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CA Labor Code 6423. Except where another penalty is specifically provided, every employer, and every officer, management official, or supervisor having direction, management, control, or custody of any employment, place of employment, or other employee, who does any of the following shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) Knowingly or negligently violates any standard, order, or special order, or any provision of this division, or of any part thereof in, . . . (d) Directly or indirectly, knowingly induces another to do any of the above. . . Any violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both.

CA Labor Code 6425. Any employee having direction, management, control, or custody of any employment, place of employment, or other employee, who willfully violates any occupational safety or health standard, order, or special order, or Section of 25910 of the H&S code, and that violation caused death to any employee, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $70,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a prosecution under Section 192 PC.

CA 387 Penal Code. Any corporation, limited liability company, or person who is a MANAGER with respect to a product, facility, equipment, process, place of employment, or business practice, is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment and/or fine up to 16 months in State prison an/or $1,000,000 if defendant is a corporation or limited liability company if the MANAGER has management authority in or as a business entity and significant responsibility for any aspect of a business that includes actual authority for the safety of a product or business practice – has "actual knowledge" of a "serious concealed danger" that creates a substantial probability of death, great bodily harm, or serious exposure and DOES NOT WARN affected employees of the serious concealed danger.

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