Each self-insured employer and each member of a group
self-insured program shall implement a loss prevention effort for each of it
locations, which identifies and controls all reasonably discoverable
occupational safety and health hazards and items not in compliance with the
federal or the division's occupational safety and health laws, rules and
standards. The self-insured group shall assist each member of the group in
developing and implementing the loss prevention effort. This loss prevention
effort shall include at least the following:
(1) Management commitment to health and
safety;
(2) An accountability
system for employer and employees;
(3) Training practices and
follow-up;
(4) A system for hazard
assessment and control;
(5) A
system for investigating all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses
that includes corrective action and written findings;
(6) A system for evaluating, obtaining, and
maintaining personal protective equipment;
(7) On-site routine industrial hygiene and
safety evaluations to detect physical and chemical hazards of the workplace,
and the implementation of engineering or administrative controls;
(8) Evaluation of workplace design, layout
and operation, and assistance with job site modifications utilizing an
ergonomic approach;
(9) Employee
involvement in the health and safety effort; and
(10) An annual evaluation of the employer's
loss prevention activities based on the location's current needs.
(11) The group shall maintain records which
document the assistance provided to each member of the
group.
