Los Angeles County Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

"Adequate or approved" means in conformance with good health practices which, in the opinion of the director, are sufficient to protect the health and well-being of the employee.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1102, 1959.)

"Breathing zone" means the area or zone of a worker's head during normal operation of a process while at work.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1103, 1959.)

"Capture velocity" means the velocity of air at specific points or zones which causes air contaminants to flow to an exhaust system.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1104, 1959.)

"Conveying velocity" means the air speed determined to be necessary to convey a contaminant through a duct or system.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1105, 1959.)

"Corrosive substance" means any substances which, in contact with living tissue, will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action, but shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1106, 1959.)

"Dermatitis" means inflammation of the surface of the skin or epidermis.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1107, 1959.)

"Employee" means any person, including an owner or partner, who works in or is employed in a place of employment.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1108, 1959.)

"Employer" means an person who, directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, employs or exercises control over the wages, hours or working conditions of a man, woman or minor.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1109, 1959.)

"Gassing" means the rate of generation of contaminant.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1110, 1959.)

"General ventilation" means the introduction of uncontaminated air into an area, room or building, or exhausting air therefrom by other than local exhaust ventilation systems.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1111, 1959.)

"Hood" means any air-intake device connected to an exhaust-ventilation system or duct to capture and remove dusts, fumes, gases, vapors, mists, smoke, heat, or otherwise provided local exhaust ventilation.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1112, 1959.)

"Irritant" means any substance, not necessarily corrosive as defined herein, but which on either immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with normal living tissue will conduct a local inflammatory reaction.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1113, 1959.)

"Lateral exhaust" means local exhaust ventilation designed with slots at the periphery or along the midsection of a surface or tank for the purpose of preventing escape of significant amounts of contaminants to the breathing zone.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1114, 1959.)

"Local exhaust ventilation" means a ventilating system intended to capture air contaminants at or near their point of origin and transport them to an approved exhaust system.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1115, 1959.)

"Maximum acceptable concentrations" means the concentration of gas, vapor, fume, dust, mist or similar air contaminants adopted in Part VII of the Rules and Regulations established by authority of Section 11.02.160 and set out in Appendix 1 to this Title 11.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1121, 1959.)

"Occupational disease" means any disease or infection, including dermatitis, which is peculiar to the industrial process, trade or occupation in each instance, and which arises out of and in the scope of employment, and to which an employee is not ordinarily subjected or exposed, other than during a period of regular, actual employment therein.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1116, 1959.)

"Occupational health hazard" means any risk to an employee's health associated with or arising out of his occupation, or occupational work or environment.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1117, 1959.)

"Place of employment" or "industrial establishment" means every place where persons are employed.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1118, 1959.)

"Sanitary condition" means that physical condition which will tend to prevent the incidence and spread of disease.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1119, 1959.)

"Strong sensitizer" means a substance which will cause, on normal living tissue, through an allergic or photodynamic process, a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substance, and which is so recognized by national authority. Before designating any substance as a strong sensitizer, the department, upon consideration of the frequency of occurrence and severity of the reaction, shall find that the substance has a significant potential for causing hypersensitivity.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1120, 1959.)

"Toilet facilities" means fixtures maintained within toilet rooms for the purpose of defecation.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1122, 1959.)

"Toilet room" means a room maintained within or on the premises of any place of employment containing toilet facilities for use of employees, and shall be used for no other purpose.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1123, 1959.)

"Toxic substance" means any substance, other than a radioactive substance, which has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation or absorption through any body surface.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1124, 1959.)

"Urinal" means a fixture connected with a sewer and maintained within a toilet room for the sole purpose of urination.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1125, 1959.)

"Water closet" means a toilet facility which is connected to a sewer and flushed with water under pressure.

(Ord. 8588 § 9 (part), 1964; Ord. 7583 Part 3 Ch. 16 § 1126, 1959.)