BILL NUMBER: SB 691	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7151 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 691, as introduced, Lieu. Employment: safety.
   Existing law requires specified safety procedures for the use of
scaffolding by workers.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these 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 7151 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   7151.  If the working platform of any scaffolding swung or
suspended from an overhead support is more than 10 feet above the
ground, floor  ,  or area to which an employee on the
scaffolding might fall, it shall have a safety rail of wood or other
equally rigid material of adequate strength. The rail shall comply
with the applicable orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health.
   Suspended scaffolding shall be  fastened  
secured  so as to prevent the scaffolding from swaying from the
building, or structure, or other object being worked on from the
scaffolding. All parts of the scaffolding shall be of sufficient
strength to support, bear, or withstand with safety any weight of
persons, tools, appliances, or materials which might reasonably be
placed on it or which are to be supported by it.