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CRANES AND OTHER HOISTING EQUIPMENT – OPERATING RULES, HANDLING LOADS, MOVING THE LOAD Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4999(d)(2) (2020) – Employer failed to ensure a load was well secured and properly balanced in its sling or lifting device before it was lifted more than a few inches, a serious, accident-related violation. DEFENSES – INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION Employer failed to establish the independent employee action defense (IEAD) with respect to its failure to ensure a load was well secured and properly balanced in its sling or lifting device before it was lifted more than a few inches.Digest of COSHAB’s Decision After Reconsideration dated May 21, 2020, Inspection No. 1237932.
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