Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 22, 1985, Docket Nos. 85-R1D1-152, 153, 203 and 204 (Belmont, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Attorney.
Four serious violations of scaffold safety orders (1644 (a)(5) and (6), and 1646(e) and (b)) were affirmed. However, two of the four proposed $350 penalties were vacated, reducing total penalties from $1,400 to $700.
Metal Scaffold: Midrails and Planking; Modification, Safety Order Compliance Required Except for Parts Being Modified. A metal scaffold, attached to a building wall at a construction site, lacked mid
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