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 8397.5 - Radar and Communication Systems
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The employer shall service each vessel's radar and communication systems in accordance with Section 8356, Control of Hazardous Energy.
(b) The employer shall secure each vessel's radar and communication system so it is incapable of energizing or emitting radiation before any employee begins work:
(c) When a vessel's radar or communication system is operated, serviced, repaired, or tested, the employer shall ensure that:
(d) The employer shall ensure that no employee enters an area designated as hazardous by manufacturers' specifications while a radar or communication system is capable of emitting radiation.
(e) The requirements of this section do not apply when a radar or communication system is incapable of emitting radiation at levels that could injure workers in the vicinity of the system, or if the radar or communication system is incapable of energizing in a manner than could injure workers working on or in the vicinity of the system.
1.
Amendment filed 1-22-88; operative 2-21-88 (Register 88, No. 6).
2.
Amendment of section heading and section filed 12-13-2011; operative
12-13-2011. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3(a)(3)
(Register 2011, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
