§ 7980

California Labor Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

All electrical equipment and machines, including diesel engines, used in tunnels or underground mines classified extrahazardous shall be permissible equipment. The division may, however, permit the use of nonpermissive equipment in a tunnel or underground mine in areas where it finds there is no longer danger from gas or other hazards.

(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1430.)

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