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California

Cal/OSHA on a construction site

Cal/OSHA runs its own program with standards federal OSHA has no version of, starting with a written injury and illness prevention program every employer needs and a heat rule that governs most of the working year. These guides cover the IIPP, the heat illness standard, and the trade specific rules that come with demolition, glazing and abatement work.

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After you qualifyCal/OSHA written safety programSection 8 CCR 3203 gives every California employer a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program with eight required elements and five business days to produce it. Covers the one year record floor, tailgate meetings every 10 working days, and the Lab. Code s.6500 permits.After you qualifyCal/OSHA heat illness rulesShade becomes mandatory at 80 degrees, high heat procedures switch on at 95, and water runs at a quart per person per hour under 8 CCR 3395. Includes the heat wave test, the 14 day acclimatization window and a July week costed out day by day.Before you qualifyC-21 Building moving and demolitionThe C-21 scope and the three gates in front of the start date: the Cal/OSHA demolition permit, the hazardous materials survey and abatement, and CALGreen diversion at 65 percent, which is 312 of 480 tons on a real teardown.Before you qualifyC-42 Sanitation systemCalifornia sends school work to DSA and hospitals to HCAI, and on-site wastewater to the county environmental health program, which writes its own soil evaluation, sizing and setbacks. Covers a $28,500 replacement where the biggest material buy lands before the first billable milestone, and the four milestones that get most of it paid inside three weeks.Before you qualifyASB Asbestos certificationThe switch is 100 square feet of asbestos containing material: a 9 by 12 kitchen ceiling at 108 square feet is over the line, a 90 square foot bathroom floor is under it. The certification sits on the license you already hold, and it needs Cal/OSHA registration and trained workers behind it before your crew can stay in the room.After you qualifyHiring your first employeeA three week countdown to a real Monday start: the EIN, comp bound with the certificate filed at CSLB, EDD registration, a written IIPP under 8 CCR 3203, and the I-9 within 3 business days. Plus daily overtime, meal periods and final pay.Before you qualifyC-22 Asbestos abatementWhat a C-22 is worth in California: the CSLB classification, standing Cal/OSHA Division registration and certified workers, plus the 20 day preliminary notice and the lien window a recorded Notice of Completion cuts from 90 days to 30.Before you qualifyC-34 PipelineTrench depth sets the cost: egress at 4 feet, cave-in protection and a Cal/OSHA permit at 5, stormwater coverage at one acre. Covers the 25 percent quantity swing that opens a price adjustment, the 150 percent withholding cap, and five weeks from progress invoice to money.Before you qualifyC-36 PlumbingCDTFA Regulation 1521 measures tax on your $1,500 cost under a lump sum contract or on the $2,400 selling price when the fixtures are stated separately, a $900 swing on one bathroom. Covers the Cal/OSHA trench permit at 5 feet, egress at 4 feet, CALGreen 65 percent waste diversion and the $25,000 bond.Before you qualifyC-45 SignEvery city you work in is a separate sign permit, a separate business tax certificate and a separate lead time, and the $500 threshold under BPC s.7048 means even a face swap needs the license. Covers the Cal/OSHA permit for work above 36 feet and the recorded notice of completion that cuts your lien window from 90 days to 30.Before you qualifyC-33 Painting and decoratingAnything built before 1978 is a lead job under Cal/OSHA limits far stricter than the federal ones, and Chapter 7A governs the exterior in a fire hazard severity zone. Covers the $1,000 down payment cap on a $28,000 repaint, fall protection at 7.5 feet and the three day cancellation right.

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