Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 3, 1987, Docket No. 86-R1D1-838 (San Francisco, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Michael T. Courtney, Manager. For DOSH: Eugene R. Peace, Associate CSE.
A general violation of 1662(c)(2) (suspended, power-driven scaffolds) was affirmed. The safety order requires: "Powered scaffold platforms...supported by two or more hoisting units, shall at least have a protective railing, or equivalent, on all open sides and ends."
The citation was for not having protective railings on the in-board sides (those closest to the building wall) of Employer's scaffold platforms. The wall was
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