Digest of COSHAB's decision dated February 13, 1975, Docket No. 74-R2D6-793. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Harry W. Sherbourne, Hearing Officer.
Reasonableness of Penalties, Financial Hardship. The appeal was denied from the amount of civil penalty proposed for a serious violation of T8 CAC (defective seat belt on heavy equipment).
Appellant, an earth-moving subcontractor, with about 40 pieces of equipment at the site, was found to be in violation of a safety order requiring seat belts on heavy equipment. An employee had been fatally injured on a 580B Case loader-hoe that had a defective seat belt.
The $750 pen
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