Scenario 8.1: SaFE
The Safety For Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages peer-on-peer safety."SaFE observers" provide positive and constructive feedback to peers during a shift.At-risk behaviours are discussed in confidence and corrected on the spot.General observations are noted by the SaFE observer and shared with supervisors for future analysis.Several weeks ago CR experienced a train crash in which several employees were injured.Many employees are emotional and shocked that this occurred as CR has extensive health and safety policies and practices to ensure public safety of which SaFE is only one of many health and safety initiatives.There had also been a high number of injuries by employees working in the Canadian Rails shipyards.
-Please refer to Scenario 8.1.Several employees with injuries from the train crash will be missing time from work.What is a workplace injury called when a worker misses time from work?
A)lost-time injury
B)critical incident injury
C)accident injury
D)compensated injury

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A lost-time injury is when a worker misses time from work due to an injury sustained at work. This is the most appropriate term to use in this scenario to describe the injuries sustained by employees in the train crash.

Scenario 8.1: SaFE The Safety for Everyone (SaFE)program at Canadian Rails (CR)encourages Peer-On-Peer