Assignment 8

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The top five leading causes of workplace fatality deaths include transportation incidents, contact with objects and equipment, falls and slips, violence and other injuries by persons or animals, and exposure to harmful substances or environment. Unsafe conditions define the work place and that is is likely caused by property damage or injury. Unsafe act is performance of a task that is conducted in a manner that may threaten the health of the workers.
A transport accident is any accident that occurs during transportation. This covers 41% of workplace fatality deaths. One of the main accidents include roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles. Another main transport accident includes non roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles which has jack-knifed or overturned. Others include pedestrian vehicular incident which includes people struck by vehicle in a work zone. Other accidents include water, rail, and air incidents. I trust that this would be considered by unsafe act, because this deals with people traveling with their business. They are putting the risk when their walking or driving. Examples bypass or removal of safety devices, and operating equipment at unsafe speeds. It could be considered unsafe condition, if their was something wrong with the vehicle that would risk the person driving or walking using the workplace equipment.
The second top fatal occupational injury includes violence and other injuries by persons or animals. It holds 17% of the total major fatal injuries in the workplace. The top accident in this area includes homicides which is intentional injury by other person. The exposures include shooting by other people. Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing are other self inflicted injuries. I ...

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...es: Evaluation: To check dates on food and make sure everything is correctly dated and not expired. Education: Teach employees about properly dating foods. Enforcement: Manager should make sure everyone is dating their foods and to make sure it is safe for the customers.

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"Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, 2012." Economic News Release, 22 Aug. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. .

Potter, Carl, and Deb Potter. "Getting to Know the Three E's of Safety | OSP Magazine." Getting to Know the Three E's of Safety | OSP Magazine. N.p., 2010. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. .

"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 31 July 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. .

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