SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC./OBAYASHI CORPORATION JV

42  COR 40-7291 [¶22,508R]

EXCAVATIONS – REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS, APPROVAL OF REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER (RPE)
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1541.1(c)(4) (2015) – Employer modified the protective system of a shoring pit without consulting a registered professional engineer. Employees were exposed to the violative condition. The Board upheld the violation, which was classified as willful-serious.

Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated September 3, 2015, Docket No. 12-R3D1-0781.