Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated June 27, 1984, Docket Nos. 83-R4D3-1028 and 1029 (Long Beach, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: S. B. Fryefield, Management Safety Consultant. For DOSH: Vincent A. Ruiz, Graduate Legal Assistant.
General violations of 1644(a)(3) (scaffold base plates) and 1675(d) (secured ladders) were vacated along with an alleged serious violation of 1644(a)(5) (scaffold guardrails). A $425 proposed penalty for the latter was also dismissed.
Scaffolding, Base Plates Required---Employee Exposure, Establishing. "The uncontroverted evidence has established that there was a tubular metal scaffold a
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