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2288 REVIEW DENIED Assuming that, if it retains control of the job, the hirer of an independent contractor may be liable to an injured employee of the contractor for the hirer's failure to take special precautions against peculiar risks of the work, evidence of retained control must include proof either that the hirer acted affirmatively to create or increase the risk of injury, or that it controlled the specific injury-causing activities of the injured worker's employer.CitationZAMUDIO v CITY AND COUNTY OF SF (Plywood Plank) 70 CA4 445 [See: Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Toland v Sunland 18 C4 253, T/AT 7/98; Chatman v Alameda 183 CA3 424]
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