Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation › Chapter 129 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › Subchapter C - INDIVIDUAL SELF-INSURED EMPLOYER'S ACCIDENT AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS › Section 129.402 - Program requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) An
				  individual self-insured employer shall maintain an adequate accident and
				  illness prevention program and maintain records for this program for the 3 most
				  current, complete fiscal years. The program shall include the following
				  elements:
(1) A safety policy
				  statement.
(2) A designated
				  accident and illness prevention program coordinator.
(3) Assignment of responsibilities for
				  developing, implementing and evaluating the accident and illness prevention
				  program.
(4) Program goals and
				  objectives.
(5) Methods for
				  identifying and evaluating hazards and developing corrective actions for their
				  mitigation.
(6) Industrial hygiene
				  surveys required by the nature of the individual self-insured employer's
				  workplace and worksite environments, for example, air quality
				  testing.
(7) Industrial health
				  services required by the nature of the individual self-insured employer's
				  workplace environment, for example, health screenings, substance abuse
				  awareness and prevention training programs.
(8) Accident and illness prevention
				  orientation and training.
(9)
				  Regularly reviewed and updated emergency action plans.
(10) Employee accident and illness prevention
				  suggestion and communications programs.
(11) Mechanisms for employee involvement,
				  which may include establishment of a workplace safety committee as described in
				  Subchapter F (relating to workplace safety committees).
(12) Established safety rules and methods for
				  their enforcement.
(13) Methods for
				  accident investigation, reporting and recordkeeping.
(14) Prompt availability of first aid, CPR
				  and other emergency treatments.
(15) Methods for determining and evaluating
				  program effectiveness. These may include:
(i)
				  Comparison of the individual self-insured employer's incidence rate as derived
				  using the OSHA/BLS formula to the current OSHA/BLS industry-wide rate published
				  annually in the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
(ii) Comparison of individual employer injury
				  and illness rates determined by means of a formula prescribed by the Bureau to
				  current, Statewide rates by industry published annually by the Bureau in the
Pennsylvania Work Injuries and Illnesses Report
.
(iii) Experience modification
				  factor.
(iv) Loss ratio.
(v) Other methods used by individual
				  self-insured employers deemed appropriate by the Bureau.
(16) Protocols or standard operating
				  procedures, when applicable to the workplace and worksite environments for:
(i) Electrical and machine
				  safeguarding.
(ii) Personal
				  protective equipment.
(iii) Hearing
				  and sight conservation.
(iv)
				  Lockout/tagout procedures.
(v)
				  Hazardous materials handling, storage and disposal procedures.
(vi) Confined space entry
				  procedures.
(vii) Fire prevention
				  and control practices.
(viii)
				  Substance abuse awareness and prevention policies and programs.
(ix) Control of exposure to bloodborne
				  pathogens.
(x) Preoperational
				  process reviews.
(xi) Other
				  protocols as may be appropriate for the individual self-insured employer's
				  operations.