Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated June 7, 1983, Docket No. 83-R1D5-182 (Rio Linda, CA). H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Dick Sias, Field Superintendent. For DOSH: Jack Halverson, Associate CSE.
This appeal was denied. The alleged general violations of 3657(d) (location of forklift operators) and 3659(a) (guarding elevated platforms) were established. No penalties were proposed.
Industrial Trucks, Work from Elevated Platforms, Forklift Operator Required. Two of the Employer's employees were observed installing siding on a building from a platform elevated between 10 and 20 feet high. There was no forklift operator in th
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