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2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 8 - Enforcement of Civil Penalties › Section 6650.

6650. (a) After the expiration of the period during which a penalty may be appealed, no appeal having been filed, the department may file with the clerk of the superior court in any county a certified copy of the citation and notice of civil penalty, the certification by the department that the penalty remains unpaid, and the division’s proof of service on the employer of the items filed with the clerk of the court.
(b) After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6600), an appeal having been filed, the department may file with the clerk of the superior court in any county a certified copy of the citation and notice of civil penalty, a certified copy of the order, findings or decision of the appeals board, the certification of the department that the penalty remains unpaid, and proof of service on the employer at the employer’s address as shown on the official address record by the appeals board.
(c) The clerk, immediately upon the filing of a notice of civil penalty by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), shall enter judgment for the state against the person assessed the civil penalty in the amount of the penalty, plus interest due for each day from the date of issuance of the notice of civil penalty that the penalty remains unpaid.
(d) The department shall serve the notice of entry of judgment provided by Section 664.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure on the employer.
(e) A judgment entered pursuant to this section shall bear the same rate of interest, have the same effect as other judgments, and be given the same preference allowed by law on other judgments rendered for claims for taxes pursuant to Section 7170 of the Government Code.
(f) No fees shall be charged by the clerk of any court for the performance of any official service required by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 135, Sec. 130. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 8 - Enforcement of Civil Penalties › Section 6651.

6651. (a) Notwithstanding Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an action to collect any civil penalty, fee, or penalty fee under this division shall be commenced within three years from the date the penalty or fee became final.
(b) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall only apply to penalty assessments or fees for which the three-year period prescribed in this section for the commencement of an action to collect a civil penalty or fee has not expired on the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 998, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 8 - Enforcement of Civil Penalties › Section 6652.

6652. The division shall provide the Contractors’ State License Board with a certified copy of every notice of civil penalty deemed to be a final order pursuant to Section 6601 or after the exhaustion of all other review procedures pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6600) when both of the following have occurred:
(a) The employer served with the notice of civil penalty is, or is thought to be, a licensee licensed by the Contractors’ State License Board.
(b) The employer referred to in subdivision (a) has failed to pay the civil penalty after a period of 60 days following that employer’s receipt of the notice of civil penalty.
(c) When the employer has paid the civil penalty referenced in the certified copy of notice of civil penalty that was provided to the Contractors’ State License Board, including all interest owed thereon, then the division shall provide to the employer who was the subject of the certified copy of notice a written confirmation or receipt stating that the employer has paid the amount owed that was the subject of the certified notice provided to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1210, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6700.

6700. (a) Any employer who causes or allows the use of any flammable or combustible material for the installation acceptance pressure test of any gas houseline or piping shall be conclusively presumed to be maintaining an unsafe place of employment.
(b) Any employer who causes or allows gas pipelines to be tested with gas at pressures in excess of that permitted by applicable sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Pressure Piping shall be conclusively presumed to be maintaining an unsafe place of employment.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6701.

6701. It shall be the duty of the standards board to determine by the maximum allowable standards of emissions of contaminants from portable and from mobile internal combustion engines used inside factories, manufacturing plants, warehouses, buildings and other enclosed structures, which standards are compatible with the safety and health of employees.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6702.

6702. All portable and all mobile internal combustion engines that are used inside factories, manufacturing plants, warehouses, buildings and other enclosed structures shall be equipped with a certified exhaust purifier device after the certification of the device by the State Air Resources Board.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6703.

6703. Sections 6701 and 6702 shall apply to all portable and all mobile internal combustion engines used inside factories, manufacturing plants, warehouses, buildings and other enclosed structures unless the operation of such an engine used inside a particular factory, plant, warehouse, building or enclosed structure does not result in harmful exposure to concentrations of dangerous gases or fumes in excess of maximum acceptable concentrations as determined by the standards board.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1284.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6704.

6704. All crawler and wheel cranes with cable-controlled booms and with rated lifting capacity of more than 10 tons sold or operated in this state shall be equipped with boomstops that meet standards that shall be established therefor by the standards board.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6705.

6705. No contract for public works involving an estimated expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), for the excavation of any trench or trenches five feet or more in depth, shall be awarded unless it contains a clause requiring submission by the contractor and acceptance by the awarding body or by a registered civil or structural engineer, employed by the awarding body, to whom authority to accept has been delegated, in advance of excavation, of a detailed plan showing the design of shoring, bracing, sloping, or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazard of caving ground during the excavation of such trench or trenches. If such plan varies from the shoring system standards, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to allow the use of a shoring, sloping, or protective system less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose tort liability on the awarding body or any of its employees.
The terms “public works” and “awarding body”, as used in this section, shall have the same meaning as in Sections 1720 and 1722, respectively, of the Labor Code.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6705.5.

6705.5. Regulations of the department requiring the shoring, bracing, or sloping of excavations, or which contain similar requirements for excavations, shall only apply to the excavation of swimming pools where a reasonable examination by a qualified person reveals recognizable conditions which would expose employees to injury from possible moving ground. If these conditions are found to exist with respect to a swimming pool excavation, employees shall not be permitted to enter the excavation until the condition is abated or otherwise no longer exists.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 815, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6706.

6706. For the purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 6500, only one permit shall be required for a project involving several trenches or excavations. The provisions of Section 6500 shall not apply to the construction of trenches or excavations for the purpose of performing emergency repair work to underground facilities, or the construction of swimming pools, or the construction of “graves” as defined in Section 7014 of the Health and Safety Code or to the construction or final use of excavations or trenches where the construction or final use does not require a person to descend into the excavations or trenches.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6707.

6707. Whenever the state, a county, city and county, or city issues a call for bids for the construction of a pipeline, sewer, sewage disposal system, boring and jacking pits, or similar trenches or open excavations, which are five feet or deeper, such call shall specify that each bid submitted in response thereto shall contain, as a bid item, adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method, for the protection of life or limb, which shall conform to applicable safety orders. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose tort liability on the body awarding the contract or any of its employees. This section shall not apply to contracts awarded pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14250) of Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6708.

6708. Every contractor on a construction project, including but not limited to any public works, shall maintain adequate emergency first aid treatment for his employees. As used in this section, “adequate” shall be construed to mean sufficient to comply with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-596).
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6710.

6710. (a) At every place of employment where explosives are used in the course of employment, there shall be a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7990) of Part 9 of Division 5, to supervise and visually direct the blasting operation.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “explosives” shall include, but not be limited to, class A and B explosives, blasting caps, detonating cord, and charges or projectiles used in the control of avalanches. For the purposes of this section, “explosives” shall not include small arms ammunition or class C explosives such as explosive powerpacks in the form of explosive cartridges or explosive-charged construction devices, explosive rivets, bolts, and charges for driving pins and studs, and cartridges for explosive-actuated power devices.
(c) This section shall not apply to persons, firms, or corporations licensed pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 12500) of Division 11 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 958, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6711.

6711. (a) The division shall develop and administer an oral and written examination for persons using explosives, as defined in Section 6710, while engaged in snow avalanche blasting. Any person engaged in snow avalanche blasting shall pass this examination prior to being licensed by the division.
(b) The division shall select an advisory committee to assist the division in preparing the data and information for the written and oral qualifying examination. The advisory committee shall consist of not less than seven members, nor more than nine members, with at least one representative from explosives manufacturers, snow avalanche blasting consultants, the recreational snow ski industry, a public recreation area, the California Department of Transportation, and the division.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 958, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6716.

6716. For the purposes of this division, “lead-related construction work” means any of the following:
(a) Any construction, alteration, painting, demolition, salvage, renovation, repair, or maintenance of any building or structure, including preparation and cleanup, that, by using or disturbing lead-containing material or soil, may result in significant exposure of employees to lead as determined by the standard adopted pursuant to Section 6717.
(b) The transportation, disposal, storage, or containment of materials containing lead on site or at a location at which construction activities are performed. “Lead-related construction work” does not include any activity related to the manufacture or mining of lead or the installation or repair of automotive materials containing lead.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1122, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6717.

6717. (a) On or before February 1, 1994, the division shall propose to the standards board for its review and adoption, a standard that protects the health and safety of employees who engage in lead-related construction work and meets all requirements imposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The standards board shall adopt the standard on or before December 31, 1994. The standard shall at least prescribe protective measures appropriate to the work activity and the lead content of materials to be disturbed by the activity, and shall include requirements and specifications pertaining to the following:
(1) Sampling and analysis of surface coatings and other materials that may contain significant amounts of lead.
(2) Concentrations and amounts of lead in surface coatings and other materials that may constitute a health hazard to employees engaged in lead-related construction work.
(3) Engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment, including respiratory protection, fit-testing requirements, and protective clothing and equipment.
(4) Washing and showering facilities.
(5) Medical surveillance and medical removal protection.
(6) Establishment of regulated areas and appropriate posting and warning requirements.
(7) Recordkeeping.
(8) Training of employees engaged in lead-related construction work and their supervisors, that shall consist of current certification as required by regulations adopted under subdivision (c) of Section 105250 of the Health and Safety Code and include training with respect to at least the following:
(A) Health effects of lead exposure, including symptoms of overexposure.
(B) The construction activities, methods, processes, and materials that can result in lead exposure.
(C) The requirements of the lead standard promulgated pursuant to this section.
(D) Appropriate engineering controls, work practices, and personal protection for lead-related work.
(E) The necessity for fit-testing for respirator use and how fit-testing is conducted.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 384. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6717.5.

6717.5. The division shall submit to the board a rulemaking proposal to revise the lead standards of the general industry safety orders, found at Section 5198 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, and the construction safety orders, found at Section 1532.1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, consistent with scientific research and findings. The board shall vote on the proposed changes on or before September 30, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 24, Sec. 34. (SB 83) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6718.

6718. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any test procedures adopted by a state agency to determine compliance with vapor emission standards, by vapor recovery systems of cargo tanks on tank vehicles used to transport gasoline, shall not require any person to climb upon the cargo tank during loading operations.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 84, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6719.

6719. The Legislature reaffirms its concern over the prevalence of repetitive motion injuries in the workplace and reaffirms the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s continuing duty to carry out Section 6357.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 615, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6720.

6720. By January 1, 2019, the division shall propose to the standards board for the board’s review and adoption a standard that minimizes heat-related illness and injury among workers working in indoor places of employment. The standard shall be based on environmental temperatures, work activity levels, and other factors. In developing the standard, the division shall take into consideration heat stress and heat strain guidelines in the 2016 Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices developed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. This section does not prohibit the division from proposing, or the standards board from adopting, a standard that limits the application of high heat provisions to certain industry sectors.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 839, Sec. 1. (SB 1167) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6721.

6721. (a) The heat illness prevention standards set forth in Section 3395 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations shall be known, and may be cited, as the Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez heat illness standard.
(b) The division, before December 1, 2025, shall submit to the standards board a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 3395 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations and Section 5141.1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. In preparing the proposed regulations, the division shall consider revising the following:
(1) The heat illness standard in subdivision (a), to do the following:
(A) Require employers to distribute a copy of the Heat Illness Prevention Plan to all new employees upon hire and upon training required by Section 3395 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, but no more than twice per year to each employee.
(B) Require employers to distribute a copy of the Heat Illness Prevention Plan to all employees at least once on an annual basis.
(2) With regard to farmworkers, the wildfire smoke standards set forth in Section 5141.1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, to reduce the AQI threshold for PM2.5 at which control by respiratory protective equipment becomes mandatory for farmworkers to, at a maximum, an AQI of 301 or more. The proposed threshold may be lower than 301 AQI or more, as determined by the division. For an AQI above 301, the employer need not implement fit testing and medical evaluations or otherwise implement requirements under Section 5144 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) The standards board shall review the proposed changes and consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in subdivision (b) on or before December 31, 2025.
(d) The division shall consider developing regulations, or revising existing regulations, related to additional protections related to acclimatization to higher temperatures, especially following an absence of a week or more from working in ultrahigh heat settings, including after an illness.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “AQI” means air quality index.
(2) “PM2.5” means solid particles and liquid droplets suspended in air, known as particulate matter, with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 778, Sec. 1. (AB 2243) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions › Section 6722.

6722. (a) (1) The standards board, before December 1, 2025, shall draft a rulemaking proposal to consider revising Section 1526 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to require at least one single-user toilet facility on all construction jobsites, designed for employees who self-identify as female or nonbinary.
(2) The standards board shall consider adopting revised standards for the standards described in paragraph (1) on or before December 31, 2025.
(b) A construction jobsite described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 118600 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 529, Sec. 3. (AB 521) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction › Section 6800.

6800. The division has jurisdiction over:
(a) The safety and health of railroad employees employed in offices and in shops devoted to the construction, maintenance or repair of railroad equipment, and all other railroad employees with respect to occupational health, including, but not limited to, air contaminants, noise, sanitation and availability of drinking water.
(b) The occupational safety and health of employees of rail rapid transit systems, electric interurban railroads, or street railroads.
(c) The safety of employees of all other public utilities as defined in the Public Utilities Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 338, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction › Section 6801.

6801. The jurisdiction vested in the division shall in no instance, except those affecting exclusively the safety of employees, impair, diminish, or in any way affect the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission over the construction, reconstruction, replacement, maintenance, or operation of the properties of public utilities or over any matter affecting the relationship between public utilities and their customers or the general public.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 699.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction › Section 6802.

6802. If the division makes or issues any order, decision, ruling or direction under this chapter which, in the judgment of the Public Utilities Commission, unduly and prejudicially interferes with the construction or operation of any public utility affected thereby, or with the public, or with a consumer or other patron of a public utility affected thereby, the Public Utilities Commission, of its own motion, or upon application of any utility or person so affected, may suspend, modify, alter, or annul such order, decision, ruling, or direction of the commission. The action of the Public Utilities Commission shall supersede and control the order, decision, ruling, or direction of the division previously made.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 699.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6900.1.

6900.1. This Act shall be known and cited as the Railroad Anti-Featherbedding Law of 1964.
(Added November 3, 1964, by initiative Proposition 17. Note: Prop. 17 also includes Section 6900.5.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6900.5.

6900.5. It is the policy of the people of the State of California that featherbedding practices in the railroad industry should be eliminated and that national settlement of labor controversies relating to the manning of trains should be made effective in California. Accordingly the award of the Federal Arbitration Board No. 282 appointed by President John F. Kennedy pursuant to Congressional Public Law 88-108 of August 28, 1963, providing for the elimination of excess firemen and brakemen on diesel powered freight trains, or awards made pursuant thereto, shall be made effective in this State. Said award was the culmination of the proceedings originating with the Presidential Railroad Commission which was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the request of both railroad labor and management and reported to President Kennedy on February 26, 1962.
Nothing contained in the laws of this State or in any order of any regulatory agency of this State shall prevent a common carrier by railroad from manning its trains in accordance with said award, in accordance with any federal legislation or awards pursuant thereto, or in accordance with any agreement between a railroad company and its employees or their representatives.
(Added November 3, 1964, by initiative Proposition 17. Note: Prop. 17 (the Railroad Anti-Featherbedding Law of 1964) also includes Section 6900.1.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6901.

6901. (a) No common carrier operating more than four trains each way per day of 24 hours on any main track or branch line of railroad within this state, or on any part of a main track or branch line, shall run or permit to be run, on any part of a main track or branch line, any passenger, mail, or express train on which there is not employed at least one conductor, one brakeman, and the following:
(1) One engineer and one fireman for each diesel locomotive.
(2) One electric motorman for each train propelled or run by electricity.
(3) One motor or power control man for each train propelled by motive power other than diesel or electricity.
(4) Two brakemen, where four or more cars, exclusive of railroad officers’ private cars, are hauled.
(5) One baggageman, except on a train upon which baggage is not hauled, and on gasoline motorcars.
(b) This section does not apply to any diesel locomotive weighing 45 tons or less.
(c) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) does not apply where its application would conflict with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
(d) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board or the North San Diego County Transit Development Board.
(e) With respect to commuter train service provided by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board or the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, there shall be at least one qualified crewmember inside a train car set during revenue service. For the purpose of this subdivision, “revenue service” means service during which passengers are carried or are scheduled to be carried.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 681, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6902.

6902. (a) For purposes of this section, “revenue service” means passenger train service during which passengers are carried or are scheduled to be carried.
(b) For purposes of this section, “local agency” means any city, county, special district, or other public entity in the state, including a charter city or a charter county.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by subdivision (e) of Section 6901, during revenue service provided by a local agency, or by any entity under contract with a local agency, there shall be in addition to the train operator at least one qualified employee inside a train car set of six or fewer coaches and at least two qualified employees inside a train car set of seven or more coaches.
(d) (1) A request for proposal or request for bid to provide revenue service issued by a local agency shall require compliance with subdivision (c).
(2) A contract to provide revenue service awarded by a local agency shall require compliance with subdivision (c).
(3) If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that an entity receiving a request for proposal or request for bid from a local agency for revenue service is exempt from the requirements of this section, all other entities that received the same request for proposal or request for bid shall also be exempt from the requirements of this section in responding to that request for proposal or request for bid.
(e) This section does not apply to heavy rail transit systems that are owned or operated by a public entity, or to light rail public transit systems.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 976, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6903.

6903. (a) Effective February 1, 2016, a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight shall not be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least two individuals.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight” shall not include hostler service or utility employees.
(c) The Public Utilities Commission may assess civil penalties against any person who willfully violates this section, according to the following schedule:
(1) A civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first violation.
(2) A civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the second violation within a three-year period.
(3) A civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the third violation and each subsequent violation within a three-year period.
(d) The remedies available to the commission pursuant to this section are nonexclusive and do not limit the remedies available under all other laws or pursuant to contract.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 283, Sec. 1. (SB 730) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6904.

6904. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a locomotive or locomotives without cars, except that each locomotive shall have one engineer and one fireman when being moved in train under steam, unless the engine is disabled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6905.

6905. This chapter shall not apply to any relief or wrecking train in any case where a number of employees sufficient to comply with this chapter is not available for service on such relief or wrecking train.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6906.

6906. No common carrier shall employ any person as:
(a) A locomotive engineer who has not had at least three years’ actual service as a locomotive fireman or one year’s actual service as a locomotive engineer.
(b) A conductor who has not had at least two years’ actual service as a railroad brakeman in road service on steam or electric railroad other than street railway, or one year’s actual service as a railroad conductor in road service.
(c) A brakeman who has not passed the regular examination required by transcontinental railroads.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 180.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6907.

6907. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the running or operating of locomotives or motor power cars to and from trains at terminals by hostlers or of steam locomotives or motive power cars to and from engine houses or to the doing of work on steam locomotives or motive power cars at shops or engine-houses.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6909.

6909. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the operation of any train by a common carrier during times of strikes or walkouts, participated in by any of the employees mentioned in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 2 - Operation Personnel › Section 6910.

6910. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to gasoline motor cars operated exclusively on branch lines or to trains of less than three cars propelled by electricity.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6950.

6950. On any railroad train where the engine is accompanied by a tender of the Vanderbilt or similar type of construction and where the clearance between the overhang of the roof of the cab of the engine and the top of the tender accompanying the engine is less than twenty-eight inches, an opening not less than twenty-four inches square shall be cut out in the overhang of the roof of the cab, for the purpose of enabling an engineman with safety to go from the cab of the engine to the top of the tender.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6951.

6951. Any railroad company operating a line in whole or in part within this state, or any receiver of any railroad, that fails to comply with any provision of section 6950 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. Each day that such failure continues is a separate offense.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 220. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6952.

6952. Every railroad company operating engines within any part of this state shall provide each engine cab with a substantial and safe handrail along the top on each side of the cab extending from the front to the rear of the cab. Every engine cab other than one having front windows of not less than 14 inches in width and 42 inches in height shall be provided and equipped with a substantial and safe footboard, of not less than one and one-half inches, projecting outward from each side of the cab level with the floor and extending from the front to the rear of the cab.
Any railroad company, or receiver thereof, which fails to comply with any provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any railroad company which issued in writing before July 2, 1921, and maintains in force, an order forbidding the engine or train crew to go from the engine cab to that portion of the engine in front of the cab while the cab is in motion.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 221. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6953.

6953. Any electric car operated in interurban service and any electric locomotive shall be equipped exclusively with laminated safety glass in the compartment of the motorman or engineer, or if there is no compartment, the window in front of the motorman shall be so equipped, if the following conditions concur:
(a) The car or locomotive is built after the effective date of this section.
(b) The car or locomotive is operated by an overhead wire.
(c) The car or locomotive can exceed a speed of 45 miles per hour.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 292.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6954.

6954. On and after the first day of September, 1946, it shall be unlawful to operate any electric car in interurban service or any electric locomotive which is not so equipped with laminated safety glass.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 292.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6955.

6955. Laminated safety glass is glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons, by objects from external sources, or by glass when the glass is cracked or broken.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 292.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices › Section 6956.

6956. Any common carrier violating Sections 6953 or 6954 is guilty of a misdemeanor for each violation, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense. Each day that any electric car is operated in interurban service or that any electric locomotive is operated, is a separate offense.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 222. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 2 - SAFEGUARDS ON RAILROADS › CHAPTER 4 - Trains › Section 7000.

7000. As used in this section “caboose” means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.
If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.
This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.
This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.
This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which are the result of a cause not known to, and which could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1060.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7100.

7100. As used in this article, “building” means any multifloor building, other than structural steel framed building, more than two stories high in the course of construction.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7101.

7101. Every building shall have the joists, beams, or girders of floors below the floor or level where any work is being done, or about to be done, covered with flooring laid close together, or with other suitable material to protect workmen engaged in such building from falling through joists or girders, and from falling substances, whereby life or safety is endangered.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7102.

7102. Every building which is of reinforced concrete construction, with reinforced concrete floors, shall have the floor filled in, either with forms or concrete, on each floor before the commencement of work upon the walls of the second floor above or the commencement of work upon the floor of the next floor above.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7103.

7103. Every building having wooden floors other than a steel frame building shall have the underflooring, if double flooring is to be used, laid on each floor within the time prescribed above for reinforced concrete floors. Where single wooden floors are to be used, each floor shall be planked over within the time prescribed above for reinforced concrete floors.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7104.

7104. If a span of a floor on a building exceeds 13 feet, an intermediate beam shall be used to support the temporary flooring, but spans not to exceed 16 feet may be covered by three-inch planks without an intermediate beam. The intermediate beam shall be of a sufficient strength to sustain a live load of 50 pounds per square foot of the area supported.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7105.

7105. If building operations are suspended and the temporary flooring required by this article is removed, the building shall be replanked upon the resumption of work so that every man at work has a covered floor not more than two stories below.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7106.

7106. Where a building is being constructed in sections each section constitutes a building for the purpose of this article.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7107.

7107. Planked floors on buildings shall be tightly laid together of proper thickness, grade and span to carry the working load; such working load to be assumed as at least 25 pounds per square foot.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7108.

7108. Safety belts and nets shall be required in accordance with Article 24 (commencing with Section 1669) of subchapter 4 of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Title 8 of the California Administrative Code, Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 1 - Floors and Walls › Section 7109.

7109. No person shall proceed with any work assigned to or undertaken by him, or require or permit any other person to proceed with work assigned to or undertaken by either, unless the planking or nets required by this article are in place. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 2 - Scaffolding › Section 7150.

7150. As used in this article, “scaffolding” includes scaffolding and staging.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT › PART 3 - SAFETY ON BUILDINGS › CHAPTER 1 - Buildings Under Construction or Repair › ARTICLE 2 - Scaffolding › Section 7151.

7151. If the working platform of any scaffolding swung or suspended from an overhead support is more than 10 feet above the ground, floor or area to which an employee on the scaffolding might fall, it shall have a safety rail of wood or other equally rigid material of adequate strength. The rail shall comply with the applicable orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
Suspended scaffolding shall be fastened so as to prevent the scaffolding from swaying from the building, or structure, or other object being worked on from the scaffolding. All parts of the scaffolding shall be of sufficient strength to support, bear, or withstand with safety any weight of persons, tools, appliances, or materials which might reasonably be placed on it or which are to be supported by it.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)