If a Cal/OSHA inspection reveals an "imminent hazard" that could cause death or serious harm, Cal/OSHA may:
Explanation
Labor Code section 6325 lets the Division issue an Order Prohibiting Use where a place of employment, machine, device, apparatus or equipment is in a dangerous condition: a conspicuous tag goes on, the use stops, and the order takes effect at once rather than waiting on any process. That immediacy is what defeats the other three. An ordinary citation under section 6317 (b) sets a reasonable abatement period, which is exactly what a hazard about to kill someone cannot be given. A court injunction (c) inverts the sequence: the Division acts first and the employer's route is to challenge it afterwards. And the Appeals Board (d) hears the employer's appeal after the fact; it does not authorise the Division's action in advance.
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