7325-7332

LABOR CODE
SECTION 7325-7332




7325.  "Building," as used in this chapter, means any building three
stories or more in height, and whether heretofore constructed or
hereafter to be constructed, including commercial buildings of all
types, office buildings, apartment houses, hotels and buildings used
for manufacturing purposes, but excluding dwelling houses occupied by
not more than three families, and excluding all buildings
constructed with windows that may be, and are, entirely washed and
cleaned from inside the building or from a sitting position on the
window sill in the manner provided by safety orders issued, or which
may be issued from time to time, by the division.




7326.  There shall be securely attached to the outside window sills
or frames of the window of any building, rings, bolts, lugs,
fittings, or other devices to which may be fastened safety belts or
other devices to be used, or which may hereafter be used by persons
engaged in cleaning windows. The division shall, prior to the
installation of any such bolts, lugs, rings, fittings, or other
devices, approve such bolts, lugs, rings, fittings, or other devices
as to their design, durability, and safety. Except as provided in
Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the division shall by
appropriate rules and orders designate the manner in which said
safety devices are to be attached, installed, and used.



7327.  In lieu of the safety devices enumerated in Section 7326, the
division may approve the installation or use of any other devices or
means which will effectively safeguard persons engaged in cleaning
windows.


7328.  Any person employing, directing or permitting another to do
or perform any labor upon any windows which have not the safety
devices as provided for in Sections 7326 and 7327 shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor.


7329.  Every person owning or entitled to possession, under any
lease, sublease, or agreement for a longer period than one year, or
under any renewal lease, sublease, or agreement for a period of less
than one year, of any building heretofore constructed shall, within
six months following the effective date of this chapter, install and
provide the safety devices as provided for in this chapter, and
thereafter maintain such safety devices in good condition. Any person
failing to install or provide and maintain said safety devices as
provided for in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.



7330.  Every person who fails to provide the safety devices as set
forth in this chapter upon any building hereafter to be constructed,
and who thereafter fails to maintain such devices in good condition,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.


7331.  The division may make and enforce such safety orders and
rules as it considers necessary and proper to carry into effect the
purposes and provisions of this chapter.
   The division shall give notice to the owner or person entitled to
possession of any building that is existing in violation of this
chapter or of any rules issued under this chapter. Failure of the
person so notified to comply with this chapter and rules issued under
it, within 15 days, shall be authority for the division to proceed
against such person as authorized in this chapter.




7332.  The division shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.