Worker and Job Site Safety
Safety covers personnel safety, job site safety, and recycling and disposal: the IIPP, PPE, noise, wood dust, silica from engineered stone, nail guns, ladders, fire, and CALGreen waste diversion. CSLB weights this section at 15%. For worked examples, named traps and a full practice exam at CSLB's weights, see the PrepPass C-6 Cabinet, Millwork and Finish Carpentry study guide.
Engineered stone
Cutting or polishing artificial stone with more than 0.1% silica is a high-exposure trigger task: wet methods, no compressed air or dry sweeping, and PAPR-class respirators.
Noise and dust
Hearing conservation starts at an 85 dBA 8-hour average; wood dust is limited to 2 mg/m3 (western red cedar 0.5).
Waste diversion
CALGreen requires 65% diversion of construction and demolition waste on covered projects.