Digest of COSHAB's decision dated December 4, 1974, docket No. 74-R2D4-669. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Paul F. Dauer, Presiding Hearing Officer.
Reasonableness of Penalties, Employer Absent While Violation Occurred---Reasonableness of Penalties, Employer's Practice Less Hazardous Than That Generally Followed in Industry. The appeal was denied and a citation alleging a single nonserious violation of Section 1646(j) (use of an unsecured work platform on a forklift) was affirmed along with the proposed civil penalty of $155.
The Board rejected the Appellant's asserted defenses--the employer's absence from the jo
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