California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 10 - Gas Systems for Welding and Cutting
Article 85 - Service Piping for All Gases
Section 4824 - Piping Joints
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Joints in steel or wrought iron piping shall be welded, threaded or flanged. Fittings, such as ells, tees, couplings, and unions, may be rolled, forged or cast steel, malleable iron or nodular iron. Gray or white cast iron fittings are prohibited.
(b) Joints in brass or copper pipe shall be welded, brazed, threaded, or flanged. If of the socket type, they shall be brazed with silver-brazing alloy or similar high melting point (not less than 800° F) filler metal.
(c) Joints in seamless copper, brass, or stainless steel tubing shall be approved gas tubing fittings or the joints shall be brazed. If of the socket type, they shall be brazed with silver-brazing alloy or similar high melting point (not less than 800° F) filler metal.
1.
Repealer and new section filed 5-16-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 75, No. 20).
2. Amendment filed 7-16-76; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 29).
3. Amendment of
subsection (c) filed 6-12-87; operative 7-12-87 (Register 87, No.
26).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.