Section 6308 Of Chapter 1. Jurisdiction And Duties From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
6308
. The division, in enforcing occupational safety and health
standards and orders and special orders may do any of the following:
(a) Declare and prescribe what safety devices, safeguards, or
other means or methods of protection are well adapted to render the
employees of every employment and place of employment safe as
required by law or lawful order.
(b) Enforce Section 25910 of the Health and Safety Code and
standards and orders adopted by the standards board pursuant to
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1 of the Labor
Code, for the installation, use, maintenance, and operation of
reasonable uniform safety devices, safeguards, and other means or
methods of protection, which are necessary to carry out all laws and
lawful standards or special orders relative to the protection of the
life and safety of employees in employments and places of employment.
(c) Require the performance of any other act which the protection
of the life and safety of the employees in employments and places of
employment reasonably demands.
An employer may request a hearing on a special order or action
ordered pursuant to this section, at which the employer, owner, or
any other person may appear. The appeals board shall conduct the
hearing at the earliest possible time.
All orders, rules, regulations, findings, and decisions of the
division made or entered under this part, except special orders and
action orders, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court and the courts of
appeal as may be provided by law.