California Administrative Code

The requirements contained in this Article shall also apply to petroleum bulk plants which are in addition covered in the Petroleum Safety Orders Refining, Transportation, Handling. (Title 24, T8-5614)

(a) Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C) shall be stored in closed containers, or in storage tanks aboveground outside of buildings, or underground in accordance with Article 145. (b) Category 3 flammable liqu…

(a) Rooms in which flammable or combustible liquids are stored or handled by pumps, shall have exit facilities arranged to prevent occupants being trapped in the event of fire. (b) Rooms in which Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint…

(a) Tank vehicle and tank car loading and unloading facilities shall be separated from aboveground tanks, warehouses, other plant buildings or nearest line of adjoining property that may be built upon by a distance of 25 feet for Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 f…

Suitable fire-control devices, such as small hose or portable fire extinguishers, shall be available to locations where fires are likely to occur. Additional fire-control equipment may be required where a tank of more than 50,000 gallons individual capacity contains Category 1 or…

The requirements contained in this Article shall also apply to petroleum refineries which are in addition covered in the Petroleum Safety Orders Refining, Transportation, Handling. (a) Flammable and combustible liquids shall be stored in tanks, containers or in portable tanks. Ta…

(a) Scope. (1) This article contains additional requirements which shall be followed in commercial diving and related support operations. These orders shall take precedence wherever they address identical situations covered by the General Diving Safety Orders Section 6050 through…

(a) General. The employer shall comply with the following requirements which are applicable to each diving operation unless otherwise specified. (b) Water Entry Exit. (1) A means capable of supporting the diver shall be provided for entering and exiting the water. (2) The means p…

(a) Mixed-Gas Diving. (1) General. Employers engaged in mixed-gas diving shall comply with the following requirements, unless otherwise specified. (2) Limits. Mixed-gas diving shall be conducted only when: (A) A decompression chamber is ready for use at the dive location; and 1. …

“Window period” means the 29-day period which is less than 120 days but more than 90 days prior to the expiration date of a lawful memorandum of understanding negotiated by the public agency and the exclusive representative. Expiration date means the last effective date of the me…

(a) There shall at all times be a qualified gauge tender on duty at the air control valves to regulate the pressure in the working areas. During tunneling operations, one gauge tender may regulate the pressure in not more than two headings provided that the gauges and controls ar…

If only one employee organization qualifies to appear on the ballot and the organization has demonstrated proof of majority support in the appropriate unit, the Board shall cancel the election, and certify the organization as the exclusive representative unless the public agency …

(a) Intermediate bulkheads with locks or intermediate safety screens or both shall be required where there is the danger of rapid flooding. (b) In tunnels 16 feet or more in diameter, hanging walkways shall be provided from the face to the air lock, as high in the tunnel as pract…

(a) In an on-site election, a Board agent or an authorized observer may challenge, for good cause, the eligibility of a voter. A person so challenged shall be permitted to cast a challenged ballot. (b) In a mailed ballot election, a Board agent or an authorized agent of any party…

(a) Each party shall be allowed to station an authorized agent at the ballot count to verify the tally of ballots. (b) At the conclusion of the counting of ballots, the Board shall serve a tally of the ballots on each party. (c) Unless otherwise authorized by statute, a majority …

In a representation election, the Board shall direct a runoff election when a valid election results in none of the choices receiving a majority of the valid votes cast. The ballot for the runoff election shall provide for a selection between the two ballot entries receiving the …

(a) Within 10 days following the service of the tally of ballots, any party to the election may file with the regional office objections to the conduct of the election. Any objections must be filed within the 10 day time period whether or not a runoff election is necessary or cha…

Objections to the conduct of an election which have not been dismissed pursuant to Section 61155(f) or unresolved challenged ballots sufficient in number to affect the outcome of the election may be resolved through the hearing procedures described in Chapter 1, Subchapter 3.

(a) Scope and Application. (1) Scope. This Section applies to all small hose, Class II, and Class III standpipe systems. (b) General. (1) When standpipe and hose systems are provided, they shall be designed and installed in an approved manner. Note: For information on standpipe a…

(a) Within 15 days following service of a Board determination finding sufficient proof submitted in support of a petition for recognition, the employer shall file a written response with the regional office. (b) Service and proof of service of the response pursuant to Section 321…

(a) A petition may be amended to correct technical errors or to add or delete job classifications from the proposed unit at any time prior to the issuance of a notice of hearing. The amendment shall be filed with the regional office and provide the information required in Section…

Whenever a petition for certification or recognition is filed with the Board, the Board shall investigate and, where appropriate, conduct a hearing and/or a representation election, or take such other action as deemed necessary to decide the questions raised by the petition.

(a) An employee organization may file a petition to become the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit consisting of a group of employees who are already members of a larger established unit represented by an incumbent exclusive representative by filing a petition for cer…

(a) The public agency and the exclusive representative of the established unit may file responding statements supporting or opposing the severance petition. Such response shall be filed with the regional office within 20 days following the date of service of the severance petitio…

(a) Whenever a severance petition is filed with the Board, the Board shall investigate and, where appropriate, conduct a hearing and/or a representation election, or take such other action as deemed necessary to decide the questions raised by the petition. (b) The petition shall …

(a) Scope and Application. (1) This Section applies to all fixed extinguishing systems, using dry chemical as the extinguishing agent. These systems shall also comply with Article 160. (2) When dry chemical extinguishing systems are provided they shall be designed and installed i…

(a) Scope and Application. This Section applies to all water-spray fixed extinguishing systems and to all foam-water sprinkler systems. This Section does not apply to automatic sprinkler systems which are covered in Article 159. When water-spray fixed systems or foam-water sprink…

(a) Scope and Application. (1) This Section applies to all emergency employee alarms. This section does not apply to those discharge or supervisory alarms required on various fixed extinguishing systems or to supervisory alarms on fire suppression, alarm or detection systems unle…

Title. These Orders shall be known as the LOGGING AND SAWMILL SAFETY ORDERS. Application. These Orders establish minimum standards and apply to all places of employment in California where logging and sawmill operations as defined below are conducted. Exception: Marine Terminal O…

Employees are prohibited from riding logs and any rigging or rigging equipment.

All rigging, prime movers, winches, and all other equipment essential to logging operations shall be inspected each day before starting work by a person designated by the employer who is qualified by experience and training to perform this inspection. All necessary repairs, lubri…

Adequate lighting shall be provided if road construction or bridge building and chunking-out are carried on after dark. Employees shall not work alone on any of this work after dark.

General. (a) Standard yarding system whistle signals or an approved alternate communication system shall be used at cable logging operations. (b) When whistles are used, whistle signals contained in Appendix A shall be used. (c) Additional signals may be adopted for an unusual or…

When space transmission of radio signals, including voice, is used under and in accord with authorization granted by the Federal Communications Commission to initiate any whistle, horn, bell, or other audible signaling device or voice conveyance; or when such transmission of radi…

Citizen band radios shall not be used to activate any signal or to control any machine, material-handling device, or other equipment hazardous to workers.

(a) Employees, such as fallers, buckers, limbers, choppers, landing chasers, and others performing similar operations, who operate chain saws, shall use leg protection such as chaps, pads, inserts, or other protective garments or devices that are labeled as meeting the specificat…

Mechanical falling devices, such as tree shears, feller-bunchers, and treepullers, shall be provided with canopies which comply with S.A.E. J-231 to protect the operator and with devices to safely control the descent of the tree being felled to protect the operator and nearby wor…

(a) Skylines shall be hung in a tree jack or block and securely anchored to a stump, deadman or the base of a live tree outside the work area that would not reach the work area if pulled over. All other rigging shall be anchored to stumps. (b) Anchors used for fastening guylines …

(a) Rigging and all parts thereof shall be of design and application to safely withstand all expected or potential loading to which it will be subjected. (b) Chokers shall be at least ⅛ -inch smaller than the line to which they are attached. (c) Rigging shall be arranged and oper…

(a) Guylines shall be fastened to spar trees by means of shackles, or hooks and slides, or other devices of similar construction, equal in strength to the guylines. Pins shall be inserted with the head up and securely fastened, preferably with molles or cotter keys. Only sleeve s…

(a) Extensions to guylines or skylines shall be equal in strength to the lines to which they are attached. Shackles shall not be used on running lines where such lines pass through a block or traveler, unless designed for that purpose. (b) All guyline eyes shall be tucked at leas…

(a) Tree shoes shall be repaired or replaced when they contain insufficient wood to prevent the line from rubbing on the bolts. The wood shall be well rounded if there is much deflection in the skyline. (b) All shackles used for joining lines shall have a strength of no less than…

(a) Overhead protection and necessary screens or barriers, of sufficient strength and dimension to afford adequate protection for the operator, shall be provided on or above all logging machines. Such devices shall be constructed so that they do not substantially impair the opera…

(a) All mobile yarders and loaders shall be designed and constructed to withstand the expected strains imposed on them when they are in operation. (b) Conversion of cranes, shovels, etc., into yarders or loaders shall be made in conformity with these Orders. (c) Necessary guyline…

Each portable metal spar shall have identification and specification plates permanently attached to its base, in a position that can be easily read by a person standing on the ground or on the base platform. Plates shall contain the following information: (a) Name of manufacturer…

(a) Vertical portable metal spars shall be guyed with no less than six guylines, each providing strength equal to that of the mainline used. (b) Guylines shall be arranged so that stresses are imposed on no less than two guylines. (c) Leaning portable metal spars 55 feet or more …

(a) Employees shall not work alone on a log pond unless there are other employees within constant visual or audible contact. (b) All employees working on logs or around booms in water shall wear calked boots or other boots designed to prevent slipping. (c) Pike poles shall be of …

(a) The landings drop zone shall be twice the nominal length of logs to be yarded. This zone shall be not less than 125 feet from the loading or decking area. (b) Flight paths to the landing shall be clear and long enough to prevent tree tops from being pulled into the landing. (…

(a) Appropriate eye protection shall be worn by employees hooking logs and working on the landing. (b) Hard hats worn by ground personnel shall be secured by chin straps. (c) Static charge on the tagline and cargo hook shall be dissipated before personnel touch them or protective…