20,423 Bell Products, Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions
30 COR 40-4926 [¶ 20,423]

LADDERS - SECURE FOOTING
CAL. CODE REGS, tit. 8, § 3279(d)(2) (2002) - Employer's worker fell from a ladder he had not place on a secure footing, but the independent employee action defense was established.

DEFENSE - INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION
Employer successfully established all five elements of the defense, thus avoiding liability for a violation related to a worker's fall from a ladder.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 9, 2002, Docket No. 00-R1D5-3307 (Napa, CA).
Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative LaRead More...

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