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Cal OSHA Poster

September 16th, 2006 Posted by Emily

In California every employer has a legal obligation to provide and maintain a safe and healthful workplace for employees, according to the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973. This obligation is laid out in the Cal OSHA poster. As of 1991, a written, effective Injury and Illness Prevention (IIP), Program is required for every California employer.

The term “employer” as used in the Cal/OSHA Act includes any person or corporation, the State and every State agency, every county or city or district and public agency therein, which has any person engaged in or permitted to work for hire, except for household services. Therefore, if you do work in California, other than household services, you should find a Cal OSHA poster hanging someplace accessible to you, like a breakroom.

Taking risks is a part of running a business, particularly for small business owners. You take risks in product development, marketing, and advertising in order to stay competitive. Some risks are just not worth the gamble. One of these is risking the safety and health of those who work for you.

Safety organizations, states, small business owners and major corporations alike now realize that the actual cost of a lost workday injury is substantial. For every dollar you spend on the direct costs of a worker’s injury or illness, you will spend much more to cover the indirect and hidden costs such as production time lost by the injured employee and the supervisor, time to hire and retrain individuals to replace the injured worker, workmen’s comp insurance payments, and more.

If you would like to reduce the costs and risks associated with workplace injuries and illnesses, you need to address safety and health right along with production.

Setting up an Injury and Illness Prevention Program helps you do this.