Stop Orders Issued for Ski Lifts

BERKELEY - Ski lifts at four resorts in California that use a metal cable grip called the YAN 7 have been shut down until metallurgical and stress tests can be completed. Cal-OSHA issued the order because two people were killed in December at Whistler Ski Resort in British Columbia on a lift using a similar YAN grip that malfunctioned and caused a midair collision of chairs.Cal-OSHA ordered the tests after learning that small cracks were found in YAN 7 grips on lifts at Whistler and another ski re