Services
OSHA Compliance (OSHA|360)
Bloodborne pathogen training, mock inspections, written safety plans, and ongoing Cal/OSHA compliance support. Part of the COMPLIANCE|360 bundle.
Managed by Lisa Puckett, CSP · 2025 NRC Recycler of the Year · SWANA Vice Director · 20+ yrs in EH&S
Overview
OSHA compliance for a California healthcare employer means satisfying two layers of law at once. Federal OSHA sets the floor, but California runs its own state plan, Cal/OSHA, which is stricter and adds requirements no federal employer faces. The core of the program is a set of written plans your facility must be able to produce on demand: an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) that every California employer is required to maintain, a Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan, an Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) plan unique to healthcare in California, a Hazard Communication program tied to your Safety Data Sheets, and accurate injury and illness records on OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301.
The inspection reality is unforgiving. Cal/OSHA inspectors arrive unannounced, often after a complaint or a reported injury, and the first document they ask for is your IIPP. A binder that is out of date, missing a required element, or that nobody on staff can locate reads as a paper program, and paper programs draw citations. Cal/OSHA issues more citations under the IIPP standard than any other.
Bay Area Compliance builds the program, then keeps it alive. We start with a gap audit and a mock inspection, write the specific plans your facility type requires, train your staff to the standard, and maintain your recordkeeping year-round. Every plan, training record, SDS, and inspection log lives in your NETZERO|360 dashboard, so the binder is always current and always findable. OSHA support is part of the COMPLIANCE|360 bundle at $360 per month, all-inclusive, with no per-citation or per-visit fees. Led by founder Lisa Puckett, CSP.
Built for
Who Uses This Service
Medical & dental practices
Primary care, urgent care, dental, optometry, and specialty offices that handle sharps and blood, where the IIPP, Bloodborne Pathogens, and Hazard Communication standards all apply and annual training is expected.
Surgery centers & dialysis clinics
Ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient dialysis facilities with higher exposure risk, sterilization chemicals, and compressed gases that draw closer Cal/OSHA scrutiny and trigger the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard.
FQHCs & community health centers
Multi-site federally qualified health centers that must run a consistent written program, training cadence, and recordkeeping system across every clinic location, not just the flagship.
Veterinary hospitals & clinics
Veterinary practices regulated as healthcare employers for sharps, anesthetic gases, radiation, and zoonotic disease exposure, with their own Cal/OSHA obligations under the IIPP and ATD-Zoonotic rules.
Clinical & research laboratories
Diagnostic, pathology, and research labs handling human blood, OPIM, and hazardous chemicals, where the Bloodborne Pathogens exposure control plan and chemical Hazard Communication program carry the most enforcement weight.
Auto shops & industrial employers
Automotive service, body shops, and light-industrial sites with solvents, used oil, lifts, and compressed air, where the IIPP and Hazard Communication standards apply and OSHA|360 pairs with AUTO|360 at $295 per month.
Included with your service
What’s Included
Every osha|360 contract bundles the operational service with the documentation regulators expect to see.
Bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan
Annual mock OSHA inspection
Written Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)
Hazard Communication Program (HazCom/GHS)
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) management
Workplace safety poster compliance
Cal/OSHA-specific requirements
Quarterly safety meeting facilitation
How it works
From signup to inspection-ready
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Gap audit & mock Cal/OSHA inspection
We walk your facility the way an inspector would, review your existing plans and records, and produce a written gap report that ranks every finding by citation risk so you know exactly where you stand before Cal/OSHA ever knocks.
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Build the required written programs
We write the plans your facility type actually needs: the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (8 CCR 3203), the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan, the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases plan where it applies, and the Hazard Communication program with your SDS library organized and current.
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Train your staff to the standard
We deliver annual OSHA, bloodborne pathogen, and hazard communication training, on-site or virtual, for new hires and existing employees, then log every completion so you can prove training happened with a date, a name, and a signature.
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Maintain recordkeeping & monitoring year-round
We keep your OSHA 300 Log, 300A annual summary, and 301 incident reports accurate and on time, track plan review dates and SDS updates, and flag anything that needs your signature, all stored and timestamped in NETZERO|360.
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Stand with you during a real inspection
If Cal/OSHA shows up, call us. We help you produce the right documents, manage the walkthrough and opening conference, respond to any citations, and build the corrective-action plan so a visit ends with a clean record instead of a penalty.
Regulatory Framework
California healthcare employers answer to Cal/OSHA, the state plan that adopts the federal OSHA standards and then goes further. Several of the rules below have no federal equivalent and exist only in California, which is why a generic, national safety binder leaves a Bay Area practice exposed.
Injury & Illness Prevention Program
8 CCR 3203 (Cal/OSHA)
California requires every employer, regardless of size or industry, to establish and maintain a written IIPP with eight required elements, a mandate with no federal equivalent. It is the most-cited Cal/OSHA standard, and the first document an inspector asks to see.
Bloodborne Pathogens
8 CCR 5193 / 29 CFR 1910.1030
Requires a written Exposure Control Plan, reviewed at least annually, covering exposure determination, engineering controls, hepatitis B vaccination, post-exposure procedures, and compliant sharps containers for any employee with occupational exposure to blood or OPIM.
Aerosol Transmissible Diseases
8 CCR 5199 (Cal/OSHA)
A California-specific healthcare standard, the first of its kind in the nation, requiring a written ATD exposure control plan, respiratory protection, and training for facilities that treat, diagnose, or house people who may carry airborne or droplet diseases such as tuberculosis or influenza.
Hazard Communication
8 CCR 5194 / 29 CFR 1910.1200
Requires a written HazCom program, a maintained Safety Data Sheet library in the 16-section GHS format, GHS-compliant container labeling, and employee training on every hazardous chemical in the workplace, from disinfectants and fixatives to solvents and compressed gases.
Injury & Illness Recordkeeping
29 CFR 1904 (Forms 300, 300A, 301)
Employers with more than ten employees must log recordable work-related injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log, post the 300A annual summary, complete a 301 incident report for each case, and retain all records for five years.
Penalty Warning
Cal/OSHA penalties track the federal maximums, currently about $16,550 per serious violation and about $165,514 per willful or repeat violation, and apply per violation, not per inspection, so a single walkthrough that finds several issues can reach six figures. A bare failure to maintain an IIPP alone can carry a penalty of up to $25,000 in California.
Frequently Asked Questions
If OSHA shows up, call us immediately. As your compliance partner, we'll guide you through the inspection process, help you respond to citations, and implement corrective actions. Our mock inspections are designed to identify and fix issues before OSHA finds them.
Inspection Checklists & Guides
Free resources covering osha|360 requirements, inspection prep, and regulatory updates.
Guide
Bloodborne Pathogens Training
The most-missed annual OSHA requirement: live virtual or on-site BBP training that satisfies 29 CFR 1910.1030 and Cal/OSHA 5193.
Guide
OSHA Fines in 2026
Serious up to $16,550, willful up to $165,514. The full penalty table and the most-cited healthcare standards.
Guide
Compliance Assessment Checklist
Self-assess your OSHA, HIPAA, and waste readiness before an inspector does it for you.
Guide
OSHA Training Requirements for Medical Offices
The full training matrix: BBP, HazCom, fire safety, PPE, and SB 553, how often each runs, and the records inspectors expect.
Need hands-on certification, not just paperwork?
Your bloodborne pathogen and safety program works best alongside live, hands-on certification. We run American Heart Association CPR, BLS, and First Aid classes across Solano County and the Bay Area, and we bring onsite group training directly to your facility.
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