Digest of COSHAB's decision dated December 30, 1974, Docket No. 74-R5D1-431. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Robert L. Harvey, Hearing Officer.
Employer Under the Act---Employer of Rental Equipment with Operator. The appeal was denied and a citation alleging a serious violation of Section 1541 was affirmed along with the proposed penalty of $700.
In response to an accident investigation, Appellant, performing excavation work for the local telephone company, was cited for failure to guard a trench over five feet (1541) deep. Appellant's employee was injured in a cave-in that hospitalized him for 10 days.
It was Ap
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