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Vol 12, Issue 5           

May 2012

Greetings!

This month's safety meeting topic is Hazard Communication, often referred to as "HazCom." Robert Wasley, CSP, President of The Industrial Safety & Hazmat Training Group, shares some of the upcoming global harmonization system changes with us in his article.

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Reporting a Serious Injury to Cal-OSHA

By Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS

In accordance with Cal-OSHA Serious Injury/Illness Reporting Requirements the employer is required to comply with Title 8, Section 342:

1. Every employer shall report immediately by telephone or telegraph to the nearest District office of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health any serious injury or illness, and the death of an employee occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment.
2. Immediately means as soon as practically possible, but not longer than 8 hours after the employer knows or with diligent inquiry, would have known of the death or serious injury or illness. The 8 hours is for 24/7, night and day including weekends.

Definition of a serious injury from Cal-OSHA Title 8, Section 330(h):

Serious injury or illness means any injury or illness occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment which requires inpatient hospitalization for a period of 24 hours for other than medical observation or in which an employee suffers a loss of any member of the body or suffers any serious degree of permanent disfigurement, but does not include any injury or death caused by the commission of a Penal Code violation, except the violation of Section 385 of the Penal Code, or an accident on a public street or highway.

The nearest offices of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in California and their contact number are listed here, http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DistrictOffices.htm. 

What to report:

1. Time and date of accident.
2. Employer's name, address and telephone number.
3. Name and job title, or badge number of person reporting the accident.
4. Address of site of accident or event.
5. Name of person to contact at site of accident.
6. Name and address of injured employee(s).
7. Nature of injury.
8. Location where injured employee(s) was (were) moved.
9. List and identity other law enforcement agencies present at the site of accident.
10. Description of accident and whether the accident scene has been instrumentality altered.
11. Failure to report results is an initial fine of $5,000.

Action:  

Report. If after hours, leave a message with the above required information. If unsure, it is better to report rather than risk receiving the fine.

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Upcoming Updates to the Hazard Communication Standard

By Robert Wasley, CSP

In the effort to improve protection of employees when working with hazardous substances, Federal OSHA is updating the Hazard Communications Standard in closer conformity to the UN sponsored Global Harmonized System (GHS), scheduled to be in effect in June, 2012, and to be fully implemented in 2016. During the transition period to the effective completion dates noted in the standard, employers may comply with either 29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.1200 (the final standard), the current standard or both. The goal is to eventually prevent an estimated 43 deaths and 585 injuries and illnesses annually. This will result in an estimated $475.2 million in enhanced productivity for U.S. businesses each year.

Gains in worker and property protection will be achieved by classifying chemicals according to their health and physical hazards, identifying the hazard by means of an improved labeling requirement using standardized signal words, pictograms, hazard and precautionary statements which will be included on the specified format safety data sheets with the goal of better communicating hazards to a broad spectrum of employees. For complete information regarding the new update go to; http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/index.html.

SOURCE: Federal OSHA News Release - March 20, 2012 

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