BILL NUMBER: SB 691INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 7151 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 691, as introduced, Lieu. Employment: safety. Existing law requires specified safety procedures for the use of scaffolding by workers. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 7151 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 7151. If the working platform of any scaffolding swung or suspended from an overhead support is more than 10 feet above the ground, floor , or area to which an employee on the scaffolding might fall, it shall have a safety rail of wood or other equally rigid material of adequate strength. The rail shall comply with the applicable orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Suspended scaffolding shall befastenedsecured so as to prevent the scaffolding from swaying from the building, or structure, or other object being worked on from the scaffolding. All parts of the scaffolding shall be of sufficient strength to support, bear, or withstand with safety any weight of persons, tools, appliances, or materials which might reasonably be placed on it or which are to be supported by it.