Cal/OSH Appeals Board, on its own motion, has granted reconsideration on a May administrative law judge (ALJ) decision in the Sun Valley Skylights, Inc., case.In that decision the ALJ affirmed a regulatory violation of DOSH regulations 342(a) but reduced a $5,000 penalty to $500, based on the employer's financial-hardship defense. Sun Valley argued that it could not pay the $5,000 penalty because its workers' compensation insurance rates had doubled after its first-ever accident.In
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