Legal Opinion
Mid Mountain Contractors, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 16, 2006No. 56999-6-IPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*3¶1 Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW, safety standards require employers to protect their employees working in excavations from cave-ins by use of adequate protection systems. A WISHA violation may occur where an employer fails to provide such a protective system and the employee has access to a cave-in hazard.1 Here, the record shows that employees of Mid Mountain Contractors, Inc., had access to a cave-in hazard. Accordingly, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) properly determined that Mid Mountain violated WISHA. We affirm.
Cox, J.
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