{"id":"DUT-CA-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Department of Industrial Relations (regulation published by DIR)","authority":"Labor Code sections 142.3 and 6401.7 (Note to the section: \u0027Authority cited: Sections 142.3 and 6401.7, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 142.3 and 6401.7, Labor Code\u0027)","instrument":"Regulation: California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program","title":"8 C.C.R. section 3203: every employer shall establish, implement and maintain an effective written Injury and Illness Prevention Program with procedures for identifying, evaluating and correcting workplace hazards and for training employees","dateIssued":"1991-02-15","effective":"1991-07-01","end":"standing","startDate":"1991-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every employer; employers with fewer than 10 employees may communicate orally under (a)(3))"],"clause":"every employer shall establish, implement and maintain an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program... The Program shall be in writing and, shall, at a minimum:... (4) Include procedures for identifying and evaluating work place hazards... (6) Include methods and/or procedures for correcting unsafe or unhealthy conditions, work practices and work procedures in a timely manner","enforcement":"Cal/OSHA citations and civil penalties, Labor Code sections 6427-6429; criminal liability under section 6423 (DUT-CA-010).","functions":[],"notes":"Required every employer, before any COVID-19-specific rule existed, to identify and evaluate workplace hazards (a category Cal/OSHA stated on July 16, 2020 includes \u0027recognized health hazards such as COVID-19\u0027, DUT-CA-012), to correct unhealthy conditions in a timely manner, to train employees and to communicate with them on health matters, the standing regulation under which Cal/OSHA enforced COVID-19 protections between March 19 and Nov. 30, 2020 and alongside section 3205 thereafter.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/3203.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128928,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-CA","url":"/library/DUT-CA-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CA-011","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Department of Industrial Relations (regulation published by DIR), Regulation: California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-011)","stateName":"California","related":["DUT-CA-012","CA-023","CA-024","DUT-CA-010","DUT-CA-009"]}