Digest of COSHAB's decision dated November 7, 1974, Docket No. 74-R3D3-221. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Paul F. Dauer, Presiding Hearing Officer.
Excavations, Undermining. The appeal was granted, an alleged violation of Section 1540(1) being vacated and the civil penalty of $240 being set aside.
It was the Division's contention that Appellant, a plumbing contractor, by the use of a vibrating spade in excavating a trench, had caused the collapse of an A-frame scaffold used by another employer on an adjoining building under construction.
The Board found that Appellant had correctly determined from the nature of
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