37 COR 40-6470 [¶ 21,704]
PENALTIES - FAILURE TO REPORT SERIOUS INJURY
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2010) - Employer failed to report a serious injury timely, but was entitled to penalty reduction.
CRANES - FAILURE TO PROPERLY RIG LOAD DURING HOISTING OPERATION
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4999(b)(1) (2010) - Employer’s supervisor used a hand-held control box to operate an overhead traveling crane to hoist a load of bundled rebar and land it in an upright rack. Employer failed to properly attach the load since slings were not used to attach the hooks on a strong back to the load during the hoist.
CRANES - SLINGS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5042(a)(4) (2010) - Employer attached a load of rebar to the rigging by hooking rigging chains to the bundling wire around the rebar load. The cited safety order did not apply because bundling wire is not a sling and slings were not used as part of the hoisting operationSummary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated July 21, 2010, Docket No. 07-R2D5-3881 and Docket Nos. 07-R2D5-3901 and 3902 (Fresno, CA).