Digest of COSHAB's Granting of Petition for Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration dated March 15, 1976, Docket No. 75-R1D1-086. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Ford B. Ford, Member.
Employer, Duty Under Cal-OSH Act---Negligence, Not Required to Establish Violation---Violation, Serious vs Nonserious. This petition for reconsideration arose from the Decision of the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board dated October 30, 1975 (Digest 10,650). The original decision was affirmed.
"The petition for reconsideration filed by the Appellant sets forth essentially a single issue: `...whether Petitioner can be held liable for an act over which th
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