Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Employees working alone doing production work

This practice could have some adverse legal consequences and it is very poor practice; who will be available if someone has an injury at the workplace???

Re: Employees working alone doing production work

I know of no law that would prevent, or make against the law what you are doing. Depending on what is occuring, the industry practice and other matters you may want to evaluate alternatives.

Joel Selik

www.seliklaw.com

800-894-2889

Re: Employees working alone doing production work

There are isolated examples of laws prescribing crew size for a few industrial operations and processes. Your practice is very unlikely to be illegal per se, but it might pose an unacceptable risk. As an attorney with 35 years' prior experience in industry, I suggest you contact your liability insurance company for advice based on what the solo workers actually do. Maybe it's fine. Another possibility is to ask Cal-OSHA or a similar agency if your practice violates any safety standard they enforce or are concerned about.