dba [OPERATED EQUIPMENT CO.]
Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated October 30, 1981, Docket No. 81-R1D5-0219. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The Decision of the ALJ dated June 22, 1981 (Digest 14,532), establishing a serious violation of 1582.18(b) (guarding of outrigger wheels) and a penalty of $85, was affirmed.
Cranes or Derricks, Outriggers Not Guarded.
"The evidence established that Employer's 75-ton crane had outriggers with outrigger wheels. Each outrigger had a set of four wheels on two parallel axles about three feet apart. The front wheels were guarded by a three-quarter inch ste
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