INDEX

C

cancer, 54–57, 119

careless worker myth, 30–32, 35, 53–54, 93–94, 99, 101, 180

chronic pain syndrome, 121–122

collective liability, 36, 107–108, 139

common law

of employment, 15–17, 175

of injury, 21–22, 30, 35–36, 105, 107, 158–160

D

deeming earning, 127–128, 131, 149, 181

E

economic perspective on injury, 2, 20, 23, 27–28, 33, 41, 86, 95, 96, 126, 174, 180

employer

claims management, 82, 140–141, 143–144, 179

liability, limiting, 111, 117, 118–121, 122, 124, 125, 130, 181,

safety obligations, 15, 40–41

strategies to avoid responsibility for injury, 31, 50, 52, 67, 69–71, 140–144, 184

employment in capitalist economies, 12, 97–98, 102–103

experience-rating, 135, 139–144, 154, 179, 181

exposure to chemical and biological agents, 31, 34, 40, 49, 50, 52, 84–85, 184

external responsibility system, 40–41, 43, 44

G

gender and injury, 49–50, 68, 69, 101–102, 133, 139

I

injury costs, externalizing, 19, 23–24, 32, 84, 90, 101, 111, 118, 120–121, 130–131, 140, 144, 160, 166, 168, 176, 183, 186

injury prevention

effectiveness, 35, 56, 73–74, 95–98, 174–176

education, 55, 62, 177, 185

inspection, 35, 42, 43, 44, 60–61, 71–74, 96

prosecution, 41, 44, 74–76, 96, 175

regulation, 34–35, 38, 41, 43, 59–60, 87, 102, 168, 175

injury recognition, 49, 92, 111–116, 176

injury statistics, 1, 48–49, 55, 64, 72, 78–85, 98–99, 119, 142, 170, 179

internal responsibility system (IRS), 41–42, 45, 61–67, 99, 178, 184

J

joint health and safety committee (JHSC), 42, 62, 63–65, 178

M

market model of occupational health and safety, 29–30

moral hazard, 131, 137–139, 143, 154, 182

O

occupational disease, 57, 69, 92, 118–119, 170, 181, 183–184

P

partnerships, 45–46, 76, 84, 175

personal protective equipment (PPE), 63, 86

political perspective on injury, 2, 28–29, 39, 64, 86, 93, 174, 187

power in employment relationships, 14–15, 17, 42, 51–52, 62–63, 66–67, 93, 97, 149, 171–172, 177–178

precarious employment, 101–102, 103, 167–171

production process, 3, 18, 84, 90, 91, 100–101, 174–175

profitability and safety, 19, 24, 34, 66, 76–78, 174, 185

psychological injuries, 119–121, 181

R

repetitive strain injuries (RSI), 49–50, 100, 117

return-to-work programs, 129–133, 141, 181, 182

right

to manage, 91, 175

to refuse, 41, 45, 65–67, 178

role of the state, 17, 24, 38, 41–42, 64, 87, 91, 97, 124, 180, 185

S

social construction

of accidents, 32–33, 179, 186

of hazards, 51–52, 53, 71, 73, 85

of injuries, 51–52, 57–59, 83, 114–118, 120–121, 123–124, 138, 179,

social reproduction, 3, 37–38, 90, 124, 175, 181

social sanction of workplace injury, 94–95

T

threshold limit values, 43, 68–71, 91, 92, 183

U

unions, 36, 41, 98, 149–150, 185

W

worker response to injury, managing, 62, 103–104, 110, 124, 127–129, 133, 142–143, 148–157, 166–167, 170–171, 175, 180–181

workers’ compensation

adjudication, 107, 111–116, 119, 143, 147–148

appeals, 140, 143, 150–157

benefits, 106, 108, 109, 126–127, 128–129, 133–135

funding, 108, 109, 126, 133, 135–137, 139, 154

history, 107–108, 109

policy, 112–114, 117–122, 126, 134, 151

politics, 36–37, 109–111, 154–156, 165–167, 170, 181–182

privatization, 161–164

systems, 106–107

working class resistance to injury, 34, 36, 40, 92, 98, 110, 148–150, 175, 181

work intensification, 100–101

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), 44, 69

work-related musculo-skeletal injuries, 116–118