Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 15, 1992, Docket No. 91-R3D3-1145 (San Bernardino, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert D. Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Leonard Strom, Attorney.
Employer, a freight pick up and delivery service, was cited following an accident in which a driver was injured when he was pinned between the back ends of two trailers attached to tractor rigs in its terminal yard. The Division cited a serious violation of 3706(b) for Employer's failure to have back-up alarms on tractor-trailers in areas where their backward movement constituted a hazard to employees working on foot. A proposed $2
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