Lab. Code, § 6705.5 · Chapter 9. Miscellaneous Safety Provisions
Lab. Code, § 6705.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Regulations of the department requiring the shoring, bracing, or sloping of excavations, or which contain similar requirements for excavations, shall only apply to the excavation of swimming pools where a reasonable examination by a qualified person reveals recognizable conditions which would expose employees to injury from possible moving ground. If these conditions are found to exist with respect to a swimming pool excavation, employees shall not be permitted to enter the excavation until the condition is abated or otherwise no longer exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 815, Sec. 1.
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