Vol: 39 | No: 36 | Published on: September 20, 2012
39 COR 40-6781 [¶22,041R]
VIOLATION - CLASSIFICATION The Division properly classified a fall protection violation as serious because a 20-foot fall from an unprotected opening onto a hard surface likely would result in serious physical harm or death.
DEFENSES - INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION The independent employee act defense (IEAD) was not available with respect to a citation for a failure to maintain a guardrail.