Court Opinion

ID: 9613870
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:20:36.343651+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:32.720054
License: Public Domain

Hicks, J.
(concurring in part) — I concur with the majority except in a couple of instances. I am not in agreement with the opinion as it deals with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 29 U.S.C. 651 (1970). I particularly disagree with the holding "that violation of the *342regulation would be negligence per se" for the reasons set forth in my dissenting views in Bayne v. Todd Shipyards Corp., 88 Wn.2d 917, 922, 568 P.2d 771 (1977).
I subscribe to the idea that an injured workman should not be penalized in his recovery because of the fault of his employer. I do not, however, subscribe to the view that mandatory participation under this state's industrial insurance act provides an employer complete immunity from liability growing out of injury to his employee, regardless of circumstance or party. To the extent the majority opinion lends support to such a position, I am in disagreement.