Digest of COSHAB's decision dated July 18, 1975, Docket No. 74-R3D4-658. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members. Douglas M. Phillips, Hearing Officer.
Duty to Supervise Employees. The appeal was denied and a citation alleging a serious violation of 6282(a) was affirmed with the proposed civil penalty of $600.
Appellant, operating a small timber falling firm, was under contract to the U.S. Forestry Service to clear a burned area of Stanislaus National Forest. For this purpose he hired three new employees. One of the employees was an experienced logger and placed in charge of the operation. Due to the negligence of one or mo
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