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CA Labor Code § 6142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6142.

6142.  The provisions of Sections 3212, 3212.5, 3361, 4458, and 4800 to 4855, inclusive, of this code, as well as of other sections of Division 4 of this code, which are restrictive to particular persons or occupations, are excepted from this division and its operation.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 45.)
CA Labor Code § 6143 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6143.

6143.  The appeals board is vested with all power not inconsistent with Article VI of the Constitution of the State of California to hear and determine any dispute or matter arising out of an obligation under this division to provide directly, or through the medium of insurance, benefits identical with those prescribed by Division 4 of this code, with such limitations as are authorized, in the case of insurance, by Section 11657 of the Insurance Code.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 6144 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6144.

6144.  The appeals board may try and determine controversies under this division referred to it by the parties under the provisions of Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, when such controversies are submitted to it by the signed agreement of the parties, or by the application of one party and the submission of the other to its jurisdiction, with or without an express request for arbitration.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
CA Labor Code § 6145 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6145.

6145.  The state, acting by or through any state agency, or when the consent of the opposing party is obtained, shall submit to the appeals board all controversies under this division susceptible of being arbitrated.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 6146 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6146.

6146.  In acting as arbitrator, the appeals board has all the powers which it has in compensation cases, and its findings and award upon an arbitration have the same conclusiveness and are subject to the same mode of reopening, review, and enforcement as in compensation cases.No fee or cost shall be charged by the appeals board for acting as arbitrator. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 6147 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6147.

6147.  No state agency, either directly or through its adjusting agency, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, shall pay or provide any benefit authorized by this division unless and until the claimant makes and delivers to such state agency or to the fund an agreement in writing that if he, or his dependents in the event of his death, elects or elect to bring suit against the state with respect to the injury or death, except an action before the appeals board pursuant to the provisions of this division, or an action against the state for damages resulting from the negligence of an employee of another state agency, he or they will allow, and take all proper measures to effect, a credit to the reasonable value of all benefits which he or they have received under the provisions of this division, deductible from any verdict or judgment obtained in such suit, and from the date of commencement of suit will forego further benefits under this division.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 6148 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6148.

6148.  The insurer, when insurance exists, shall not pay or provide any benefit authorized by this division unless and until the claimant makes and delivers to the insurer an agreement in writing that if he, or his dependents in the event of his death, elects or elect to bring suit against the state or the insurer with respect to the injury or death, except an action before the appeals board pursuant to the provisions of this division, or an action against the state for damages resulting from the negligence of an employee of another state agency, he or they will allow, and take all proper measures to effect, a credit to the reasonable value of all benefits which he or they have received under the provisions of this division, deductible from any verdict or judgment obtained in such suit, and from the date of commencement of suit will forego further benefits under such insurance.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 6149 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4.5 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE: STATE EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE COVERED|CHAPTER 4 - Benefits and Procedure|Section 6149.

6149.  Nothing shall preclude an employee from negotiating the agreement mentioned in Sections 6147 and 6148 prior to the occurrence of injury.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 45.)
CA Labor Code § 7600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7600.

7600.  Every person who is engaged in the business of loading or unloading ships or vessels, or who is authorized or contracts to load or unload a ship or vessel, or who is in charge of a ship or vessel while it is being loaded or unloaded, and such ship or vessel has a carrying capacity of 50 tons or greater, shall employ and supply upon every ship or vessel while being loaded or unloaded, a person over the age of 18 years to act as signalman or hatch-tender whose sole duty it shall be to observe the operations of loading or unloading of each working hatch on such ship or vessel, and to warn all persons engaged in the operation of loading or unloading of any possibility of injury to any of the articles of which the cargo is composed, or of danger to any person in or about the ship or vessel while it is being loaded or unloaded.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1748.)
CA Labor Code § 7601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7601.

7601.  Handtrucks shall be maintained in a safe condition by the employer. Handles shall be maintained free of hazardous burrs, splinters, cracks or splits.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7602.

7602.  Handtools shall be kept in good condition and be safely stored by the employer. Unsafe handtools shall not be used.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7603.

7603.  The maximum weight of materials stored on building floors or load-carrying platforms, except those built directly on the ground, shall not exceed their safe carrying capacity.Material, when stored, shall be piled, stacked, or racked in a manner designed to prevent it from tipping, falling, collapsing, rolling or spreading. Racks, bins, planks, sleepers, bars, strips, blocks, sheets, shall be used when necessary to make the piles stable.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7604.

7604.  Adequate and substantial bull rails, stringer rails or curbs shall be installed at the waterside of all flush aprons on such wharves, docks or piers as are in active service for movement of cargo therefrom to vessels. This section shall not apply to any pier designed with depressed spur tracks on at least one side, on which cargo is worked between rail cars and ships but not in the narrow wharf area between depressed tracks and pier edge.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7605.

7605.  The employer shall require that tools, machinery, gear and other equipment subject to wear be inspected at adequate intervals and unsafe conditions corrected. If tools, machinery, gear or equipment are found to be defective or otherwise unsafe, employees shall report the same to the person in charge of work who shall have it discarded, marked and so placed that it cannot be used again until made safe.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7606.

7606.  Every dock plate shall be constructed and maintained with strength sufficient to support the load carried thereon.Dock plates shall be secured in position when spanning the space between the dock or the unloading platform and the vehicle. The dock plate, together with its securing devices, where used over spans of different lengths, shall be of such construction as will readily obtain rigid security over such spans.The dock plates shall be so constructed and maintained that when they are secured in position the end edges of the plate shall be in substantial contact with dock or loading platform, and with the vehicle bed in such manner as to prevent rocking or sliding.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7607.

7607.  Internal combustion engine-driven equipment shall be operated inside of buildings or enclosed structures only when such operation does not result in harmful exposure to concentration of dangerous gases or fumes in excess of maximum acceptable concentrations. Exhaust pipes shall be installed in such a manner that the exhaust products shall be discharged so as not to be a hazard to the operators.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7608.

7608.  Any person who violates any provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by renumbering Section 7601 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 928.)
CA Labor Code § 7609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7609.

7609.  The provisions of Sections 7601 to 7607, inclusive, shall be applicable to longshore and stevedore operations.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 5 - SHIPS AND VESSELS|Section 7611.

7611.  Nothing in the foregoing sections of this part shall limit the authority of the division to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 398.)
CA Labor Code § 7800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 7 - VOLATILE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS|Section 7800.

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 liquid product of petroleum or natural gas while at a temperature above its flash point. Flash points shall be as determined by means of the Tag Closed Tester, Designation D56-36 American Society for Testing Materials, or the Pensky-Martens Closed Tester, Designation D93-42 American Society for Testing Materials.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 922.)
CA Labor Code § 7801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 7 - VOLATILE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS|Section 7801.

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 Industrial Relations, State of California.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
CA Labor Code § 7802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 7 - VOLATILE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS|Section 7802.

7802.  The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall adopt general orders pursuant to Section 6500, to make effective the provisions of this part.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
CA Labor Code § 7803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 7 - VOLATILE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS|Section 7803.

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 conditions affording opportunity for the person or clothing becoming ignited shall provide adequate means of extinguishment whereby such employee may extinguish flames on his person or clothing.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 922.)
CA Labor Code § 7900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7900.

7900.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Amusement Rides Safety Law.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7901.

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 passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. “Amusement ride” includes the business of operating bungee jumping services or providing services to facilitate bungee jumping, but does not include slides, playground equipment, coin-operated devices or conveyances which operate directly on the ground or on the surface or pavement directly on the ground or the operation of amusement devices of a permanent nature. The division shall determine the specific devices which are amusement rides for the purposes of this part. This determination shall be made to apply equally to all operators of similar or identical rides and shall be made pursuant to a procedure promulgated by the standards board.(b) “Operator” or “owner” means a person who owns or controls or has the duty to control the operation of an amusement ride. It includes the state and every state agency, and each county, city, district, and all public and quasi-public corporations and public agencies therein.(c) “Permit” means a document issued by the division which indicates that an inspection of the ride has been performed pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the division.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Labor Code § 7902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7902.

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 inspection of all amusement rides as the division finds necessary for the protection of the general public using amusement rides. The rules and regulations shall be in addition to the existing applicable safety orders and will be concerned with engineering force stresses, safety devices, and preventative maintenance. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the authority of the division to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 705, Sec. 2.)
CA Labor Code § 7903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7903.

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 Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) that such amusement ride meets the requirements established by the division for amusement rides.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7904.

7904.  (a) The division shall fix and collect all fees necessary to cover the cost of administering this part. Fees shall be charged to a person or entity receiving the division’s services as provided by this part, as set out in regulations adopted pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to, approvals, determinations, permits, investigations, inspections and reinspections, certifications and recertifications, receipt and review of certificates, and reports and inspections. In fixing the amount of these fees, the division may include direct costs and a reasonable percentage attributable to the indirect costs of the division for administering this part. All fees collected by the division under this section shall be deposited into the Occupational Safety and Health Fund to support the division’s portable amusement ride inspection program.(b) Any fees required pursuant to this section shall be set forth in regulations. For the 2016–17 fiscal year, those regulations shall be adopted as emergency regulations. These emergency regulations shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act provided for in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. These emergency regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State. (c) The division shall annually prepare and post on its Internet Web site a report summarizing all inspections of amusement rides and accidents occurring on amusement rides. This report may contain route location information submitted to the division by permit applicants.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 223. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
CA Labor Code § 7905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7905.

7905.  The division may hire inspectors to inspect amusement rides. The division shall cause the inspection provided by this part to be made by its safety inspectors, or by a qualified inspector who is approved by the division and employed by an insurance company or a public entity.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 705, Sec. 5.)
CA Labor Code § 7906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7906.

7906.  No person shall operate an amusement ride without a permit issued by the division or a public entity. On or before March 1 of each year an operator shall apply for a permit to the division or a public entity on a form furnished by the division and containing such information as the division may require. Each application shall specifically include a route list for the ride for the permit year, which shall include the name of each town or city, street location, and dates of operation of the ride at each location. A route list may be revised at any time, but a ride may not be operated at a particular location unless notification of the revision has been given previously to the division or public entity issuing the permit.All amusement rides shall be inspected before they are originally put into operation for the public’s use and thereafter at least once every year, unless authorized to operate on a temporary permit. Amusement rides may also be inspected each time they are disassembled and reassembled.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 705, Sec. 6.)
CA Labor Code § 7907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7907.

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.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7908.

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 file with the division or a public entity a notice of his intention and any plans or diagrams requested by the division.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7909 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7909.

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. Operation shall not resume until such conditions are corrected to the satisfaction of the division(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 705, Sec. 7.)
CA Labor Code § 7910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7910.

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 division.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7911.

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 regulations if the spirit of the rules and regulations shall be observed and the public safety is secure. Any operator may make a written request to the division stating his grounds and applying for such modification. Any authorization by the division shall be in writing and shall describe the conditions under which the modifications are permitted. A record of all modifications shall be kept in the division and open to the public.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 7912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7912.

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 in the state, or by a nonadmitted insurer employed by a surplus lines broker licensed by the Department of Insurance, in an amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) until January 1, 2009, and, effective on and after January 1, 2009, one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence insuring the owner or operator against liability for injury suffered by persons riding the amusement ride.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 478, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Labor Code § 7913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT|PART 8 - AMUSEMENT RIDES SAFETY LAW|Section 7913.

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 this part with respect to carnivals or amusement rides.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1113.)