20,157 Mid State Steel Erectors Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions
28 COR 40-4523 [¶ 20,157]

FALL PROTECTION - IRONWORKERS WALKING PERIMETER ABOVE 30 FEET
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 1710(g)(3)(B)(1) (2001) - One of Employer's workers traveled on the top flange of a steel beam at the perimeter of a 48-foot-high building under construction without wearing secured fall protection or "cooning" the beam.

DEFENSE - INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION
Employer did not establish the third element of this defense because it did not prove that it effectively enforced its safety program to the extent required by the special hazards posed at a construction site. An

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