Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.22107 - Definitions; O to Y
Rule 1107.
(1)
"Occupational injury or illness" means an abnormal condition or disorder.
Occupational injury is a result of a work accident or from an exposure
involving a single incident in the work environment and includes, but is not
limited to, a cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Occupational illnesses
include both acute and chronic illnesses, including, but not limited to, a skin
disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. Injuries and illnesses are
recordable only if they are new, work-related cases that meet 1 or more of the
recording criteria of these rules.
(2) "Other potentially infectious material"
means other potentially infectious material as defined in General Industry
Safety and Health Standard Part 554. "Bloodborne Infectious Diseases," as
referenced in
R
408.22102a. These materials include the following:
(a) Human bodily fluids, tissues, and
organs.
(b) Other materials
infected with the HIV or hepatitis B (HBV) virus, such as laboratory cultures
or tissues from experimental animals.
(3) "Physician or other licensed health care
professional" means a physician or other licensed health care professional who
is an individual and whose legally permitted scope of practice, that is,
license, registration, or certification, allows him or her to independently
perform, or be delegated the responsibility to perform, the activities
described by these rules.
(4)
"Recordable injuries and illness" means an injury or illness that meets the
general recording criteria, and therefore is recordable, if it results in any
of the following:
(a) Death.
(b) Days away from work.
(c) Restricted work or transfer to another
job.
(d) Medical treatment beyond
first-aid.
(e) Loss of
consciousness.
An employer must also consider a case as meeting the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first-aid, or loss of consciousness.
(5) "Standard threshold shift"
means a change in the hearing threshold relative to the baseline audiogram of
an average of 10 dB or more at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz in either ear.
(6) "You" means an employer as defined in
section 5 of the act, MCL 408.1005.
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