Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated April 23, 1982, Docket No. 80-R4D5-1616. Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
The Division filed the Petition for Reconsideration and Employer filed an Answer to the Petition.
The ALJ Decision of November 9, 1981 (Digest 14,740) granting Employer's appeal from a citation alleging a serious violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines), was reversed.
Hazard to Which Employees Exposed, Not Work Assignments, Govern Safety Orders Which Are Applicable. The ALJ had found that because the employees who were not tied off were landing a bundle of planks as part of the process of erecting sk
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