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Table of Contents

About This Pocket Guide ............................................................ 4
Workplace Safety and Health...................................................... 4
Access ........................................................................................ 5
Administrative Requirements ...................................................... 7
This Guide . . . Aerial Devices and Elevating Work Platform Equipment ............ 11

does not provide full legal interpretation of Cal/OSHA Airborne Contaminants and Dust .............................................. 12
regulations or their underlying statutes.
Air Compressors ....................................................................... 13
Readers should refer directly to Cal/OSHA Title 8
regulations in the California Code of Regulations Asbestos .................................................................................. 13
(www.dir.ca.gov/samples/search/query.htm)
and to the California Labor Code (http://leginfo.legislature. Blasting (Abrasives/Sand) ......................................................... 18
ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml) for detailed information regarding Blasting (Explosives) ................................................................ 18
the scope, specifications, and exceptions of a particular
regulation and for other requirements that may be applicable Carcinogens ............................................................................. 20
to their operations.
Code of Safe Practices ............................................................. 21
Publications Unit – Updated June 2019 Competent Person .................................................................... 21
Produced by the California Department of Industrial Relations Concrete Construction .............................................................. 21
(DIR), Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).
To obtain copies of Cal/OSHA safety and health publications, Confined Spaces ...................................................................... 26
contact a Cal/OSHA Consultation Services office listed in the back Corrosive Liquids ...................................................................... 29
of this booklet, or go to www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/puborder.asp.
Cranes ...................................................................................... 29
Demolition ................................................................................ 38
Dust, Fumes, Mists, Vapors, and Gases ................................... 40
Electrical ................................................................................... 41
Elevators, Lifts, and Hoists ....................................................... 46
Emergency Medical Services .................................................... 47
Engine Exhaust Emission ......................................................... 48
Erection and Construction ......................................................... 48
Ergonomics in Construction ...................................................... 52

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