CONTRACTING CO.
Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 15, 1985, Docket Nos. 84-R2D3-1023 and 85-R2D3-448 (Yuba City, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert Saling, Owner. For DOSH: William T. Brucker, CSE.
A repeat/general violation of 1515(a) (head protection) was affirmed, but the penalty was reduced to $450 from the $560 proposed by the Division. An alleged second repeat/serious violation of 1540(d) (excavations, general) was vacated, with its proposed $1,200 penalty.
Head Protection---Penalty, Reduced, Likelihood of Accident "Low," Not "Moderate"---Evidence, Failure to Call Available Percipient Witness May S
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