Hirer of an Independent Contractor Implicitly Delegates Site Safety Responsibility Other than for Its Own Employees
ConstructionRisk.com Report Vol. #14, Issue #4
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Independent Contractor,Multi-employer liability,OSHA,Safety,Site Safety
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The general rule that that employees of an independent contractor that are injured in the workplace cannot sue the party that hired the contractor to do the work applies even when the party that hired the contractor failed to comply with workplace safety requirements that were statutorily imposed by CAL-OSHA. US Airways hired an independent [...]
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Project Owner Not Liable for Injuries to Employee of Independent Contractor
ConstructionRisk.com Report Vol. #13, Issue #9
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Independent Contractor,Retain Control,Site Safety
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A project owner, Lafayette College, entered into a construction management agreement with a general contractor to renovate a building, and that firm in turn subcontracted the renovation work to other contractors, one of whom performed the roofing work. An employee of the roofer climbed scaffolding that had been installed by a masonry subcontractor, and fell [...]
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