California Code
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...

Section 7101. - 7101. Every building shall have the joists, beams, or girders...

Section 7102. - 7102. Every building which is of reinforced concrete construction, with...

Section 7103. - 7103. Every building having wooden floors other than a steel...

Section 7104. - 7104. If a span of a floor on a building...

Section 7105. - 7105. If building operations are suspended and the temporary flooring...

Section 7106. - 7106. Where a building is being constructed in sections each...

Section 7107. - 7107. Planked floors on buildings shall be tightly laid together...

Section 7108. - 7108. Safety belts and nets shall be required in accordance...

Section 7109. - 7109. No person shall proceed with any work assigned to...

Section 7110. - 7110. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce...

ARTICLE 2 - Scaffolding

Section 7150. - 7150. As used in this article, “scaffolding” includes scaffolding and...

Section 7151. - 7151. If the working platform of any scaffolding swung or...

Section 7152. - 7152. In addition to the duties imposed by any law...

Section 7153. - 7153. Platforms or floors of such scaffolding shall be not...

Section 7154.1. - 7154.1. The use of lean-to scaffolds, sometimes known as jack...

Section 7155. - 7155. Violation of any provision of section 7151 to 7154...

Section 7156. - 7156. Any person employing or directing another to do or...

Section 7157. - 7157. The division may make and enforce safety orders in...

Section 7158. - 7158. The division shall enforce the provisions of this article....

ARTICLE 3 - Construction Elevators

Section 7200. - 7200. As used in this article: (a) “Construction elevator” includes...

Section 7201. - 7201. Every construction elevator used in buildings shall have a...

Section 7202. - 7202. The person in charge of a building shall appoint...

Section 7203. - 7203. The board shall make, and may from time to...

Section 7204. - 7204. The division shall inspect all construction elevators. If any...

Section 7205. - 7205. Any person, or the agent or officer thereof, who...

ARTICLE 4 - Structural Steel Framed Buildings

Section 7250. - 7250. As used in this article “building” means any multifloor...

Section 7251. - 7251. As defined above, these provisions shall apply to buildings...

Section 7252. - 7252. The derrick or working floor of every building shall...

Section 7253. - 7253. There shall be a tight and substantial temporary floor...

Section 7254. - 7254. Temporary floors shall be wood planking of proper thickness,...

Section 7255. - 7255. Provision shall be made to secure temporary flooring against...

Section 7256. - 7256. Planks shall extend a minimum of 12 inches beyond...

Section 7257. - 7257. Wire mesh or plywood (exterior grade) shall be used...

Section 7258. - 7258. Metal decking where used in lieu of wood planking...

Section 7259. - 7259. Floor planks that are temporarily removed for any reason...

Section 7260. - 7260. Prior to removal of temporary floor plank, employees shall...

Section 7261. - 7261. When gathering and stacking temporary floor plank on a...

Section 7262. - 7262. When gathering and stacking temporary floor planks from the...

Section 7263. - 7263. The sequence of erection, bolting, temporary guying, riveting and...

Section 7264. - 7264. Where a building is being constructed in sections, each...

Section 7265. - 7265. Safety belts and nets shall be required in accordance...

Section 7266. - 7266. No person shall proceed with any work assigned to...

Section 7267. - 7267. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce...

CHAPTER 2 - Elevators, Escalators, Platform and Stairway Chair Lifts, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Automated People Movers, and Other Conveyances

Section 7300. - 7300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 7300.1. - 7300.1. As used in this chapter: (a) “ASCE 21” means...

Section 7300.2. - 7300.2. Except as provided in Section 7300.3, this chapter covers...

Section 7300.3. - 7300.3. Equipment not covered by this chapter includes the following:...

Section 7300.4. - 7300.4. This chapter does not apply to work that is...

Section 7301. - 7301. No conveyance shall be operated in this state unless...

Section 7301.1. - 7301.1. (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance...

Section 7301.5. - 7301.5. (a) The standards board shall adopt regulations pertaining to...

Section 7302. - 7302. The operation of a conveyance without a permit by...

Section 7302.1. - 7302.1. (a) Any person who contracts for or authorizes the...

Section 7302.2. - 7302.2. The division may assess a civil penalty of not...

Section 7303. - 7303. (a) Whenever any conveyance is operated without a current...

Section 7304. - 7304. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the division...

Section 7305. - 7305. If inspection shows that a conveyance is in an...

Section 7306. - 7306. Unless the preliminary order is complied with, a hearing...

Section 7307. - 7307. (a) If it thereafter appears to the division that...

Section 7308. - 7308. If the operation of a conveyance during the making...

Section 7309. - 7309. The division may cause the inspection herein provided for...

Section 7309.1. - 7309.1. (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance...

Section 7310. - 7310. The division may also issue its permit or a...

Section 7311. - 7311. All persons inspecting conveyances shall first secure from the...

Section 7311.1. - 7311.1. (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance...

Section 7311.2. - 7311.2. (a) On and after June 30, 2003, except as...

Section 7311.25. - 7311.25. (a) The following meanings apply for purposes of this...

Section 7311.3. - 7311.3. (a) A certificate issued by the division to the...

Section 7311.4. - 7311.4. (a) The division shall establish fees for initial and...

Section 7311.5. - 7311.5. (a) A person, firm, or corporation that maintains and...

Section 7312. - 7312. The division may at any time, upon good cause...

Section 7313. - 7313. Each conveyance inspector shall, within 21 days after he...

Section 7314. - 7314. (a) The division shall, subject to subdivision (f), fix...

Section 7315. - 7315. Fees shall be paid before the issuance of any...

Section 7316. - 7316. All fees collected by the division under this chapter...

Section 7317. - 7317. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the following...

Section 7318. - 7318. Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the...

Section 7319. - 7319. All elevators used for the carriage of passengers shall...

Section 7320. - 7320. The division may assess a civil penalty not to...

Section 7321. - 7321. (a) The division may assess a civil penalty not...

Section 7321.5. - 7321.5. The division shall enforce Sections 7320 and 7321 by...

Section 7322. - 7322. (a) Once an authorized representative of the division has...

Section 7323. - 7323. The division shall propose to the standards board for...

Section 7324. - 7324. Individuals, firms, or companies certified as described in this...

Section 7324.1. - 7324.1. This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or...

Section 7324.2. - 7324.2. The provisions of this chapter added or amended by...

CHAPTER 3 - Safety Devices Upon Buildings to Safeguard Window Cleaners

Section 7325. - 7325. “Building,” as used in this chapter, means any building...

Section 7326. - 7326. There shall be securely attached to the outside window...

Section 7327. - 7327. In lieu of the safety devices enumerated in Section...

Section 7328. - 7328. Any person employing, directing or permitting another to do...

Section 7329. - 7329. Every person owning or entitled to possession, under any...

Section 7330. - 7330. Every person who fails to provide the safety devices...

Section 7331. - 7331. The division may make and enforce such safety orders...

Section 7332. - 7332. The division shall enforce the provisions of this chapter....

CHAPTER 4 - Passenger Tramways

Section 7340. - 7340. As used in this chapter: (a) “Passenger tramway” includes...

Section 7341. - 7341. A passenger tramway shall not be operated in any...

Section 7342. - 7342. The operation of a passenger tramway by any person...

Section 7343. - 7343. Whenever a passenger tramway in any place is being...

Section 7344. - 7344. (a) The division shall cause all passenger tramways to...

Section 7345. - 7345. If inspection shows a passenger tramway to be in...

Section 7346. - 7346. Unless the preliminary order is complied with, a hearing...

Section 7347. - 7347. If it thereafter appears to the division that the...

Section 7348. - 7348. If the operation of a passenger tramway during the...

Section 7349. - 7349. The inspection herein provided for shall be made by...

Section 7350. - 7350. (a) The division shall fix and collect fees for...

Section 7351. - 7351. Fees shall be paid before issuance of a permit...

Section 7352. - 7352. (a) All fees collected by the division under this...

Section 7353. - 7353. (a) A passenger tramway shall not be constructed or...

Section 7354. - 7354. The division shall not issue an operating permit to...

Section 7354.5. - 7354.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 7355. - 7355. Nothing in the foregoing sections of this chapter shall...

Section 7356. - 7356. The division shall, under the authority of Section 7355,...

Section 7357. - 7357. The division shall establish standards for the qualification of...

CHAPTER 5 - Cranes

ARTICLE 1 - Permits for Tower Cranes

Section 7370. - 7370. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that recent statewide...

Section 7371. - 7371. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 7372. - 7372. (a) The division shall employ safety engineers trained to...

Section 7373. - 7373. (a) A tower crane shall not be operated at...

Section 7374. - 7374. (a) The division may suspend or revoke the permit...

ARTICLE 2 - Certification

Section 7375. - 7375. (a) The division shall adopt regulations for the certification...

Section 7376. - 7376. (a) The division shall suspend or revoke a license...

Section 7377. - 7377. Revocation of a license to certify may be appealed...

Section 7378. - 7378. A licensed certifier who fraudulently certifies that a crane...

Section 7379. - 7379. It shall be a misdemeanor for an individual to...

Section 7380. - 7380. (a) The division shall set fees for the examination...

Section 7381. - 7381. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 6319 and 6425, if serious injury...

Section 7382. - 7382. No person shall install or dismantle a tower crane,...

Section 7383. - 7383. (a) The division shall require all crane employers to...

Section 7384. - 7384. The division shall prepare an annual report concerning revenues...