Digest of COSHAB's decision dated December 3, 1974, docket No. 74-R5D1-176. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Robert L. Harvey, Hearing Officer.
Penalties, Reasonableness, Good Faith. The appeal was granted to the extent that the civil penalty proposed for an alleged serious violation of Section 1621 T8 CAC was reduced from $550 to $200.
It was established that Appellant, the general contractor on a ten story building, had employees exposed to an unguarded 9 feet by 52 inches elevator shaft, subjecting them to the hazard of falling 10 stories or approximately 120 feet.
In reducing the proposed penalty of $550 for t
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