Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 1, 1985, Docket No. 84-R1D5-1022 (St. Helena, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Frank L. Wood, President. For DOSH: Stephen A. Williams, Associate CSE.
A regulatory violation of 342(a) was affirmed.
Reporting, Fatal Accident, Employer's Obligation Not Delegable to Workers' Compensation Carrier. The Division initiated an investigation of a fatal accident in Employer's vineyard when a staff member read of the accident in a newspaper. No report was made to the division by or for Employer until two days after the accident. 342(a) provides:
"Every employer shall report immediately b
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