California Hospital Workplace Violence Report Deadline (8 CCR 3342)
Says whether a California hospital must report a workplace violence incident to Cal/OSHA (8 CCR 3342(g)), and by when.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Who committed the violence
- A patient, or someone accompanying a patient
- Physical force against an employee
- Yes
- Firearm or other dangerous weapon
- No
- Death, admission over 24 h, lost member, or disfigurement
- No
- Realistic possibility of death or serious harm
- No
- Hospital knew
- 2026-09-18T22:00
Result: A patient used force without a weapon or serious injury: report to Cal/OSHA within 72 hours, by Monday, September 21, 2026, 10:00 pm.
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What you enter
- Who committed the violence
- Physical force against an employee
- Firearm or other dangerous weapon
- Death, admission over 24 h, lost member, or disfigurement
- Realistic possibility of death or serious harm
- Hospital knew (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
How this is calculated
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, section 3342(b) and (g) (Cal/OSHA workplace violence prevention in health care). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.