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Continued from Page 72 from the actual hazard created by the exposure. Those elements highlighted and bolded are the modified terms, with realistic replacing substantial, thus broadening the scope of the key qualifier in this definition. Legislation taking effect the first of the year changes how serious injuries, illnesses and serious exposure are defined. Photo courtesy of CAL/OSHA. These broader definitions are important because all fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses must be reported to Cal/OSHA within eight hours of an employer learning of the incident. Those reporting requirements now include all inpatient hospitalizations, no matter how long the employee stays, unless it was for medical observation or testing. An employer must now report any incident involving amputation or the loss of an eye. In addition, this expanded definition means employers must report physical harm or death as the result of crimes committed by coworkers or third parties. This change is directly tied to the ongoing discussion around the need for a standard that specifically addresses violence in the workplace. By reporting the serious injuries, illnesses and fatalities as a result of crime, Cal/OSHA will have more detailed data that potentially substantiates the need for such a standard. New Ways of Reporting Injuries and Illnesses The other piece of legislation passed was AB 1804, which changes the methods of reporting data to Cal/OSHA. Under current law, employers may report those serious injuries, illnesses and fatalities via phone call and email. Unfortunately, many employers have failed to include all the pertinent details the law mandates be provided. The result has been significant back and forth between employers and Cal/OSHA to get the needed information for an investigation to be effectively conducted. This new legislation eliminates the ability to report an incident via email and now allows for submission via an online portal that will be created and maintained by Cal/OSHA. The portal will prompt employers for all the necessary information and ideally, reduce the errors caused with email submissions. Until the portal goes live, emailing incidents is still a viable option. In addition, calling in to report an incident continues to be a compliant method of communication. Starting the first of the year, employers can report a serious injury, illness or fatality to Cal/OSHA via phone call or using a soon-to-be-created online portal. Photo courtesy of Tolman Wiker. As harvest winds down for most, now is the opportunity to evaluate your existing worker safety programs and begin planning for how you will make the needed adjustments to be in compliance in the new year. For more information about worker safety, human resources, labor relations, pesticide safety or food safety issues, please visit www.agsafe.org, call (209) 526-4400 or email safeinfo@agsafe.org. AgSafe is a 501c3 nonprofit providing training, education, outreach and tools in the areas of safety, labor relations, food safety and human resources for the food and farming industries. Since 1991, AgSafe has educated over 85,000 employers, supervisors, and workers about these critical issues. Comments about this article? We want to hear from you. Feel free to email us at article@jcsmarketinginc.com 74 West Coast Nut November 2019
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