California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 18 - Ship Building, Ship Repairing and Ship Breaking Safety Orders
Article 8 - Miscellaneous Safe Practices
Section 8397.14 - Precautions for Hot Work

(A) Before authorizing hot work in a non-designated area, the employer must visually inspect the area where hot work is to be performed, including adjacent spaces, to ensure the area is free of fire hazards, unless a Marine Chemist's certificate or Shipyard Competent Person's log is used for authorization.

(B) The employer shall authorize employees to perform hot work only in areas that are free of fire hazards, or that have been controlled by physical isolation, fire watches, or other positive means.

Note to subsection (a)(2): The requirements of subsection (a)(2) apply to all hot work operations in shipyard employment except those covered by Articles 4 and 7 of these Orders.

(A) No unattended fuel gas and oxygen hose lines or torches are in confined spaces;

(B) No unattended charged fuel gas and oxygen hose lines or torches are in enclosed spaces for more than 15 minutes;

(C) All fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are disconnected at the supply manifold at the end of each shift;

(D) All disconnected fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are rolled back to the supply manifold or to open air to disconnect the torch; or extended fuel gas and oxygen hose lines are not reconnected at the supply manifold unless the lines are given a positive means of identification when they were first connected and the lines are tested using a drop test or other positive means to ensure the integrity of fuel gas and oxygen burning system.