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Glossary of
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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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