California

Labor Code

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• § 7800 — “Volatile flammable liquids” as used in this part means any petroleum or liquid product of petroleum or natural gas having a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and includes any petroleum or liq
• § 7801 — “Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board” as used in this part means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Industri
• § 7802 — The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall adopt general orders pursuant to Section 6500, to make effective the provisions of this part.
• § 7803 — Every employer who engages in any business requiring any employee to handle or use any volatile flammable liquid or to work in the close proximity of any such liquid in sufficient quantity and under c
• § 7850 — This part shall be known and cited as the California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990.
• § 7851 — The Legislature finds and declares that because of the potentially hazardous nature of handling large quantities of chemicals and recent disasters involving chemical handling in other states, a greate
• § 7852 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, that the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health promote worker safety through
• § 7853 — For the purposes of this part: (a) “Biofuel” means biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable aviation fuel, or other liquid products derived from alternative feedstock if the alternative feedstock is ref
• § 7855 — The purpose of this chapter is to prevent or minimize the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, flammable, or explosive chemicals.
• § 7856 — (a) By March 31, 2014, the board shall adopt process safety management standards for refineries, chemical plants, and other manufacturing facilities, as specified in Codes 28 (Chemical and Allied Prod
• § 7857 — The process safety management standards shall include provisions dealing with the items prescribed by Sections 7858 to 7868, inclusive, of this chapter.
• § 7858 — The employer shall develop and maintain a compilation of written safety information to enable the employer and the employees operating the process to identify and understand the hazards posed by proce
• § 7859 — The employer shall perform a hazard analysis for identifying, evaluating, and controlling hazards involved in the process.
• § 7860 — (a) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each process consistent with the process safety i
• § 7861 — (a) Each employee whose primary duties include the operating or maintenance of a process, and each employee prior to assuming operations and maintenance duties in a newly assigned process, shall be tr
• § 7862 — (a) The employer shall inform contractors performing work on, or near, a process of the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to the contractor’s work and the process, and
• § 7863 — The employer shall perform a prestartup safety review for new facilities and for modified facilities for which the modification necessitates a change in the process safety information.
• § 7864 — The employer shall establish and implement written procedures and inspection and testing programs to maintain the ongoing integrity of process equipment.
• § 7865 — The employer shall develop and implement a written procedure governing the issuance of “hot work” permits.
• § 7866 — The employer shall establish and implement written procedures to manage changes, except for replacements in kind, to process chemicals, technology, and equipment, and to make changes to facilities.
• § 7867 — The employer shall establish a written procedure for investigating every incident which results in, or, as determined by board criteria, could reasonably have resulted in, a major accident in the work
• § 7868 — The employer shall establish and implement an emergency action plan.
• § 7870 — Notwithstanding the availability of federal funds to carry out the purposes of this part, the division shall annually fix and collect reasonable fees for consultation, inspection, adoption of standard
• § 7872 — (a) As used in this section and in Section 7873, “turnaround” means a planned, periodic shutdown, total or partial, of a refinery process unit or plant to perform maintenance, overhaul, and repair ope
• § 7873 — (a) As used in this section, “trade secret” means a trade secret as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 7924.
• § 79 — There is in the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
• § 7900 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Amusement Rides Safety Law.
• § 7901 — As used in this part: (a) “Amusement ride” means a mechanical device which carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving its pass
• § 7902 — The division shall promulgate and formulate rules and regulations for adoption by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board for the safe installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation, and
• § 7903 — The division or a public entity shall not issue the original certificate of inspection for an amusement ride until it receives certification in writing by an engineer qualified under the Civil and Pro
• § 7904 — (a) The division shall fix and collect all fees necessary to cover the cost of administering this part.
• § 7905 — The division may hire inspectors to inspect amusement rides.
• § 7906 — No person shall operate an amusement ride without a permit issued by the division or a public entity.
• § 7907 — If, after inspection, an amusement ride is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the division, the division or a public entity shall issue a permit to operate.
• § 7908 — Before a new amusement ride is erected, or whenever any additions or alterations are made which change the structure, mechanism, classification, or capacity of any amusement ride, the operator shall f
• § 7909 — The division may order cessation of operation of an amusement ride and permit revocation if it has been determined after inspection to be hazardous or unsafe.
• § 7910 — This part shall not be construed to prevent the use of any existing installation which upon inspection is found to be in a safe condition and in conformance with the rules and regulations of the divis
• § 7911 — If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for an operator to comply with the rules and regulations under this part, the division may modify the application of such rules or regulati
• § 7912 — No person shall operate an amusement ride unless there is in existence and on file with the division a policy of insurance, issued by a company licensed by the Department of Insurance to do business i
• § 7913 — Nothing contained in this part shall prevent cities, counties, and cities and counties from regulating carnivals or amusement rides, nor prevent them from enacting legislation more restrictive than th
• § 7914 — (a) An operator of an amusement ride shall report or cause to be reported to the division immediately by telephone each known incident where the maintenance, operation, or use of the amusement ride re
• § 7915 — (a) Any owner or operator of any amusement ride who fails to comply with any provision of this part or any rule, regulation, or safety order adopted pursuant to this part shall be guilty of a misdemea
• § 7916 — (a) An owner of an amusement ride shall provide training for its employees in the safe operation and maintenance of amusement rides, as required by Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8 of ASTM F770-06, Standard Pr
• § 7917 — If the division determines that an owner or operator of an amusement ride subject to this part has willfully or intentionally violated this part or a rule or regulation promulgated under this part, an
• § 7918 — The division shall enforce this part by the issuance of a citation and notice of civil penalty in a manner consistent with that specified in Section 6317 or in some other manner as deemed appropriate
• § 7919 — The division shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this part, including, the reporting requirements established under Section 7914.
• § 7920 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to create a state system for the inspection of permanent amusement rides.
• § 7921 — As used in this part: (a) “Permanent amusement ride” means a mechanical device, aquatic device, or combination of devices, of a permanent nature that carries or conveys passengers along, around, or ov
• § 7922 — This part does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any playground operated by a school or local government if the playground is an incidental amenity and the operating entity is not primarily engag
• § 7923 — (a) The division shall formulate and propose rules and regulations for adoption by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board for the safe installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation, an
• § 7924 — (a) On an annual basis, an owner of a permanent amusement ride shall submit to the division a certificate of compliance on a form prescribed by the division, which shall include the following: (1) The
• § 7925 — (a) Each operator of a permanent amusement ride shall report or cause to be reported to the division immediately by telephone each known accident where maintenance, operation, or use of the permanent
• § 7926 — (a) A person may operate a permanent amusement ride only if, at the time of operation, one of the following is in existence: (1) The owner of the permanent amusement ride provides an insurance policy
• § 7927 — Each owner of a permanent amusement ride shall provide training for its employees in the safe operation and maintenance of amusement rides, as required by the standards adopted by the American Society
• § 7928 — The division shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this part.
• § 7929 — (a) The division shall fix and collect all fees necessary to cover the cost to the division of administering this part.
• § 7930 — If the division determines that any owner or operator of a permanent amusement ride subject to this part has willfully or intentionally violated this part or any rule or regulation promulgated under t
• § 7931 — The division shall enforce this part by the issuance of a citation and notice of civil penalty in a manner consistent with Section 6317.
• § 7932 — (a) The provisions of this part relating to annual division inspections shall not apply to any permanent amusement ride located within a county or other political subdivision of the state that, as of
• § 7950 — This part shall be known and may be cited as “The Tom Carrell Memorial Tunnel and Mine Safety Act of 1972.
• § 7951 — As used in this part: (a) Tunnel shall include excavation, construction, alteration, repairing, renovating, or demolishing of any tunnel except tunnel work covered under the compressed air safety orde
• § 7952 — There shall be within the division a separate unit of safety engineers trained to inspect all tunnel construction and mine operations.
• § 7953 — Sufficient manpower shall be maintained to provide for four annual inspections of underground mines, one inspection of surface mines or quarries annually, and six inspections of tunnels under construc
• § 7954 — To assist the unit of safety engineers in determining the safety of tunnel construction and mine operation, the division shall make available at least one industrial hygiene engineer and one chemist.
• § 7955 — The division and the owner of a mine, if he is not the operator of the mine, shall be notified before any initial mining operation or construction may be started at any mines or tunnels.
• § 7956 — All personnel, including both employees working above ground and those in the tunnel or underground mine, shall be informed of the classification designated by the division for that job.
• § 7957 — An emergency rescue plan shall be developed by the employer for every tunnel or underground mine.
• § 7958 — A trained rescue crew of at least five men shall be provided at underground mines with more than 25 men or tunnels with 10 or more men underground at any one time.
• § 7959 — Rescue crews shall be familiar with all emergency equipment necessary to effect a rescue or search for missing employees in case of an accident or explosion.
• § 7960 — In any tunnel or underground mine classified as potentially gassy, tests for gas or vapors shall be made prior to start of work at each shift.
• § 7961 — The division shall investigate immediately any notification of a gas reading 10 percent of the lower explosive limit or higher by an employer in a tunnel or underground mine classified as potentially
• § 7962 — A safety representative qualified to recognize hazardous conditions and certified by the division shall be designated by the employer in any tunnel or underground mine.
• § 7963 — All underground mines and tunnels with more than five men underground at one time shall have telephone or other communication systems to the surface in operation at any time there are persons undergro
• § 7964 — Whenever an access shaft is used as the normal means of entrance or exit to an underground mine or tunnel, it shall be constructed of fireproof material or fireproofed by chemical or other means.
• § 7964.5 — Nothing contained in this part shall restrict the division in contracting with the Secretary of the Interior for an approved state plan for mines under P.
• § 7965 — Any tunnel or underground mine classified by the division as gassy shall operate under special procedures adopted by the board, as well as rules, regulations, special orders, or general orders for non
• § 7966 — In any tunnel classified as gassy by the division, there shall be tests for gas or vapors taken prior to each shift and at least hourly during actual operation.
• § 7967 — Whenever gas levels in excess of 10 percent of the lower explosive limit are encountered initially in a tunnel or underground mine classified as gassy, the division shall be notified immediately by te
• § 7968 — In any gassy tunnel or underground mine, the division may order work halted until adequate testing can be completed to determine the level of hazard from gases or vapors.
• § 7969 — In any gassy tunnel or underground mine the division shall review plans for electrical lighting and power for equipment.
• § 7970 — In any tunnel or underground mine classified gassy, smoking shall be prohibited and the employer shall be responsible for collecting all personal sources of ignition such as lighters and matches from
• § 7971 — Whenever there is any ignition of gas or vapor in a tunnel or underground mine, all work shall cease, employees shall be removed, and reentry except for rescue purposes shall be prohibited until the d
• § 7972 — If the level of gas in any tunnel or underground mine reaches 20 percent of its lower explosive limit at any time all men shall be removed, the division notified immediately by telephone or telegram,
• § 7973 — In any tunnel or underground mine classified as gassy, all employees shall be informed of any special orders made by the division following an inspection.
• § 7974 — In any tunnel classified as gassy by the division, ventilation shall include continuous exhausting of fumes and air, unless an alternative ventilation plan which is as effective or better is approved
• § 7975 — A “kill” button capable of cutting off all electrical equipment shall be maintained in any gassy tunnel or underground mine.
• § 7976 — In any tunnel or underground mine classified as gassy, the division shall determine the number of fire extinguishers necessary and their locations.
• § 7977 — Any tunnel or underground mine classified as extrahazardous by the division shall comply with the provisions for gassy tunnels in this chapter, as well as regulations, rules, special orders, and gener
• § 7978 — In any extrahazardous tunnel or underground mine smoking by employees or open flame shall be prohibited.
• § 7979 — In tunnels or underground mines classified extrahazardous, sufficient air shall be supplied to maintain an atmosphere of all of the following conditions: (a) Not less than 19 percent oxygen.
• § 7980 — All electrical equipment and machines, including diesel engines, used in tunnels or underground mines classified extrahazardous shall be permissible equipment.
• § 7981 — An escape chamber or alternate escape route shall be maintained within 5,000 feet of the tunnel face or areas being used to excavate material in an underground mine classified as gassy or extrahazardo
• § 7982 — Records of air flow and air sample tests to assure compliance with required standards shall be maintained by the employer at the site of any tunnel or underground mine classified extrahazardous.
• § 7983 — The main fan line used for ventilation in any tunnel or underground mine classified extrahazardous shall contain a cutoff switch capable of halting all machinery underground automatically should the f
• § 7984 — In any tunnel or underground mine classified extrahazardous a device or devices which automatically and continuously test the atmosphere for gases or vapors shall be maintained.
• § 7985 — All such testing device or devices shall be U.
• § 7990 — In any tunnel or mine under jurisdiction of the division, the use of explosives shall be limited to persons licensed by the division.
• § 7991 — (a) To obtain a license under Section 7990, and to renew that license, a person shall pass an oral and written examination given by the division.
• § 7992 — The board shall determine qualifications for persons seeking an “explosive blaster’s license” and rules and regulations for use of explosives in tunnels or mines.
• § 7993 — Any person holding an “explosive blaster’s license” who is convicted of violating any safety order involving the use or handling of explosives shall have his license suspended for not less than 30 day
• § 7994 — Any person holding an “explosive blaster’s license” who is convicted of violating safety orders involving use or handling of explosives in which the violation is judged to be responsible for an accide
• § 7995 — Any person who has had his “explosive blaster’s license” revoked who is subsequently convicted of violations of a safety order involving the use or handling of explosives shall have his license perman
• § 7996 — All safety equipment required to provide safe employment in tunnels or underground mines shall be U.
• § 7997 — The board shall review and update general orders for tunnels and mines at least every two years.
• § 7998 — The division shall also develop tests, available in English, Spanish, or other languages where a sufficient portion of employees exists to show need, to qualify gas testers and safety representatives
• § 7999 — No person shall be qualified to operate as a gas tester, or serve as a safety representative in a tunnel or underground mine unless he holds a certificate issued by the division.
• § 8 — Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
• § 80 — The headquarters of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the division, shall be located in San Francisco.
• § 800 — Every person operating a sawmill, shakemill, shinglemill, logging camp, planing mill, veneer mill, plywood plant or any other type of plant or mill which processes or manufactures any lumber, lumber p
• § 8000 — Requirements established by the board shall preempt local government rules, regulations, and laws requiring certification or licensing as gas testers or safety representatives.
• § 8001 — The division shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of the division to administer the examination and certification of gas testers and safety representatives for tunnels
• § 8002 — All fees from applications shall be nonrefundable.
• § 8003 — Violation of regulations, rules, orders, or special orders adopted by the board or division as a condition of certification shall be punishable by suspension or revocation of certification, unless suc
• § 8004 — The provisions of this part shall not apply to the normal operation, maintenance, or repair of any completed tunnels owned or operated by a utility as defined in Section 229 of the Public Utilities Co
• § 801 — Any person, or agent or officer thereof who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than four hundr
• § 81 — The employees of the division shall devote their full time to the work of the division and shall receive their actual necessary traveling expenses.
• § 82 — (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Labor Law Enforcement, which
• § 83 — (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial Welfare, which is
• § 850 — No person employed to sell at retail drugs and medicines or to compound physicians’ prescriptions shall perform any work in any store, dispensary, pharmacy, laboratory, or office for more than an aver
• § 851 — No person employing another person to sell at retail drugs and medicines or to compound physicians’ prescriptions shall require or permit such employee to perform any work in any store, dispensary, ph
• § 851.5 — Except on Sundays and holidays, and except for a period of time for meals, not to exceed one hour in length, the hours of work permitted per day by this chapter shall be consecutive.
• § 852 — The employer shall apportion the periods of rest to be taken by an employee so that the employee will have one complete day of rest during each week.
• § 853 — Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than forty dollars ($40) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment f
• § 854 — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in any case of emergency.
• § 855 — The provisions of this chapter are enacted as a measure for the protection of the public health.
• § 856 — The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this chapter.
• § 857 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016.
• § 858 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Agricultural employees engage in back-breaking work every day.
• § 859 — For purposes of this chapter, “employed in an agricultural occupation” has the same meaning as in Order No.
• § 860 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500): (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2019, except as provided in paragraph (2), any person employed in an agricu
• § 861 — Except as set forth in Section 860 and subdivision (a) of Section 862, all other provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500) regarding compensation for overtime work shall apply to workers i
• § 862 — (a) Beginning January 1, 2022, except as provided in subdivision (c), and consistent with Section 510, any work performed by a person, employed in an agricultural occupation, in excess of 12 hours in
• § 863 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 860 or 862, the Governor may temporarily suspend scheduled phase in of the overtime requirements set forth in Section 860, or subdivision (a) of Section 862 only if the Gov
• § 864 — The Department of Industrial Relations shall update Wage Order No.
• § 87 — All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of a function transferred pursuant to this chapter, or engaged in the administration of a
• § 88 — The personnel records of all employees transferred pursuant to Section 87 shall remain in the Department of Industrial Relations.
• § 880 — This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act.
• § 881 — The people of the State of California find and declare the following: (a) California has the nation’s largest population, third largest landmass, and is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes,
• § 882 — The purpose of the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act is to enhance public health and safety by ensuring that emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics receive ad
• § 883 — Training.
• § 884 — Mental Health.
• § 885 — Meal and Rest Periods.
• § 886 — Staffing for Meal Periods.
• § 887 — Communication to Protect Public Health and Safety.
• § 888 — Definitions.
• § 889 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Sections 887 and 888 are declaratory of, and do not alter or amend, existing California law and shall apply to any and all actions pending o
• § 89 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real
• § 89.5 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the statutes the admi
• § 890 — The Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the journal, four-fifths of the membership concurring, provided that the statute
• § 9 — Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.
• § 90 — The Labor Commissioner, his deputies and agents, shall have free access to all places of labor.
• § 90.2 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law, an employer shall provide a notice to each current employee, by posting in the language the employer normally uses to communicate employment-relate
• § 90.3 — (a) It is the policy of this state to vigorously enforce the laws requiring employers to secure the payment of compensation as required by Section 3700 and to protect employers who comply with the law
• § 90.5 — (a) It is the policy of this state to vigorously enforce minimum labor standards in order to ensure employees are not required or permitted to work under substandard unlawful conditions or for employe
• § 90.6 — (a) In the case of an investigation by the field enforcement unit, the date of a written notice by the Labor Commissioner to an employer, or other person or entity that may be liable under a provision
• § 90.7 — When the division determines that an employer has violated Section 226.
• § 90.8 — (a) As an alternative to a judgment lien, the Labor Commissioner may create a lien on real property to secure the amount due to the Labor Commissioner under any citation, findings, or decision that ha
• § 9000 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Occupational Carcinogens Control Act of 1976.
• § 9001 — The purpose of this part is to clarify and strengthen the provisions of state law applicable to the use of carcinogens in California.
• § 9002 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this part.
• § 9003 — “Affected employee” means an employee who, as part of his or her employment, is involved in the use of a carcinogen, or an employee with respect to whom there is a substantial probability that he or s
• § 9004 — “Carcinogen” means and includes the following recognized cancer-causing substances for which standards have been adopted pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9020): (a) Any of the following
• § 9005 — “Division” means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
• § 9006 — “Employer” means any of the following: (a) The state and every state agency.
• § 9007 — “Standards” means standards and orders adopted by the standards board pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1.
• § 9008 — “Standards board” means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.
• § 9009 — “Use” means any use of a carcinogen by an employer, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Manufacture of a carcinogen, industrial uses thereof, or formation of a carcinogen as a result of
• § 9015 — Except where in conflict with Section 142.
• § 9020 — (a) Pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1, the standards board shall adopt standards for carcinogens at least as restrictive as the federal requirements for use of carcinog
• § 9021 — All standards relating to the use of carcinogens which are in effect on January 1, 1986, including standards set forth in Sections 5208, 5209, and 5210 of Title 8 of the California Administrative Code
• § 9021.5 — (a) Not later than January 1, 1987, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall propose a regulation concerning asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.
• § 9021.6 — (a) The division shall charge a fee to each asbestos consultant and site surveillance technician who applies for certification pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9021.
• § 9021.8 — All asbestos consultant and site surveillance technician certifications shall be renewed annually.
• § 9021.9 — (a) The division shall establish an advisory committee to develop and recommend by September 30, 1994, for action by the standards board in accordance with Section 142.
• § 9022 — The division shall have primary responsibility for enforcement of standards relating to carcinogens.
• § 9030 — The standards board shall adopt one or more standards requiring each employer which uses any carcinogen, including asbestos and vinyl chloride, to submit a written report regarding the use or any inci
• § 9031 — The division shall transmit a copy of each report specified in Section 9030 to any bargaining representatives, and other representatives known to the division, of affected employees of the reporting e
• § 9032 — The division shall make every effort to ascertain the identities of existing users of carcinogens and to notify, inform, and educate them about the requirements of this part.
• § 9040 — Every employer using carcinogens shall provide for medical examinations of affected employees where required by standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 142.
• § 9050 — The division shall establish priorities for the performance of inspections of premises for which uses have been reported pursuant to Section 9030 and shall perform as many of these inspections as poss
• § 9051 — If an authorized representative of the division determines on the basis of an inspection that an employer is using a carcinogen in violation of the standards pertaining to its use, he or she shall imm
• § 9052 — Upon request of any employer or any employee, or upon its own initiative, the OSHA Consultation Unit of the department shall provide consultation services regarding the use of a carcinogen and may off
• § 9060 — The civil penalties prescribed by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6423) of Part 1 shall be applicable to violations of standards and special orders regulating the use of carcinogens, except as modi
• § 9061 — (a) For purposes of this part, “serious violation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6432 and, except as provided in subdivision (b), shall additionally include any violation of a standard o
• § 91 — Any person who willfully impedes or prevents the Labor Commissioner or his deputies or agents in the performance of duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred
• § 9100 — For purposes of this chapter, “sales floor” means any area where the public is invited to shop, whether indoors or outdoors.
• § 9101 — For purposes of this chapter, “working warehouse” means a wholesale or retail establishment in which both of the following occur: (a) Heavy machinery, including, but not limited to, forklifts, is used
• § 9102 — (a) The owner, manager, or operator of a working warehouse shall secure merchandise stored on shelves higher than 12 feet above the sales floor.
• § 9103 — (a) When heavy machinery is used to move merchandise from a shelf, there shall be a safety zone established to temporarily block customers from entering areas where merchandise could fall during remov
• § 9104 — An owner, manager, or operator of a working warehouse who employs more than 50 employees shall submit to the division, a report of all known injuries requiring hospitalization, including emergency roo
• § 9110 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agricultural employee” means a person employed in any of the following: (A) An agricultural occupation, as defin
• § 9150 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) All workers deserve a safe and healthy workplace.
• § 9151 — As used in this part: (a) “Ammunition” means one or more loaded cartridges consisting of a primed case, propellant, and with one or more projectiles.
• § 9152 — (a) The Safety on Productions Pilot Program is hereby established.
• § 9152.5 — Risk assessments shall be performed in accordance with the following: (a) A risk assessment shall be written and shall be a script and production plan that identifies and evaluates preproduction and p
• § 9153 — (a) A firearm or blank shall only be permitted on motion picture productions, for the purposes of rehearsal, actor training, the filming of an on-camera sequence, or other development of content of th
• § 9154 — (a) Employers engaged in motion picture production shall report to the division any serious injury or illness, or death, of an employee occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any emp
• § 9155 — (a) Ammunition shall not be permitted on a motion picture production, except as follows: (1) In the controlled and supervised environment of a shooting range or equivalent and for the purposes of acto
• § 9156 — Every employer shall require that any employee responsible for handling, or in proximity to, firearms on set completes a Contract Services Administration Trust Fund (CSATF) Firearms Safety Course for
• § 9157 — An employer shall comply with this part and any applicable safety standard.