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Right to Know | Right to Protection | Other Occupational Regulations
Hazard Communication Standard (GISO* 5194)
Your employer must ensure that:
1) chemicals are properly labeled
2) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are provided
3) you receive training about the chemicals you work with, the health problems they can cause and how you can protect yourself.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5194.html
Access to Medical and Exposure Records Standard (GISO* 3204)
The standard (GISO 3204) gives you the right to examine and copy your medical records and records of exposure to toxic substances or harmful physical agents. It also gives you the right to examine records of exposure to toxic substances or harmful physical agents of other employees with work conditions similar to yours. You also must be provided Material Safety Data Sheets or other information that exists for chemicals or substances used in the workplace, or to which employees may be exposed.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/3204.html
OSHA Log of Injuries and Illnesses (Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Section 14300)
Most employers with 10 or more employees must keep a record of injuries and illnesses for five years. The summary for the year before must be posted every February through April. Employers must provide this information to workers and union representatives.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/t8/14300_29.html
California - Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) (GISO* 3203)
Employers must have a health and safety program and a person to respond to complaints that workers have about unsafe conditions.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/3203.html
*GISO stands for "General Industry Safety Order" based on the California Code of Regulations