Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated June 25, 1982, Docket No. 81-R3D4-885. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The ALJ's Decision dated October 15, 1981 (Digest 14,702) was reinstated and affirmed. The Petition for Reconsideration was filed by the Employer. The Division did not file an Answer.
Employer, Independent Action Defense Not Established---Safety Belts and Lifelines, Work from Suspended Baskets. An employee who was working in a man-basket suspended from a crane boom without a safety belt and lifeline fell 26 feet when the basket tipped over.
The evidence at the hearing established that
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