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4748 The hirer of an independent contractor has no duty to the contractor's employee regarding workplace safety, unless the hirer retained control over workplace safety and exercised it in a way that affirmatively contributed to the employee's injury; provisions of CAL-OSHA may not be introduced to establish the standard of care owed to the contractor's employee by the hirer of an independent contractor, unless independent evidence establishes that the hirer owed the employee a duty.CitationMADDEN v SUMMIT (Patio Railing) 165 CA4 1267 [See: LabC 6304.5; Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Woolen v Aerojet General 57 C2 407; Hooker v DOT 27 C4 198, T/AT 3/02; Elsner v Uveges 34 C4 915, T/AT 1/05]
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