ERECTION CO. v. DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUSTRIES

No. 28844-7-III.

248 P.3d 1085 (2011)

The ERECTION COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES of the State of Washington, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

February 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Chawes , Preg, O'Donnell & Gillett PLLC, Mark F. O'Donnell , Preg O'Donnell et al., Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Masako Kanazawa , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


SIDDOWAY, J.

¶ 1 In July 2006 an employee of The Erection Company Inc. (TEC) installing roof decking at a Quincy, Washington, construction site was killed when the bundle of decking material to which he had affixed his safety lanyard fell from the roof structure. TEC appeals penalties imposed for safety violations following an investigation by the Department of Labor and Industries; it contends that it could not have foreseen that its employee would attach his...

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