Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 28, 1986, Docket No. 85-R4D1-812 (South San Francisco, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: D. S. Yim, Associate CSE.
An alleged serious violation of 1587.12(a) (crane signals) was vacated, with proposed $375 penalty.
Evidence, Uncorroborated Hearsay, Insufficient to Support Finding. The cited section requires a signalperson at the site of certain crane operations. The Division's engineer, inspecting Employer's site in response to a complaint, saw no crane operation in progress during two visits to the site. However, he obtained informa
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