Court Upholds Citation Against Framing Contractor for Worker's Injuries

A California appellate court upheld a citation against a framing contractor for a worker’s fall through an unprotected opening for a stairwell. Martin Mariano worked for L&S Framing Inc. and was a member of a crew working in a subdivision called Highland Grove. Mariano was on the second floor of a building doing wall installation with his back to an unguarded stairwell. There had been a railing, but other workers removed it because they were working on an exterior wall that they had to lay on the floor, and the wall would not fit on the floor with the handrai...