This standard (1926.100) requires all employees to wear head protection anytime there is a risk of head injury from “impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.” That’s pretty much every construction site where the building is above one story. ...
Independent Employee Act Defense.In their defense, the employer in the case above pled that the act that had caused the injury was anindependent actof the employee and hence the employer should not be held liable. (Ref.:Mercury Service, Inc. Docket No, 77-R4D1-1133). This case is decad...