Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 28, 1979, Docket No. 79-R1D3-354. Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Douglas Michael Hill, Job Superintendent. For DOSH: Frank Humphreys, CSE.
Housecleaning Problems at Construction Site. A general violation of 1513(a) was established; no penalty was proposed.
"Even though disposal bins were full, for no fault of Employer, Employer should have made some provision to protect its workers, sweeping the debris to a part of the floor not used by its employees as walkways, or from where they work, until the debris could be removed altogether from the work areas.
"It is not a defense to Employer
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