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 6 - Excavations
- Section 1539 - Permits
- Section 1540 - Excavations
- Section 1541 - General Requirements
- Section 1541.1 - Requirements for Protective Systems
- Appendix A - Soil Classification
- Appendix B - Sloping and Benching
- Appendix C - Timber Shoring for Trenches
- Appendix D - Aluminum Hydraulic Shoring for Trenches
- Appendix E - to Section 1541.1 Alternatives to Timber Shoring
- Appendix F - to Section 1541.1 Selection of Protective Systems
- Section 1542 - Shafts
- Section 1543 - Cofferdams
- Section 1544 - Earthwork and Excavating. [Repealed]
- Section 1545 - Overburden. [Repealed]
- Section 1546 - Face Inspection and Control. [Repealed]
- Section 1547 - Protection of Workers at the Face. [Repealed]
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