43 COR 40-7379 [¶22,571]
EXCAVATIONS, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – ACCESS AND EGRESS, MEANS OF EGRESS FROM TRENCH EXCAVATIONS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541(c)(2) (2016) – Employer failed to provide a means of egress from a trench excavation so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel for employees.
EXCAVATIONS, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – EXPOSURE TO FALLING LOADS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541(e) (2016) – The Division failed to establish that Employer did not ensure that a worker was not permitted underneath loads handled by lifting or digging equipment.
EXCAVATIONS, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES FROM LOOSE ROCK OR SOIL
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541(j)(1) (2016) – The Division failed to establish that Employer did not protect employees from loose rock or soil that could fall or roll from the excavation face.
EXCAVATIONS, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER ACCUMULATION
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541(h)(1) (2016) – Employer failed to ensure that employees not work in excavations in which there was accumulated or accumulating water without taking adequate precautions. A serious, accident-related violation was sustained.
EXCAVATIONS, REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS – PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES IN EXCAVATIONS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541.1(a)(1) (2016) – Employer failed to protect each employee in an excavation from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with §1541.1(b) or (c). A willful-serious, accident-related violation was sustained.
EXCAVATIONS, REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS – PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES IN EXCAVATIONS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541.1(a)(1) (2016) – Employer failed to protect each employee in an excavation from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with §1541.1(b) or (c). A willful-general violation was established.