Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 4, 1999, Docket No. 98-R1D2-3083 (Salinas, CA). Robert L. Harvey, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Joanne Rice, Senior Paralegal. For DOSH: Linwood Eady, Associate Safety Engineer, and Charles Jackson, Cal/OSHA Compliance Safety Engineer.
Employer underwent an unscheduled inspection, based on a drive-by observation, and was cited by the Division for a serious violation with a $750 penalty. At the hearing, the Division reduced the classification to allege a general violation, because it discovered the employee observed in an aerial device was not a supervisor and, therefore, it could not establish the "k
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