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Table of Contents
About This Pocket Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Workplace Safety and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Administrative Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Aerial Devices and Elevating Work Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
This Guide . . .
Airborne Contaminants and Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
does not provide full legal interpretation of Cal/OSHA Air Compressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
regulations or their underlying statutes.
Asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Readers should refer directly to Cal/OSHA Title 8
regulations in the California Code of Regulations Blasting (Abrasives/Sand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
(www.dir.ca.gov/samples/search/query.htm)
and to the California Labor Code (http://leginfo.legislature. Blasting (Explosives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml) for detailed information regarding
the scope, specifications, and exceptions of a particular Carcinogens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
regulation and for other requirements that may be applicable Code of Safe Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
to their operations.
Competent Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updated June 2015
Concrete Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Produced by the California Department of Industrial Relations
(DIR), Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), Confined Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Consultation Services Branch
Corrosive Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
To obtain copies of Cal/OSHA safety and health publications,
contact a Cal/OSHA Consultation Services office listed in the back Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
of this booklet, or go to www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/puborder.asp. Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dust, Fumes, Mists, Vapors, and Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Elevators, Lifts, and Hoists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency Medical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Engine Exhaust Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Erection and Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ergonomics in Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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