Ski Industry Self-Policing Works, Avalanche Controllers Tell Board
By: Kevin Thompson
Vol: 33 | No: 37 | Published on: October 2, 2006
They arm hundreds of charges at a time and toss them in hellacious conditions to prevent avalanches, but there have only been a handful of mishaps in several decades, explosives experts tell the Standards Board. Therefore, Cal/OSHA enforcement should back off its restrictive interpretation of arming rules, they say.