Employers Challenge Citations – After Coshab Rules Against Them

SAN FRANCISCO - Employers, through attorney Robert Peterson, have filed writs in Sacramento Superior Court that challenge Cal-OSH Appeals Board (COSHAB) Decisions After Reconsideration (Recons).The issue in The Tresize Co. was the board's denial of a petition for reconsideration. The Division, after a complaint inspection, had cited Tresize for a number of serious violations involving excavation and trenching rules and proposed penalties of $45,700. One was for a serious and willful violation. In the