Section 6409.5 Of Chapter 3. Responsibilities And Duties Of Employers And Employees From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
6409.5
. (a) Whenever any local public fire agency has knowledge
that a place of employment where garment manufacturing operations
take place contains fire or safety hazards for which fire and injury
prevention measures have not been taken in accordance with local fire
and life safety ordinances, the agency may notify the Division of
Occupational Safety and Health. This referral shall be made only
after the garment manufacturing employer has been given a reasonable
amount of time to correct violations.
(b) Whenever the Division of Occupational Safety and Health has
knowledge or reasonable suspicion that a place of employment where
garment manufacturing operations take place contains fire or safety
hazards for which fire and injury prevention measures have not been
taken in accordance with local fire and life safety ordinances, the
division shall notify the appropriate local public fire agency.
(c) Whenever the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
receives a referral by a local public fire agency pursuant to
subdivision (a) which informs the division that a place of employment
where garment manufacturing operations take place is not safe or is
injurious to the welfare of any employee, it shall constitute a
complaint for purposes of Section 6309 and shall be investigated.
(d) Whenever a local public fire agency receives a referral by the
Division of Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to subdivision
(b) which informs the local public fire agency that a place of
employment where garment manufacturing operations take place is not
safe or is injurious to the welfare of any employee, the local public
fire agency may investigate the referral at its discretion.
(e) (1) If the Division of Occupational Safety and Health acquires
knowledge that the garment manufacturing employer is not currently
registered, it shall notify the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement.
(2) Local public fire agencies may make referrals of individuals
not registered as garment manufacturers to the Division of Labor
Standards Enforcement.
(3) Whenever the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement is
informed by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health or by a
local public fire agency that a garment manufacturing employer is
unregistered, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall take
measures it deems appropriate to obtain compliance.