20,148 Western Painting Company, Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions
28 COR 40-4508 [¶ 20,148]

SKYLIGHT OPENINGS - GUARDING OR COVERING
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 1632(b) (2001) - Employer's painter fell through a roof skylight opening that was not guarded. Providing fall protection equipment, which he did not wear, did not meet the safety order's requirements.

SCAFFOLDS - ACCESS, RAILINGS AND PLANKING
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, §§ 1637(n)(1), 1644(a)(6) and 1644(a)(7) (2001) - Employer's painters were not provided with appropriate access to a scaffold, and the scaffold was not railed, nor was it fully planked.

CODE OF SAFE PRACTICE

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