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WORKPLACE INJURY GLOSSARY |
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Wales: Horizontal members of a shoring
system placed parallel to the excavation face whose sides bear against the
vertical members of the shoring system or earth.
Walking/working surface: Any surface,
whether horizontal or vertical, on which an employee walks or works, including,
but not limited to, floors, roofs, ramps, bridges, runways, formwork, and
concrete reinforcing steel, but not including ladders, vehicles, or trailers, on
which employees must be located in order to perform their job duties.
Walkway: A portion of a scaffold platform
used only for access and not as a work level.
Warning line system: A barrier erected on
a roof to warn employees that they are approaching an unprotected roof side or
edge, and which designates an area in which roofing work may take place without
the use of guardrail, body belt, or safety net systems to protect employees in
the area.
Watt: The unit by which electric energy,
or the ability of electricity to do work, is measured.
WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information System. A system (sometimes called right to know legislation),
to protect workers from exposure to hazardous material.
Work: The total construction and the
performance of related services required by the contract documents as signed
between the contractor and company.
Workers: Persons gainfully employed,
including owners, managers, other paid employees, the self-employed, and unpaid
family workers.
Work hours: Total number of hours worked
by all employees. They are usually compiled for various levels, such as, an
establishment, a company, or an industry. A work hour is the equivalent of one
employee working one hour.
Work injuries: Those injuries that arise
out of and in the course of gainful employment regardless of where the accident
or exposure occurs. Excluded are work injuries to private household workers and
injuries occurring in connection with farm chores that are classified as home
injuries.
Work Site: Means any location where a
worker is engaged in any occupation and includes any vehicles or mobile
equipment used by the worker in an occupation.
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