39 COR 40-6753 [¶ 22,012]
HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION - PROVISION OF WATER
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3395(c) (2012) - Employer failed to implement an effective means to replenish drinking water to firefighters when requiring them to climb 1000 feet up a steep grade to reach resupplied drinking water.
DEFENSES - INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION
The independent employee action defense did not apply because the firefighter suffering heat exhaustion was a supervisor.