BILL NUMBER: AB 326	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Morrell

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to add Section 142.5 to the Labor Code, relating to
occupational safety and health standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 326, as introduced, Morrell. Occupational safety and health
standards: reporting.
   Existing law provides that the Occupational Safety and Health
Standards Board is the only agency in the state authorized to adopt,
amend, or repeal occupational safety and health standards, and
requires the board to adopt standards that are at least as effective
as federal standards promulgated under the federal Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, within a specified time. Existing
regulations of the board govern reporting of work-connected
fatalities and serious injuries.
   This bill would require the board to amend state standards that
govern reporting of work-related injuries to conform to specified
federal regulations that require reporting of each fatality or
multiple hospitalization incident that occurs within 30 days of a
work-related incident.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 142.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   142.5.  (a) The board shall amend state standards including, but
not limited to, the definition of "serious injury or illness" in
Section 330(h) of Title 8 of the Code of Regulations, and the term
"serious injury or illness" as described in Section 342 of Title 8,
of the Code of Regulations, that govern the reporting of
work-connected fatalities and serious injuries, to conform to Section
1904.39(b)(6) of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
requiring reporting of each fatality or multiple hospitalization
incident that occurs within 30 days of a work-related incident.
   (b) Consistent with Section 1904.39(b)(6) of Title 29 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, nothing in this section shall be construed to
require the reporting to the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health of any work-connected fatality or hospitalizations that occur
after 30 days of a work-related incident.