Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 13, 1991, Docket Nos. 91-R1D4-159 and 160 (Dixon, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Tom Hanley, District Manager.
Employer, which was constructing masonry wall buildings for a shopping center, was cited for three general violations and one serious violation with an associated $625 penalty. A general violation of 1509(b) was affirmed because Employer had not adopted a safety manual (which had been developed for the masonry construction industry in general, and which Employer's foreman carried in his truck) as a written code of safe pract
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