The following provisions of Division 5, Part 1, Chapter 2, of the California Labor Code, 1969 Edition, are applicable to all employments:
" Section 6401. Every employer shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use practices, means, methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably adequate to render such employment and place of employment safe. Every employer shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life and safety of employees."
" Section 6406. No person shall do any of the following:
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 6953