California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 4 - Construction Safety Orders
Appendix B - Handy Construction Data; Facts; and Information
Plate B-3 - Weights of Materials
Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs Plate B-3
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
| Approximate Weight Material | Per Cubic Foot--Lbs. |
| Aluminum | 166 |
| Ashes | 43 |
| Asphalt | 81 |
| Brass | 524 |
| Brick (common) | 120 (about 3 tons per 1000) |
| Brick (fire) | 145 |
| Bronze | 534 |
| Concrete 150 | (4050 lbs. per cu. yd.) |
| Copper | 537 |
| Crushed Rock | 95 (2565 lbs. per cu. yd.) |
| Dry earth, loose | 76 (2052 lbs. per cu. yd.) |
| Granite | 179 |
| Iron, casting | 450 |
| Lead | 708 |
| Lumber, Fir | 32 (2666 lbs. 1000 ft.) |
| Lumber, Oak | 62 (5166 lbs. 1000 ft.) |
| Marble | 168 |
| Mortar | 100 |
| Port. Cement | 94 (376 lbs. per barrel) |
| River Sand | 120 (3240 lbs. cu. yd.) |
| Steel | 490 |
| Tar | 63 |
| Tile | 115 |
| Water | 62.5 |
| Zinc 437 |
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