Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated January 8, 1987, Docket Nos. 86-R2D2-1137 thru 1139 (Concord, CA). Robert W. Farnsworth, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: James E. McFarland, Attorney. For DOSH: Helen Hoban Rogers, Graduate Legal Assistant.
One general and two serious violations were affirmed.
1730(b)(2) and (3) (roof hazards). Serious violations were affirmed, with penalties of $275 and $25, respectively. Employer was laying an asphalt-and-felt roof on a school building. An employee was seriously injured when he fell off the roof while walking backward, pulling a felt-laying machine (which contained hot asphalt) with him. Employer fail
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