Section 7600 Of Part 5. Ships And Vessels From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 5.
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. Every person who is engaged in the business of loading or
unloading ships or vessels, or who is authorized or contracts to load
or unload a ship or vessel, or who is in charge of a ship or vessel
while it is being loaded or unloaded, and such ship or vessel has a
carrying capacity of 50 tons or greater, shall employ and supply upon
every ship or vessel while being loaded or unloaded, a person over
the age of 18 years to act as signalman or hatch-tender whose sole
duty it shall be to observe the operations of loading or unloading of
each working hatch on such ship or vessel, and to warn all persons
engaged in the operation of loading or unloading of any possibility
of injury to any of the articles of which the cargo is composed, or
of danger to any person in or about the ship or vessel while it is
being loaded or unloaded.