Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 2, 1976, Docket No. 76-R5D3-440. Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
Employee Exposure, Floor, Roof and Wall Openings.
The appeal was granted from an alleged failure, in violation of 1632(c), to guard a floor opening until permanent construction provided permanent protection or effective hazard control. Appellant was doing electrical work at a hospital under construction. Appellant's employee fell through a floor opening and was injured in an unlighted unfamiliar area around the corner and at least 15 feet away from where Appellant's employees had worked ten days before. At the time, a drywa
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