‘Willful’ Classification Under Fire – in Arb and Rick’s Electric

SAN DIEGO - Cal-OSHA's rules for classification of violations are found in Title 8 334; they are of concern to many because classification affects the amount of the penalty. (For several recent discussions of willful violations, see October 27, 1997, issue DECISIONS.) Now, two employers who were cited for willfuls, who lost both appeals and petitions for reconsideration to the Cal-OSH Appeals Board, have taken their cases to Sacramento Superior Court.ARB, Inc. [Digest 18,563] had been cited for a w