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ARTICLE · 27 JANUARY 2015

Ability To Email Workplace Safety Reports

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Previously, Labor Code Section 6409.1 required employers to immediately file reports of work-related serious injury, illness, or death to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by telephone or telegraph.

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Previously, Labor Code Section 6409.1 required employers to immediately file reports of work-related serious injury, illness, or death to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by telephone or telegraph. Assembly Bill 326 removes the term "telegraph" and replaces it with "email," allowing employers to email reports of work-related serious injury, illness, or death.

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