Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 7, 1995, Docket No. 94-R1D4-2659 (Berkeley, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Robert Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Lewis Bowman, Safety Engineer.
Employer, an underground contractor, was cited after a complaint inspection for a general violation with a $100 proposed penalty.
Excavations and Trenches, Safe Egress (1541(c)(2)). General violation and $100 penalty affirmed. The cited order provides: "(A) stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral
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