Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31020.5 Injury Illness Prevention Program

• Purpose

  • The IIPP is designed to prevent workplace incidents, injuries, and illnesses. Employees and inmate workers are responsible to support the safety program and perform their duties in a manner that assures their own personal safety and the safety of others. To be successful in this endeavor, employees and inmate workers shall adopt proper and cooperative attitudes toward injury and illness prevention.

  • The IIPP provides the procedures for complying with the requirements of CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations Title 8, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders (GISO), section 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program. The IIPP is an authoritative source of information to assist managers, supervisors, and employees in promoting the health and safety of CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS employees, inmate workers, and visitors. The IIPP shall be in writing and contain the elements required by CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 3203. The IIPP template and instructions are accessible to the Worksite IIPP Administrators at https://cdcr.sharepoint.com/sites/CDCR_IIPPATDBiosafety. Each worksite shall tailor the IIPP template to address the site-specific hazards, operations, and tasks. Employees shall be provided access to the IIPP pursuant to CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 3203(a)(8).

  • CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy working environment for all employees, inmate workers, and visitors. Management shall provide necessary safeguards, programs, and equipment to reduce the potential for accidents and injuries.

  • CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS shall strive to provide a healthy environment and safe working conditions therefore:

    • All employees and inmate workers of CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS are responsible for the safety of themselves and others.

    • Safety considerations shall take precedence over convenience and expediency in CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS’s operations.

    • Accident prevention and safety are basic management responsibilities.

    • Supervisors shall be evaluated on the effectiveness of their safety efforts.

    • Employees and inmate workers shall also be evaluated on their adherence to safety rules and safe practices.