SECTIONS 8051-8057 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 8051-8057

8051. No person shall build or rebuild any subway, manhole,
chamber, or underground room used or to be used to contain, encase,
cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance, to conduct or handle
electricity, unless such subway, manhole, chamber, or underground
room has an inside measurement of not less than four feet at the
maximum points between the side walls thereof, and between the end
walls thereof, and not less than five feet at all points between the
floor and the top or ceiling thereof, or if circular in shape, at
least four feet diameter inside measurement and not less than five
feet at all points between the floor and ceiling thereof. This
section does not apply to any such subway, manhole, chamber, or
underground room, within which it is not intended or required that
any human being perform work or labor or be employed. This section
does not apply where satisfactory proof is submitted to the
commission that it is impracticable or physically impossible to
comply with this law within the space or location so designated by
the proper municipal authorities.

8052. No person shall build or rebuild in any subway, manhole,
chamber, or underground room used or to be used to contain, encase,
cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance to conduct or handle
electricity, any opening to outer air which is less than 26 inches if
circular in shape, or less than 24 inches by 26 inches clear
measurement if rectangular in shape.

8053. No person shall build or rebuild in any subway, manhole,
chamber, or underground room, used or to be used to contain, encase,
cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance to conduct or handle
electricity, any opening which is at the surface of the ground,
within the distance of three feet at any point from the rail of any
railway or streetcar track. This section does not apply where
satisfactory proof is submitted to the commission that it is
impracticable or physically impossible to comply with this law in the
space or location so designated by the proper municipal authorities.

8054. No person shall build or rebuild any subway, manhole,
chamber, or underground room, used or to be used, to contain, encase,
cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance to conduct or handle
electricity unless the floor of the subway, manhole, chamber, or
underground room is made of stone, concrete, brick, or other similar
material not subject to decomposition. This section does not apply to
any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room within which it is
not intended or required that any human being perform work or labor
or be employed.

8055. No person shall build or rebuild or maintain any subway,
manhole, chamber, or underground room used, or to be used, to
contain, encase, cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance to
conduct or handle electricity, unless such subway, manhole, chamber,
or underground room is kept at all times in a sanitary condition and
free from stagnant water, seepage, or other drainage, or any
offensive matter dangerous to health, either by sewer connection or
otherwise. This section does not apply to any subway, manhole,
chamber, or underground room within which it is not intended or
required that any human being perform work or labor, or be employed.

8056. The commission may inspect all work which is included in the
provisions of this article, and may make such further additions or
changes as the commission deems necessary for the purpose of safety
to employees and the general public. The commission shall enforce the
provisions of this article.

8057. Any violation of any provision of this article is a
misdemeanor.