Opinion ID: 2328266
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure to Inspect and Supervise.

Text: In Count II of the complaint, Fry, Jr. alleged that Diamond failed adequately to supervise Arlyn's work. The trial judge rejected this claim, commenting that Diamond was not required to have somebody out there every day making sure that [the Frys] didn't do something foolish in the process of what, painting. If, as Fry, Sr. testified, Barnas knew that Fry, Sr. proposed to use an unsafe method of performing the work, Diamond's responsibility to conduct regular inspections of the job site, see generally 29 C.F.R. §§ 1926.32(k), 1926.20(b)(1)(2), could not be carried out simply by ordering Fry, Sr., in advance of the first inspection, to go ahead with the ladder and scaffolding arrangement. [8] The purpose of the requirement of inspection and supervision is to prevent unsafe practices, not to authorize or even direct a subcontractor to engage in them.