Language added to section Forms - Member of the general public 2. Symptoms arising on premises totally due to outside factors 3. Voluntary participation in wellness program 4. Eating, drinking and preparing one's own food 5. Personal Tasks outside working hours 6. Personal grooming, self-medication, self infliction 7. Cold or flu 9. Mental illness unless employee voluntarily presents a medical opinion stating that the employee has a mental illness that is work-related.
New Case - Cannot work a full shift 2. Cannot perform all of his or her normal job duties, defined as any duty he or she would be expected to do throughout the calendar year. Cannot perform all of his or her routine job functions, defined as any duty he or she regularly performs at least once a week. Restricted work activity limited to the day of injury makes case recordable Restricted work activity limited to the day of injury does not make case recordable Day counts: Count workdays No cap on count Day counts: Count calendar days day cap on count Medical treatment does not include: 1.
Visits to MD for observation only 2. Diagnostic procedures 3. First aid Medical treatment does not include: 1. Visits to MD for observation and counseling only 2. Diagnostic procedures including administration of prescription medication for diagnostic purposes 3. First aid. In fact, a state plan must address everything in the federal OSHA plan at a minimum for it to be considered for approval. The state agency has been developing standards and practices for California that may not be covered as extensively as federal OSHA.
Some examples of differing PELs between the state and federal agencies are shown in the following table:. In some cases, a state program will include statutes regarding specific hazards that federal OSHA does not address at all. Diacetyl is a naturally occurring byproduct of fermentation and is commonly used as a food flavoring in microwave popcorn and other food products. Acute exposure has been found to lead to pulmonary problems such as bronchiolitis obliterans , a serious and irreversible disease of the lungs that can cause impairment or death.
Heat stress. The state is also working on a separate standard for indoor heat hazards, which is expected to be proposed by January Repetitive motion injury RMI. California adopted an RMI standard in the late s. The standard applies to a job, process, or operation where an RMI has occurred to more than one employee under certain conditions. Every employer subject to this section must have a program that includes worksite evaluation, control of exposures, and training of employees.
Workplace violence prevention in health care. California adopted a regulation requiring healthcare employers to implement Workplace Violence Prevention Plans and take other steps to protect workers from workplace violence.
The state is currently in the process of developing a similar standard that would apply to general industry.
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