28 COR 40-4323 [19,983R]
FALL PROTECTION - STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, 1710(g)(2) (1998) - Although an emergency rescue was under way, Employer's radio operator who stood on structural steel to direct a crane basket was still in violation of the requirement for fall protection use. The cited section applied to ironworkers at the time of the citation, and the radio operator's normal job was as an ironworker. The Board also found that, while he was not engaged directly in structural ironwork at the time of the rescue, the safety order still applied to employees performing any work other than connecting. The Board overturned an ALJ deci
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