The Washington Companies Determined to be Causing Employer in Accident
LAS VEGAS, NV, Jul 31, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - In the deposition of OSHA expert Kurt Stranne, a professional engineer, an OSHA safety instructor, a former USAF Flight chief, a former Boeing Flight test engineering analyst, and a Certified Safety Professional, the Washington Companies attorney line of questioning sought clarification from Mr. Stranne, in his opinion, who was at fault in an ongoing Federal lawsuit in the United States Federal Court of the Western District of Washington at Tacoma.
The ongoing case involves ETON of North Las Vegas, NV and one of the Washington Companies facilities based in Rochester, WA. The Federal lawsuit is about an unfortunate accident involving Komatsu equipment loaded by a Washington Companies employee and then transported by ETON. Due to the Komatsu equipment being loaded incorrectly, the Komatsu equipment struck a major interstate bridge in the State of Washington causing damage to the bridge. The rebuilding of the bridge caused a major disruption to people in the area who had relied on the bridge for decades to get from one side of the interstate to the other.
During the deposition of expert witness Mr. Stranne, Washington Companies attorney, Mr. Steve Stocker of Stocker Smith Luciani & Staub of Spokane, WA, repeatedly asked about the duties of the controlling work site employer Washington Companies and the duties of the carrier ETON. Mr. Stranne outlined the following scene in an effort to clarify the respective exposure for culpability within the OSHA realm of work place safety and jurisdictional control to better help Washington Companies attorney Mr. Stocker understand who was at fault based on OSHA statues.
The scene that Mr. Stranne outlined was had the ETON driver been sent to a hospital with injuries as a result of the bridge strike, the accident would have been deemed a workplace injury. The injures and the hospitalization of the driver would have triggered a State of Washington OSHA investigation into what caused the accident that put the driver in the hospital. Mr. Stranne, as the OSHA expert, explained that in his opinion the Washington Companies would have been cited as the "causing party" of the accidental bridge strike.
Mr. Stranne's informed conclusions were based on fact that the Komatsu equipment was loaded at a Washington Companies controlled work site and a Washington Companies employee performed the loading of said equipment. The reason for his opinion finding fault against Washington Companies was three-fold according to Mr. Stranne. First, the loading of the equipment went against the manufactures recommendations, which Washington Companies has a duty to follow. Second, it was against the industry standard, and third, it varied from Washington Companies customary manner in which this type of Komatsu equipment was loaded. Mr. Stranne explained Washington Companies had an OSHA mandated duty to follow all three methods in the loading of the Komatsu equipment on the flatbed trailer, which the Washington Companies employee failed to do. In that Washington Companies deviated from these three standards, OSHA would have determined Washington Companies to be the root cause of the accident.
Mr. Stranne declined to speculate about what the parties' duties might have been according to other federal or state agencies but testified about what he saw as the causing factors from his expertise with OSHA and determined the loader loading the Komatsu equipment loaded it wrong. Washington Companies loader, Mr. Tyler Piles violated the manufacture loading steps, the industry standards on how the equipment should be loaded, and Washington Companies own customary manner of loading this type of equipment. As an employee of Washington Companies, this would make Washington Companies the "causing employer" of the bridge strike.
Modern Machinery a part of a large consortium of privately held companies collectively known as the Washington Companies, owned by billionaire Dennis R. Washington. Modern Machinery sells and rents high quality heavy equipment and provides product support to the construction, mining, and forestry industries. The Modern Machinery terminal in Rochester, WA is a home to a large staging area for a variety of Komatsu product brought from overseas awaiting shipment to other Komatsu dealers.
ETON is a Las Vegas-based premier transportation company serving the Western United States with equipment, professional drivers and superior on-time service.
Komatsu America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd., (OTCMKTS: KMTUY) the world's second largest manufacturer and supplier of earth-moving equipment, consisting of construction, mining and compact construction equipment.
CONTACT: Mitchell Truman, ETON.me http://www.ETON.me, +(702) 348 6370 Environmental Transportation of Nevada, LLC
Source: ETON Transportation Sectors: Local Biz
Copyright ©2024 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Asia Corporate News Network.
|
Latest Release
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Receives Order from the University of Tokyo for "MiPoLin" Power Prediction and Lines Selection System Mar 28, 2024 16:45 JST
| Mitsubishi Logisnext Completes Demonstration of Automated Truck Loading, Leading to Start of Actual Operations in Japan Mar 28, 2024 13:52 JST
| Toyota Releases Sales, Production, and Export Results for February 2024 Mar 28, 2024 13:35 JST
| TANAKA to Install 500 kW Fuel Cell System to Promote the Use of Hydrogen Energy at Production Plants Mar 28, 2024 03:00 JST
| PEVE to change name to TOYOTA BATTERY Co., Ltd. and produce batteries for a wide range of electric vehicles Mar 27, 2024 15:13 JST
| NTT and Olympus Begin World's First Joint Demonstration Experiment of Cloud Endoscopy System Mar 27, 2024 15:00 JST
| TANAKA Holdings Announces Green Loan Financing for Construction of New Head Office Building Mar 27, 2024 03:00 JST
| JFE Steel and Hitachi Jointly Started Providing Solutions for the Steel Industry Mar 26, 2024 19:04 JST
| La Banque Postale and JCB join forces to elevate payments experience for travellers in France Mar 26, 2024 15:00 JST
| Fujitsu Tech Leverages AI and Underwater Drone Data for 'Ocean Digital Twin' Mar 26, 2024 10:24 JST
| NEC develops marketing strategy planning & effectiveness simulation technology using generative AI Mar 25, 2024 10:08 JST
| Toyota to Open New Tokyo Head Office in Shinagawa in FY2030 Mar 22, 2024 16:15 JST
| Hitachi Selected as CDP Supplier Engagement Leader for the Third Consecutive Year Mar 22, 2024 16:04 JST
| Mitsubishi Motors Celebrates Production of 100,000th fully electric minivehicle Mar 22, 2024 15:34 JST
| JCB and AEON Credit Service Indonesia Launch the AEON JCB Precious Card Mar 22, 2024 15:00 JST
| JCB Issues White Paper on Calculating CO2 Emissions by Payment Method in Japan Mar 22, 2024 12:00 JST
| NEC and NTT successfully conduct first-of-its-kind long-distance transmission experiment over 7,000km using 12-core optical fiber Mar 22, 2024 08:38 JST
| Lifenet and Eisai Co-Develop Dementia Insurance "be" Mar 21, 2024 17:36 JST
| Toyota: Clarification of the Roles of and Expectations for Outside Executives, Revision of the Independence Assessment Criteria, and the Changes to Members of the Board of Directors and the Audit and Supervisory Board Members following the 120th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting Mar 21, 2024 16:47 JST
| Sales of Evolved GR Yaris to Start in April, While Purchasing Lotteries for WRC Driver-supervised Special Editions Start Today Mar 21, 2024 16:31 JST
|
More Latest Release >>
|