Appeals Board Decisions: Site's Designated Safety Representative Was 'Unavailable'; Sorting Out the Requirements for Safety Representatives

During a routine inspection of a sewer refurbishing project being performed by Colich & Sons/J.R. Pipeline, J.V., in Los Angeles, the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspector asked to speak to the employer's designated safety representative (DSR). He was told that the DSR was unavailable because of a family emergency and had gone to the East Coast for an unspecified period of time . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)