California Code
DIVISION 5 - SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT
PART 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and Duties

Section 6300. - 6300. The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973...

Section 6301. - 6301. The definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern...

Section 6302. - 6302. As used in this division: (a) “Director” means the...

Section 6303. - 6303. (a) “Place of employment” means any place, and the...

Section 6303.5. - 6303.5. Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit...

Section 6304. - 6304. “Employer” shall have the same meaning as in Section...

Section 6304.1. - 6304.1. (a) “Employee” means every person who is required or...

Section 6304.2. - 6304.2. Notwithstanding Section 6413, and except as provided in Sections...

Section 6304.3. - 6304.3. (a) A Correctional Industry Safety Committee shall be established...

Section 6304.4. - 6304.4. A prisoner engaged in correctional industry, as defined by...

Section 6304.5. - 6304.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 6305. - 6305. (a) “Occupational safety and health standards and orders” means...

Section 6305.1. - 6305.1. (a) (1) The Chief of the Division of Occupational...

Section 6306. - 6306. (a) “Safe,” “safety,” and “health” as applied to an...

Section 6307. - 6307. The division has the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over...

Section 6307.1. - 6307.1. The State Department of Health Services shall assist the...

Section 6308. - 6308. The division, in enforcing occupational safety and health standards...

Section 6308.5. - 6308.5. Hearings conducted by the division pursuant to this part...

Section 6309. - 6309. (a) If the division learns or has reason to...

Section 6310. - 6310. (a) No person shall discharge or in any manner...

Section 6311. - 6311. No employee shall be laid off or discharged for...

Section 6311.5. - 6311.5. (a) (1) Except as noted in paragraph (2), a...

Section 6312. - 6312. Any employee who believes that he or she has...

Section 6313. - 6313. (a) The division shall investigate the causes of any...

Section 6313.5. - 6313.5. The division, after consultation with the Contractors’ State License...

Section 6314. - 6314. (a) To make an investigation or inspection, the chief...

Section 6314.1. - 6314.1. (a) The division shall establish a program for targeting...

Section 6314.5. - 6314.5. (a) Every inspection conducted by the division shall include...

Section 6315. - 6315. (a) There is within the division a Bureau of...

Section 6315.3. - 6315.3. The bureau shall, not later than February 15, annually...

Section 6315.5. - 6315.5. All occupational safety and health standards and orders, rules,...

Section 6316. - 6316. Except as limited by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section...

Section 6317. - 6317. (a) If, upon inspection or investigation, the division believes...

Section 6317.5. - 6317.5. (a) If, upon inspection or investigation, the division finds...

Section 6317.7. - 6317.7. If, upon inspection or investigation, the division finds no...

Section 6317.8. - 6317.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if, upon inspection or...

Section 6317.9. - 6317.9. In the investigation of the policies and practices of...

Section 6318. - 6318. (a) Each citation issued under Section 6317, and each...

Section 6319. - 6319. (a) If, after an inspection or investigation, the division...

Section 6319.3. - 6319.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this...

Section 6319.5. - 6319.5. Upon a showing by an employer of a good-faith...

Section 6320. - 6320. (a) If, after inspection or investigation, the division issues...

Section 6321. - 6321. No person or employer shall be given advance warning...

Section 6322. - 6322. All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the...

Section 6323. - 6323. If the division has grounds to issue a citation...

Section 6324. - 6324. The application to the superior court accompanied by affidavit...

Section 6325. - 6325. (a) When, in the opinion of the division, a...

Section 6325. - 6325. (a) When, in the opinion of the division, a...

Section 6325.5. - 6325.5. If the division has reasonable cause to believe that...

Section 6326. - 6326. Every person who, after such notice is attached as...

Section 6327. - 6327. Once an authorized representative of the division has prohibited...

Section 6327.5. - 6327.5. If the division arbitrarily or capriciously fails to take...

Section 6328. - 6328. The division shall prepare a notice containing pertinent information...

Section 6329. - 6329. All money collected for violation of standards, orders, or...

Section 6330. - 6330. The director shall prepare and submit to the Legislature,...

Section 6331. - 6331. The division shall enter into a contract for the...

Section 6332. - 6332. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

CHAPTER 2 - Education and Research

Section 6350. - 6350. The division shall maintain an education and research program...

Section 6351. - 6351. The division shall be responsible for preparation and distribution...

Section 6352. - 6352. The division shall provide safety training programs, upon request,...

Section 6353. - 6353. The division shall conduct continuing research into methods, means,...

Section 6354. - 6354. The division shall, upon request, provide a full range...

Section 6354.5. - 6354.5. (a) Any insurer desiring to write workers’ compensation insurance...

Section 6354.7. - 6354.7. (a) The Workers’ Occupational Safety and Health Education Fund...

Section 6355. - 6355. If the employer requests or accepts consulting services offered...

Section 6356. - 6356. (a) There is hereby created, in the General Fund,...

Section 6357. - 6357. On or before January 1, 1995, the Occupational Safety...

Section 6359. - 6359. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Hazardous Substances Information and Training

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6360. - 6360. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6361. - 6361. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 6362. - 6362. The rights and duties set forth in this chapter...

Section 6363. - 6363. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 6365. - 6365. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 6366. - 6366. “CAS number” means the unique identification number assigned by...

Section 6367. - 6367. “Chemical name” is the scientific designation of a substance...

Section 6368. - 6368. “Common name” means any designation or identification such as...

Section 6370. - 6370. “Expose” or “exposure” means any situation arising from work...

Section 6371. - 6371. “Impurity” means a hazardous substance which is unintentionally present...

Section 6372. - 6372. “Manufacturer” means a person who produces, synthesizes, extracts, or...

Section 6373. - 6373. “Mixture” means any solution or intimate admixture of two...

Section 6374. - 6374. “MSDS” means a material safety data sheet prepared pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Hazardous Substances

Section 6380. - 6380. For the purposes of this chapter, the director, pursuant...

Section 6380.5. - 6380.5. (a) Prior to the director’s adoption of the list...

Section 6381. - 6381. Substances not present on the list of hazardous substances...

Section 6382. - 6382. The director shall prepare and amend the list of...

Section 6383. - 6383. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, a hazardous...

Section 6384. - 6384. This chapter does not apply to impurities which develop...

Section 6385. - 6385. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to...

Section 6386. - 6386. (a) A laboratory in which a hazardous substance is...

ARTICLE 4 - Duties

Section 6390. - 6390. The manufacturer of any hazardous substance listed pursuant to...

Section 6390.2. - 6390.2. (a) An entity that manufactures or imports a hazardous...

Section 6390.5. - 6390.5. The manufacturer, importer, and distributor of any hazardous substance,...

Section 6391. - 6391. The information which manufacturers shall provide to their purchasers...

Section 6392. - 6392. Provision of a federal Material Safety Data Sheet or...

Section 6393. - 6393. The manufacturer shall be relieved of the obligation to...

Section 6394. - 6394. The preparer of an MSDS shall provide the department...

Section 6395. - 6395. (a) The manufacturer may provide the information required by...

Section 6396. - 6396. (a) The Director of Industrial Relations shall protect from...

Section 6397. - 6397. (a) Any person other than a manufacturer who sells...

Section 6398. - 6398. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall adopt...

Section 6398.5. - 6398.5. An employer that is required to maintain safety data...

Section 6399. - 6399. Upon request, the manufacturer of a hazardous substance or...

Section 6399.1. - 6399.1. Compliance with regulations of the Director of Food and...

Section 6399.2. - 6399.2. This article shall become operative 180 days after adoption...

ARTICLE 5 - Liability and Remedies

Section 6399.5. - 6399.5. The provisions of this chapter regarding manufacturers, employers, and...

Section 6399.6. - 6399.6. The provision of information to an employee pursuant to...

Section 6399.7. - 6399.7. No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate...

CHAPTER 3 - Responsibilities and Duties of Employers and Employees

Section 6400. - 6400. (a) Every employer shall furnish employment and a place...

Section 6401. - 6401. Every employer shall furnish and use safety devices and...

Section 6401.5. - 6401.5. No salvage of materials shall be permitted while demolition...

Section 6401.7. - 6401.7. (a) Every employer shall establish, implement, and maintain an...

Section 6401.8. - 6401.8. (a) The standards board, no later than July 1,...

Section 6402. - 6402. No employer shall require, or permit any employee to...

Section 6403. - 6403. No employer shall fail or neglect to do any...

Section 6403.1. - 6403.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds that having access to...

Section 6403.3. - 6403.3. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Employer” means...

Section 6403.5. - 6403.5. (a) As part of the injury and illness prevention...

Section 6404. - 6404. No employer shall occupy or maintain any place of...

Section 6404.5. - 6404.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that regulation of...

Section 6405. - 6405. No employer, owner, or lessee of any real property...

Section 6406. - 6406. No person shall do any of the following: (a)...

Section 6407. - 6407. Every employer and every employee shall comply with occupational...

Section 6408. - 6408. All employers shall provide information to employees in the...

Section 6409. - 6409. (a) Every physician as defined in Section 3209.3 who...

Section 6409.1. - 6409.1. (a) Every employer shall file a complete report of...

Section 6409.2. - 6409.2. Whenever a state, county, or local fire or police...

Section 6409.3. - 6409.3. In no case shall the treatment administered for pesticide...

Section 6409.5. - 6409.5. (a) Whenever any local public fire agency has knowledge...

Section 6409.6. - 6409.6. (a) In each worksite of the employer, the employer...

Section 6410. - 6410. (a) The reports required by subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 6410.1. - 6410.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 6410.2. - 6410.2. (a) The division shall monitor rulemaking and implementation of...

Section 6410.5. - 6410.5. The reports required by subdivision (a) of Section 6409,...

Section 6411. - 6411. Every employer or insurer receiving forms with directions from...

Section 6412. - 6412. No report of injury or illness required by subdivision...

Section 6413. - 6413. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and every...

Section 6413.2. - 6413.2. (a) With regard to any report required by Section...

Section 6413.5. - 6413.5. Any employer or physician who fails to comply with...

CHAPTER 4 - Penalties

Section 6423. - 6423. (a) Except where another penalty is specifically provided, every...

Section 6425. - 6425. (a) Any employer and any employee having direction, management,...

Section 6426. - 6426. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification...

Section 6427. - 6427. (a) Any employer who violates any occupational safety or...

Section 6428. - 6428. Any employer who violates any occupational safety or health...

Section 6428.5. - 6428.5. An employer’s injury prevention program shall be deemed to...

Section 6429. - 6429. (a) (1) Any employer who willfully or repeatedly violates...

Section 6430. - 6430. (a) Any employer who fails to correct a violation...

Section 6431. - 6431. (a) Any employer who violates any of the posting...

Section 6432. - 6432. (a) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a...

Section 6433. - 6433. The civil penalties set forth in Sections 6427 to...

Section 6434. - 6434. (a) Any civil or administrative penalty assessed pursuant to...

Section 6434.5. - 6434.5. (a) Any civil or administrative penalty assessed pursuant to...

Section 6435. - 6435. (a) Any employer who violates any of the requirements...

Section 6436. - 6436. The criminal complaint regarding a violation of Section 6505.5...

CHAPTER 5 - Temporary Variances

Section 6450. - 6450. (a) Any employer may apply to the division for...

Section 6451. - 6451. An application for a temporary order under Section 6450...

Section 6452. - 6452. The division is authorized to grant a temporary variance...

Section 6454. - 6454. The division may, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing...

Section 6455. - 6455. Any employer or other person adversely affected by the...

Section 6456. - 6456. A decision of the standards board on a variance...

Section 6457. - 6457. The standards board shall conduct hearings and render decisions...

CHAPTER 6 - Permit Requirements

Section 6500. - 6500. (a) For those employments or places of employment that...

Section 6501. - 6501. Any employer subject to Section 6500 shall apply to...

Section 6501.5. - 6501.5. Effective January 1, 1987, any employer or contractor who...

Section 6501.7. - 6501.7. “Asbestos” means fibrous forms of various hydrated minerals, including...

Section 6501.8. - 6501.8. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “asbestos-related work” means...

Section 6501.9. - 6501.9. The owner of a commercial or industrial building or...

Section 6502. - 6502. The division may issue a permit based on a...

Section 6503. - 6503. A safety conference shall include representatives of the owner...

Section 6503.5. - 6503.5. A safety conference shall be held for all asbestos...

Section 6504. - 6504. Any employer issued a permit pursuant to this chapter...

Section 6505. - 6505. The division may at any time, upon good cause...

Section 6505.5. - 6505.5. (a) The division may, upon good cause shown, and...

Section 6506. - 6506. (a) Any employer denied a permit upon application, or...

Section 6507. - 6507. The division shall set fees to be charged for...

Section 6508. - 6508. No permit shall be required of the State of...

Section 6508.5. - 6508.5. No entity shall be exempt from registration. The State...

Section 6509. - 6509. Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates...

Section 6509.5. - 6509.5. (a) If an asbestos consultant has made an inspection...

Section 6510. - 6510. (a) If, after inspection or investigation, the division finds...

CHAPTER 7 - Appeal Proceedings

Section 6600. - 6600. Any employer served with a citation or notice pursuant...

Section 6600.5. - 6600.5. Any employer served with a special order or any...

Section 6601. - 6601. If within 15 working days from receipt of the...

Section 6601.5. - 6601.5. If, within 15 working days from receipt of a...

Section 6602. - 6602. If an employer notifies the appeals board that they...

Section 6603. - 6603. (a) The rules of practice and procedure adopted by...

Section 6604. - 6604. The appeals board may, in accordance with rules of...

Section 6605. - 6605. The appeals board may appoint one or more hearing...

Section 6606. - 6606. Any party to the proceeding may object to the...

Section 6607. - 6607. Before entering upon his duties, the hearing officer shall...

Section 6608. - 6608. The appeals board or a hearing officer shall, within...

Section 6609. - 6609. Within 30 days after the filing of the findings,...

Section 6610. - 6610. Any notice, order, or decision required by this part...

Section 6611. - 6611. (a) If the employer fails to appear, the appeals...

Section 6612. - 6612. No informality in any proceeding or in the manner...

Section 6613. - 6613. The appeals board, a hearing officer, or any party...

Section 6614. - 6614. (a) At any time within 30 days after the...

Section 6615. - 6615. No cause of action arising out of any final...

Section 6616. - 6616. The petition for reconsideration shall set forth specifically and...

Section 6617. - 6617. The petition for reconsideration may be based upon one...

Section 6618. - 6618. The petitioner for reconsideration shall be deemed to have...

Section 6619. - 6619. A copy of the petition for reconsideration shall be...

Section 6620. - 6620. Upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration, or...

Section 6621. - 6621. If at the time of granting reconsideration, it appears...

Section 6622. - 6622. After the taking of additional evidence and a consideration...

Section 6623. - 6623. Any decision of the appeals board granting or denying...

Section 6624. - 6624. A petition for reconsideration is deemed to have been...

Section 6625. - 6625. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 6626. - 6626. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 6627. - 6627. Any person affected by an order or decision of...

Section 6628. - 6628. The writ of mandate shall be made returnable at...

Section 6629. - 6629. The review by the court shall not be extended...

Section 6630. - 6630. The findings and conclusions of the appeals board on...

Section 6631. - 6631. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating...

Section 6632. - 6632. No court of this state, except the Supreme Court,...

Section 6633. - 6633. The filing of a petition for, or the pendency...

CHAPTER 8 - Enforcement of Civil Penalties

Section 6650. - 6650. (a) After the expiration of the period during which...

Section 6651. - 6651. (a) Notwithstanding Section 340 of the Code of Civil...

Section 6652. - 6652. The division shall provide the Contractors’ State License Board...

CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Safety Provisions

Section 6700. - 6700. (a) Any employer who causes or allows the use...

Section 6701. - 6701. It shall be the duty of the standards board...

Section 6702. - 6702. All portable and all mobile internal combustion engines that...

Section 6703. - 6703. Sections 6701 and 6702 shall apply to all portable...

Section 6704. - 6704. All crawler and wheel cranes with cable-controlled booms and...

Section 6705. - 6705. No contract for public works involving an estimated expenditure...

Section 6705.5. - 6705.5. Regulations of the department requiring the shoring, bracing, or...

Section 6706. - 6706. For the purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 6500,...

Section 6707. - 6707. Whenever the state, a county, city and county, or...

Section 6708. - 6708. Every contractor on a construction project, including but not...

Section 6709. - 6709. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that Valley Fever...

Section 6710. - 6710. (a) At every place of employment where explosives are...

Section 6711. - 6711. (a) The division shall develop and administer an oral...

Section 6712. - 6712. (a) The standards board shall, no later than December...

Section 6716. - 6716. For the purposes of this division, “lead-related construction work”...

Section 6717. - 6717. (a) On or before February 1, 1994, the division...

Section 6717.5. - 6717.5. The division shall submit to the board a rulemaking...

Section 6718. - 6718. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any test procedures...

Section 6719. - 6719. The Legislature reaffirms its concern over the prevalence of...

Section 6720. - 6720. By January 1, 2019, the division shall propose to...

Section 6721. - 6721. (a) The heat illness prevention standards set forth in...

Section 6725. - 6725. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...