Serious Injury Defined

By: Cal-OSHA

LOS ANGELES - One of our more sagacious readers, who does not have the complete Cal-OSHA regulations in Title 8, asked for a definition of serious injury --- one that must be reported to Cal-OSHA within eight hours. (See Safety Aids page 60-151, 342(a), included with this issue.)The definition is contained in 330(h): "Serious injury or illness" means any injury or illness occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment which requires hospitalization for more than 24 hours for

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