Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 27, 1989, Docket Nos. 89-R2D9-174 thru 177X (Morgan Hill, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Dennis Ponte, Manager. For DOSH: A. Margaret Cloudt, Attorney.
One general and one serious violation were affirmed, as was violation of a Labor Code 6305(b) special order. The penalty for the serious violation was reduced, and a second alleged serious violation was vacated. All citations were issued following an inspection conducted pursuant to Cal-OSHA's recently-established concurrent jurisdiction of mining activity with the Federal Mine and Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
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