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
Article 3 - General
Section 1522 - Body Protection

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 1522

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Appropriate body protection shall be required for those employees whose work exposes them to injurious materials.

NOTE: Employees should be cautioned to wash promptly and thoroughly after exposure to injurious substances.

(b) Clothing appropriate for the work being done shall be worn. Loose sleeves, tails, ties, frills, lapels, cuffs, or other loose clothing shall not be worn around machinery in which it might become entangled.

(c) Clothing saturated or impregnated with flammable liquids, corrosive substances, irritants, or oxidizing agents shall be promptly removed, and shall not be worn until cleaned.

1. Repealer and new section filed 7-12-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 28).
2. Repealer and new section filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 40).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

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