{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"6705.5","citation":"Lab. Code, § 6705.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT [6300. - 9254.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5"},{"name":"PART 1. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH [6300. - 6725.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Miscellaneous Safety Provisions [6700. - 6725.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5/part-1/chapter-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 815, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Regulations of the department requiring the shoring, bracing, or sloping of excavations, or which contain similar requirements for excavations, shall only apply to the excavation of swimming pools where a reasonable examination by a qualified person reveals recognizable conditions which would expose employees to injury from possible moving ground. If these conditions are found to exist with respect to a swimming pool excavation, employees shall not be permitted to enter the excavation until the condition is abated or otherwise no longer exists.</p>","text":"Regulations of the department requiring the shoring, bracing, or sloping of excavations, or which contain similar requirements for excavations, shall only apply to the excavation of swimming pools where a reasonable examination by a qualified person reveals recognizable conditions which would expose employees to injury from possible moving ground. If these conditions are found to exist with respect to a swimming pool excavation, employees shall not be permitted to enter the excavation until the condition is abated or otherwise no longer exists.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/miscellaneous-safety-provisions-6705-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}