CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS – FALL PROTECTION, PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEMS, PERSONAL FALL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND POSITIONING DEVICES, NOT ATTACHED TO HOISTS OR GUARDRAILS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1670(b)(17) (2019) – Employer violated the safety order when its employee attached his personal fall arrest equipment to a guardrail. However, Employer established the independent employee action defense.
Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated October 29, 2019, Inspection No. 1321307 (Rio Vista, CA).