777.02 EXEMPTIONS.

   (a)   This chapter shall not apply to any employer which is a Federal, State or County government, or any department, agency, board or commission thereof, but shall apply to the City, its agencies, departments and subdivisions.

   (b)   This chapter shall not apply to any laboratory operated by an otherwise covered employer, including research laboratories, analytical laboratories, and medical laboratories, so long as the names of materials in such laboratories are available to the employees.

   (c)   This chapter shall not apply to hospitals so long as the names of chemicals in use are available to the employees.

   (d)   This chapter shall not apply to any person or entity who employs domestic workers or casual laborers solely at a residence.

   (e)   This chapter shall not apply to hazardous chemicals in the process of being transported within, into or through the City.

   (f)   This chapter shall not apply to substances which are consumer products, foodstuffs or tobacco products, packaged for distribution to and intended for use by the general public. This includes any product used by an employer in the same physical form, approximate amount, concentration and manner as used by consumers, and to which, in the employer's knowledge, employee exposure is not significantly greater than that of the consumer in foreseeable consumer uses of the product.
(Ord. 11-85. Passed 1-14-85.)

   (g)   This chapter shall not apply to hazardous or toxic chemicals in containers having a volume of less than one gallon of liquid, or a weight of less than ten pounds, except that such substances must be identified for the employees, and must be identified on an area list. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, any hazardous or toxic chemical maintained on a work place which exceeds in total quantity a volume of one gallon or greater or a weight in total quantity of ten pounds or greater, even though the hazardous or toxic chemical is maintained, used or stored in containers smaller than the minimally regulated containers set forth in the preceding sentence, shall be regulated by this chapter.

(Ord. 152-86. Passed 7-14-86.)

   (h)   This chapter shall not apply to chemicals which are foods, drugs, cosmetics or tobacco products intended for personal consumption by employees while in the work place.

(Ord. 11-85. Passed 1-14-85.)