Cal. LAB § 9151 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 13 / Section 9151
Section 9151
Status: in_force

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. “Ammunition” does not include blanks.

(b) “Blank” means a cartridge consisting of a primer cap, a shell case, and a quantity of gunpowder, but that does not contain a projectile.

(c) “Division” means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

(d) “Employer” means an employer engaged in producing a motion picture production.

(e) “Filming activities” includes principal photography and any subsequent filming, such as reshoots or additional scenes, as well as the construction and breakdown of sets and loading equipment, but does not include postproduction activity, including, but not limited to, editing, sound mixing, additional dialogue, or visual effects unrelated to reshoots.

(f) “Firearm” means a device, designed to expel through a barrel a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion, including the frame or receiver of the device. “Firearm” does not include a replica or simulated firearm or a special effects device.

(g) “Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee” or “committee” means the California group composed of union, guild, and employer representatives that establishes safety guidelines for motion picture production and that meets regularly.

(h) “Motion picture production” means the development or creation of motion pictures, television programs, streaming productions, commercial advertisements, music videos, or any other moving images, including, but not limited to, productions made for entertainment, commercial, religious, or educational purposes.

(i) “Pilot program” means the Safety on Productions Pilot Program established in Sections 9152 and 9152.5.

(j) “Risk assessment” is a detailed written review of a script and production plan prepared in accordance with Section 9152.5.

(k) “Safety advisor” means a person who works in tandem with, but independent of, performers and crew and who is not employed for any other role on the motion picture production; who reports to the unit production manager, or a person or persons having overall responsibility for the safety program, but retains autonomy to address production-related risk, including, as a last resort, the authority to temporarily halt production until a thorough examination of the potential hazard or hazards and the mitigation plan can take place among the decisionmakers on productions; and who meets the following qualifications:

(1) One of the following:

(A) At least two years’ experience primarily performing safety-related work in the entertainment industry as a department head, foreperson, or in a production safety position within motion picture production.

(B) At least 500 verifiable days in another crew position in motion picture production, so long as they possess an appropriate breadth of specialist knowledge, experience, and expertise aimed at minimizing risks to both performers and crew.

(C) Five or more years of safety-related work, where safety was a primary role and responsibility, in another industry, so long as they possess an appropriate breadth of specialist knowledge, experience, and expertise aimed at minimizing risks to workers and the public.

(2) Completion of a joint labor and management training on industry protocols, state and federal law, and safety practices in motion picture production.

(3) Completion of an OSHA 30-hour training for general industry.

(l) “Specific risk assessment” means a risk assessment for identified high-risk activities or situations prepared in accordance with Section 9152.5.