Digest of COSHAB's decision dated August 7, 1975, Docket No. 75-R2D3-158. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Gerald Shearin, Members.
Penalties, Evaluation of Risk. The appeal was granted to the extent that the penalties proposed for two citations, one alleging a nonserious violation and the other a serious violation, were reduced from $700 to $200.
Appellant was alleged to be in violation of 1540(i) a safety order requiring safe and convenient access into a trench by ladder or ramp. No such ladder existed in Appellant's trench and the Board rejected Appellant's contention that the earth ramp created by backfilling constituted a ramp under t
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