Cal/OSHA Publishes Updated Workplace Safety Notice

Recently, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) updated its “Safety and Health Protection on the Job” notice, making minor revisions to Cal/OSHA’s contact information contained in the notice.

Required under Cal/OSHA regulations (Title 8 CCR section 340), this notice provides basic information about California’s workplace safety requirements, including, for example:

• Employers’ obligations to provide a safe and healthful workplace, maintain an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) and report serious injuries and illnesses;
• Employees’ rights and responsibilities under the law, such as the right to file a safety complaint without retaliation and their responsibility to obey safety laws; and
• What happens when Cal/OSHA comes to inspect a workplace and the potential consequences for violating Cal/OSHA’s safety standards, including citations and penalties.

Additionally, this notice includes Cal/OSHA’s contact information for all its offices across the state. This recent revision updated the contact information for the Santa Barbara and San Francisco offices. Cal/OSHA didn’t change any substantive information on the poster.

California law requires employers to display at least one “Safety and Health Protection on the Job” notice in a conspicuous place at each physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. For businesses with employees that don’t report to a single location or may be spread out (e.g., construction or transportation), employers must post the notice at locations where employees report to work or where they otherwise carry out their activities. Failure to post the required notice could result in penalties.

Employers should review and post the updated notice to stay in compliance with Cal/OSHA’s notice requirements.

James W. Ward, Employment Law Subject Matter Expert/Legal Writer and Editor

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