Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 27, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R4D3-588 thru 591 (Los Angeles, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert Swisher, Project Safety/Claims Director. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
Alleged violations of 1584.1(f)(1) and (2) (crane erection and operation) were vacated. A general violation of 1584(c) (climbing or tower cranes) was affirmed. Violations of 1584.3(a) and (b) were reduced from serious to general.
Cranes, Test Loads, 1584.1[f][2] Applicable to Climber, Not Tower Cranes---Safety Order, Inapplicable.
"The evidence established that there was no test load of concrete
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