling or accidental spills). The test is accurate and provides evidence that exposure has occurred. However, since 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine does not remain long in the body, the test must be performed very soon after the possible exposure. Also, measured urine levels of 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine or its metabolites do not tell you whether it will affect your health. More information can be found in Chapter 6. 

Protection requires a combination of approaches. There are a number of factors that are intrinsic to the physiological and psychological makeup of the worker. Individual susceptibility and interaction with other biological stresses will vary from individual to individual. Personal hygiene and work habits also vary. It is important that the worker fully comprehends the nature of the hazards and the consequences of careless actions or failure to follow prescribed safe procedures. The attitudes of workers and managers are important in implementing working practices that will minimize risks. 

Overfamiliarity with a particular laboratory operation may result in overlooking or underrating its hazards. This perception can lead to a false sense of security, which frequently results in carelessness. Every laboratory worker has a basic responsibility to plan and execute laboratory procedures in a safe manner. 

Pesticide poisoning has become common among farm workers, pesticide applicators, mixers, loaders, and handlers. This has been traced to the users ignorance, carelessness, and lack of elementary knowledge about taking the proper precautions before handling toxic chemicals. The symptoms of pesticide poisoning are not common to all the products, but vary with each product and its formulation. Some of the symptoms include headache, nausea, muscle aches, irritation of eyes and nasal and... 

Neurotoxicity is the result of improper (careless) use, handling, and negligence in the management of chemical substances such as metals, food additives, pesticides, industrial solvents, cosmetics, radiation treatment, and drug therapies. Depending upon route and dose of exposure, the symptoms of neurotoxicity appear immediately after exposure or are delayed. The symptoms include limb weakness or numbness loss of memory, vision, and/or intellect headache cognitive and behavioral problems and sexual dysfunction. Children and workers with certain existing health disorders are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of neurotoxic chemicals. 

Some of the 56 cases reported at that time probably occurred before the hazards of handling acrylamide were well documented. Other cases were due to gross carelessness. The author has witnessed workers dorming the same contaminated clothing day after day, and has even seen a worker... 

All of these factors are of importance in studying and evaluating the literature of the essential oils. And unfortunately research workers have been careless. They have neglected to say how an oil was produced, or where it came from, or what part of the plant was used in making it—all of which determine the reliability of the literature on the subject. 

As a result of carelessness, a worker inhaled 1 /ng of Am. Considering alpha particles only... 

In addition, the frequent administration (every 4-6 h) required by workers at risk caused gastrointestinal irritation, including diarrhea. It is also no longer common practice for crop workers to be given 2-PAM Cl as a pretreatment, the rationale being that crop workers who take the medication might have a false sense of security and therefore might tend to be careless with safety measures. 

Carhon monoxide is a very poisonous gas. A flask ofvol-ume 1 dm contains pure CO at a pressure of 1.5 atm at 298 K. The flask is dropped and broken by a careless laboratory worker and the gas is released into a small sealed room of dimensions 5mX5mX4m which contains air at 1 atm pressure and 298 K. 

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