Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 6, 1977, Docket Nos. 77-R1D1-433 and 434. Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Jess P. Dunnagan, President. For DIS: Otto F.Mayer, CSE.
Excavations, Trenches or Earthwork---Penalty, Reasonableness, No Mitigation Granted. This appeal was denied. A serious violation of 1541(a) and two nonserious violations were established. The proposed penalties were affirmed.
"The worker caught in the cave-in said no shores were placed in the trench and the walls were vertical. There were no shoring materials at the site. When the ground moved, the worker was buried to his rib cage. His left arm was broken
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