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1054 REHEARING GRANTED One who employs an independent contractor to perform work involving a peculiar risk of harm if safety precautions are not taken may be liable to an employee of the independent contractor for its negligence in failing to require the independent contractor to take such safety precautions; such liability is not vicarious, and is therefore not prevented by Privette.CitationSTUDER v CALAVERAS CEMENT (Rubber Shredder) 39 CA4 1247 [See: Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Whitford v Swinerton 34 CA4 1054, T/AT 6/95]
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