are illness and injury prevention required
1 Hawaii began to require employers to have injury and illness prevention programs in 1985. The net reduction in injuries and illnesses was 20.7 percent.  Massachusetts Workers' Compensation program firms receive a premium credit for enrolling in a loss management program. Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Industrial Relations (Cal/OSHA). A comprehensive Injury and Illness Prevention Program (hereafter referred to as IIPP) has. been prepared by the Department of Environmental Health & Safety for implementation. at SDSU. Program is a condition of each employee's employment. No employee is required to work. at a job that he or she knows is not safe. Therefore, we must work to make every. workplace safe by detecting and correcting unsafe working conditions, as well as the. detection of unsafe work practices. Ultimately, the responsibility for Associated Students’ employee health and safety rests. with the Executive Director, although it must be emphasized that an effective program of. injury and illness prevention requires the support of the entire organization. An injury and illness prevention program, is a proactive process to help employers find and fix workplace hazards before workers are hurt. We know these programs can be effective at reducing injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. This regulation does not exempt State agencies from its provisions. It. should also be noted that the Program applies only to occupational (worker) safety and. health, and does not encompass many other Campus activities related to injury. prevention (security, traffic safety, etc.). The main goal of injury and illness prevention programs is to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths, the suffering these events cause workers, and the financial hardship they cause both workers and employers. Texas had a program under its workers' compensation commission from 1991 to 2005 which identified the most hazardous workplaces. Those employers were required to develop and implement injury and illness prevention programs. The reduction in injuries, over a four-year period (1992-1995), averaged 63 percent each year. Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of injury and illness prevention programs at both the establishment and corporate levels (e.g., Alsop and LeCouteur, 1999; Bunn et al., 2001; Conference Board, 2003; Huang et al., 2009; Lewchuk, Robb, and Walters, 1996; Smitha et al., 2001; Torp et al., 2000; Yassi, 1998). Associated Students is also committed to comply with health and safety. standards which apply to its operations and activities. To meet these goals, a number of. occupational health and safety control programs and procedures have been developed. and implemented.
Yes,to help employers find and fix workplace hazards before workers are hurt.