Digest of COSHAB's decision dated November 18, 1974, Docket Nos. 74-R6D6-389 and -390. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Paul F. Dauer, Presiding Hearing Officer.
[1] Penalties, Cumulative for the Same Violation---[2] Penalties, Financial Hardship, Total Effect on Employer. The appeal was granted to the extent that the Board reduced the total proposed civil penalties from $650 to $200 for two citations, one alleging a serious violation of Section 1644(f) (guardrail required on scaffold), and another citation alleging six nonserious violations. The existence of the violations was not in issue.
The basis for the appeal
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