BILL NUMBER: SB 829	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7606 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 829, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Employment safety: dock plates.

   Existing law provides that a dock plate must be constructed and
maintained with strength sufficient to support its load. The dock
plate and its securing devices must be constructed to readily obtain
rigid security when spanning different lengths between a dock or
unloading platform and a vehicle. A dock plate must be constructed
and maintained so that it may be secured in position, as specified.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 7606 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   7606.   Every   Each  dock plate shall
be constructed and maintained with strength sufficient to support the
load carried thereon.
   Dock plates shall be secured in position when spanning the space
between the dock or the unloading platform and the vehicle. The dock
plate, together with its securing devices, where used over spans of
different lengths, shall be of such construction as will readily
obtain rigid security over such spans.
   The dock plates shall be so constructed and maintained that when
they are secured in position the end edges of the plate shall be in
substantial contact with  the  dock or loading platform, and
with the vehicle bed in  such   a  manner
 as to prevent   that prevents  rocking or
sliding.