Digest of COSHAB ALJ's decision dated January 31, 1990, Docket No. 89-R2D1-328 (Sacramento, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Gary Cortopasic, Vice President and Regional Manager. For DOSH: Nicholas Champlin, Attorney.
A general violation of 3273(a) (work areas, free of obstructions) was affirmed and the Division's abatement requirement was found reasonable.
Employer's two story office building had air-handling equipment (heating, ventilating and air-conditioning) housed in a "penthouse" or "pump room" built on at the third-floor or roof level. Eight pipes, held five to six inches above the floor on stanchions, carried fluid
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