CALSTRIP STEEL CORPORATION

44 COR 40-7864 [¶22,719R] ELEVATING WORK PLATFORMS AND AERIAL DEVICES – EQUIPMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND MARKING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, §§ 3638(d), 3203(a)(7) (2017) – Employer did not provide instructions in the proper use of an extensible boom lift, as required by the safety order. INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, TRACTORS, HAULAGE VEHICLES, AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT – ELEVATING EMPLOYEES WITH LIFT TRUCKS, BRIDGE CRANES SHUT DOWN OR LOCKED OUT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3657(h) (2017) – Employer failed to shut down or lock out a bridge crane while employees were working in an extensible boom platform that was within the path of the bridge crane. The violation was classified properly as serious, accident-related. PREHEARING PROCEDURE DISCOVERY, AND MOTIONS – AMENDMENTS Board reg. § 371.2 (2017) – The Board declined to allow the Division to amend a citation to conform to proof of a willful violation, where it requested the amendment at the close of the hearing and did not offer a compelling reason for the delay. Digest of COSHAB’s Decision After Reconsideration dated June 30, 2017, Inspection No. 312668825; Formerly Docket Nos. 12-R3D6-1998 and 1999.Read More...