Occupational Health Tests – Stockton, CA

Workplace occupational health plans help ensure the safety and health of employees and help employers to remain compliant with occupational safety and health laws. All employees are entitled to a safe and healthy workplace, free from recognizable hazards. It is the employer's duty to remove these hazards when possible and to provide employees with proper training, personal protective equipment (PPE), and safe, working equipment and machinery. In Stockton, occupational health services include antibody testing (titer testing), vision and hearing screening, respiratory health exams, biometric screenings, vaccinations, tuberculosis (TB) screening and TB testing, pre-employment and employment physicals, and proper training and education.

In 1973, the California State Plan was initially approved. Also known as Cal/OSHA, the plan adopted many federal standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and governs private-sector workplaces in Stockton and the state of California, with some exceptions. Cal/OSHA offers unique additions to federal regulations with laws regarding agriculture, repetitive motion injuries, toxic chemical handling and exposure, child labor, heat and noise exposure, aerosol transmissible diseases, injury and illness prevention programs, petroleum drilling and production, petroleum refining, transport, and handling, and workplace violence prevention in healthcare. Local employers must become familiar with Stockton occupational health laws as well as federal regulations.