NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY (4)

By: Rick Waldinger

41  COR 40-7173 [¶22,422R]

CRANES – TRAVEL
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4991(a) (2014) – The ALJ found that Employer established the independent employee action defense (IEAD) with respect to its failure to control the movement of a crane in order to avoid a collision. On reconsideration, the Board concluded that Employer did not have a well-devised safety program that included the necessary training, and that the Division established a serious repeat, but not willful, violation.

CRANES – HOISTING
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4994(e) (2014) – The Division failed to establish that Employer did not sufficiently analyze or give instruction prior to a two-crane lift.

Digest of COSHAB’s Decision After Reconsideration dated November 17, 2014, Docket Nos. 10-R6D2-3791 and 3792.

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