Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 6, 1977, Docket No. 77-R4D2-505. Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Paul Meadows and Rue Armstrong. For DIS: GeorgeJ. Sharkus, CSE.
Shoring and Sloping, Mitigating Factors in Penalty Reduction. This appeal was granted to the extent that proposed penalty of $600 for a serious violation of 1541(a) was reduced.
"The existence of the violation was not seriously contested by Appellant and the Division's proof established that employees of Appellant were at work in a portion of a trench seven feet deep and three feet wide, the sides of which were vertical and unshored.
"The Division also showe
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