RANCH OF THE GOLDEN HAWK

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GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, GENERAL, QUALIFIED TREE WORKER Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3421(b) (2021) – Employer violated §3421(b) by failing to ensure the work location where tree work was being done was under the direction of a qualified tree worker, a serious, accident-related violation. GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, SAFE WORK PROCEDURES, PRUNING, TRIMMING AND TREE REMOVAL OPERATIONS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3427(b) (2021) – Employer violated §3427(b) by failing to establish and review a method of communication for tree workers and establish a drop zone, a serious, accident-related violation.  GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, JOB BRIEFING CONDUCTED BY QUALIFIED TREE WORKER BEFORE WORK ASSIGNMENT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3421(f) (2021) – Employer violated §3421(f) by failing to ensure a job briefing was conducted by a qualified tree worker before tree work began, a serious violation. GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, RESCUE PROCEDURES AND TRAINING IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3421(l) (2021) – Employer violated §3421(l) by failing to establish rescue procedures and train tree workers on emergency response procedures, a serious violation.  GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3421(c) (2021) – Employer violated §3421(c) by failing to provide training and instruction to tree workers in hazards involved in the job, proper and safe use of all equipment, and other topics, a serious violation.  SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICES AND SAFEGUARDS – HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION, TRAINING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3395(h) (2021) – Employer violated §3395(h) by failing to provide training on a heat illness prevention plan (HIPP). The ALJ reclassified the violation from serious to general.  SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICES AND SAFEGUARDS – HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION, HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION PLAN (HIPP) Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3395(i) (2021) – Employer violated §3395(i) by failing to establish, implement and maintain an effective written HIPP. INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP) –WRITTEN PROGRAM Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3203(a) (2021) – Employer violated §3203(a) by failing to establish, implement, and maintain an effective written IIPP, a general violation.  GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL, GENERAL, TRAINING IN FIRST AID AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3421(m) (2021) – Employer violated §3421(m) by failing to make available at least two persons trained in first aid and CPR while field work involving two or more employees was being performed, a general violation.  GENERAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS – AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS, FIRST-AID KIT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3439(b) (2021) – Employer violated §3439(b) by failing to provide at least one employee trained in administering first aid at a remote jobsite, a general violation.  REGULATIONS OF THE DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH – REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED INJURIES Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2021) – Employer failed to report a serious injury or illness suffered by an employee to the Division, a regulatory violation.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated December 20, 2021, Inspection No. 1224802 (Los Angeles, CA).

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