California Labor Code 6409.2 – Whenever a state, county, or local fire or police agency is called to …
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Whenever a state, county, or local fire or police agency is called to an accident involving an employee covered by this part in which a serious injury or illness, or death occurs, the responding agency shall immediately notify the nearest office of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by telephone. Thereafter, the division shall immediately notify the appropriate prosecuting authority of the accident.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 885, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2003.)
Terms Used In California Labor Code 6409.2
- Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
- County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
- Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
- Serious injury or illness: means any injury or illness occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment that requires inpatient hospitalization, for other than medical observation or diagnostic testing, or in which an employee suffers an amputation, the loss of an eye, or any serious degree of permanent disfigurement, but does not include any injury or illness or death caused by an accident on a public street or highway, unless the accident occurred in a construction zone. See California Labor Code 6302