§ 3345. Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention.
8 CA ADC § 3345Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
8 CCR § 3345
§ 3345. Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention.
“Control measures” means effective tools, equipment, devices, work practices, and administrative controls to correct or minimize workplace hazards that may cause musculoskeletal injuries to housekeepers.
“Housekeeper” means an employee who performs housekeeping tasks and may include employees referred to as housekeepers, guest room attendants, room cleaners, maids, and housepersons.
“Housekeeping tasks” means tasks related to cleaning and maintaining sleeping room accommodations including bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and balconies. Housekeeping tasks include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, mopping and polishing of floors, tubs, showers, sinks, mirrors, walls, fixtures, and other surfaces; (2) making beds; (3) vacuuming; (4) loading, unloading, pushing, and pulling linen carts; (5) removing and supplying linen and other supplies in the rooms; (6) collecting and disposing of trash; and (7) moving furniture.
“Lodging establishment” means an establishment that contains sleeping room accommodations that are rented or otherwise provided to the public, such as hotels, motels, resorts, and bed and breakfast inns. For the purposes of this section, “lodging establishment” does not include hospitals, nursing homes, residential retirement communities, prisons, jails, homeless shelters, boarding schools, or worker housing.
“Musculoskeletal injury” means acute injury or cumulative trauma of a muscle, tendon, ligament, bursa, peripheral nerve, joint, bone, spinal disc or blood vessel.
“Union Representative” means a recognized or certified collective bargaining agent representing the employer's housekeepers.
“Worksite evaluation” means the identification and evaluation of workplace hazards including scheduled periodic inspections and the procedures described in subsection (c)(4) to identify unsafe conditions and work practices in each housekeeping task, process, or operation of work with respect to potential causes of musculoskeletal injuries to housekeepers.
(c) Housekeeping musculoskeletal injury prevention program. As part of the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) required by Section 3203, each employer covered by this section shall establish, implement, and maintain an effective, written, musculoskeletal injury prevention program (MIPP) that addresses hazards specific to housekeeping. The written MIPP may be incorporated into the written IIPP, or may be maintained as a separate program, and must be readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in the lodging establishment where they work. (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the MIPP are permitted as long as no barriers to employee access are created by such options.) The MIPP shall include:
(2) A system for ensuring that supervisors and housekeepers comply with the MIPP, follow the employer's safe workplace housecleaning practices, and use the housekeeping tools or equipment deemed appropriate for each housekeeping task. Substantial compliance with this provision includes recognition of employees who follow the employer's safe workplace housecleaning practices and use the appropriate tools and equipment, training and retraining programs, disciplinary actions, or other means that ensures employee compliance with the MIPP.
(3) A system for communicating with housekeepers in a form readily understandable by all housekeepers on matters relating to occupational safety and health, as required by Section 3203, including provisions designed to encourage housekeepers to inform the employer of hazards at the worksite, and injuries or symptoms that may be related to such hazards without fear of reprisal.
(E) The worksite evaluation shall identify and address potential injury risks to housekeepers including, but not limited to: (1) slips, trips and falls; (2) prolonged or awkward static postures; (3) extreme reaches and repetitive reaches above shoulder height, (4) lifting or forceful whole body or hand exertions; (5) torso bending, twisting, kneeling, and squatting; (6) pushing and pulling; (7) falling and striking objects; (8) pressure points where a part of the body presses against an object or surface; (9) excessive work-rate; and (10) inadequate recovery time between housekeeping tasks.
Note to (c)(4)(E): Additional information regarding worksite evaluations can be found in the publications listed in Appendix A.
(6) Methods or procedures for correcting, in a timely manner, hazards identified in the worksite evaluation or in the investigation of musculoskeletal injuries to housekeepers, including procedures for determining whether identified corrective measures are implemented appropriately. These procedures shall include:
(7) Procedures for reviewing, at least annually, the MIPP at each worksite, to determine its effectiveness and make any corrections when necessary, including an effective procedure for obtaining the active involvement of housekeepers and their union representative in reviewing and updating the MIPP. The procedures shall include a review of the Cal/OSHA Form 300 log and Cal/OSHA Form 301 incident reports.
(D) Body mechanics and safe practices including: identification of hazards at the workplace, how those hazards are controlled during each housekeeping task, the appropriate use of cleaning tools and equipment, and the importance of following safe work practices and using appropriate tools and equipment to prevent injuries;
(H) Training of supervisors on how to identify hazards, the employer's hazard correction procedures, how defective equipment can be identified and replaced, how to obtain additional equipment, how to evaluate the safety of housekeepers' work practices, and how to effectively communicate with housekeepers regarding any problems needing correction.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
History
1. New section filed 3-9-2018; operative 7-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 10).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 8, § 3345, 8 CA ADC § 3345
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