SACRAMENTO - An employer who was cited after a complaint-response letter from Cal-OSHA was followed almost immediately by an inspection, appealed the civil penalties and won the day. The case hinged on whether the employer, in asking for help when replying in a timely manner to the Division's letter query, should have been inspected rather than sent help from the Consultation Service, and whether the citations could stand.In Soil Retention Systems, Inc., the ALJ wrote: "(O)nce the Division set in m
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