Digest of COSHAB's decision dated September 4, 1975, Docket No. 75-R2D2-007. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Monroe Browne and Harold Mitchell, Members. August F. Cetti, Hearing Officer.
Exposure to Hazard, Owner-Employer Doing Work---Shoring of Excavations, Alternate Means of Protection [1540[b]]. The appeal was granted.
The compliance safety engineer inspected Appellant's job site pursuant to an anonymous complaint. He found a trench 15 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 15 feet deep dug by a backhoe. It had vertical sides and was unshored. On a later inspection he noted the insertion of plywood forms for the pouring of cement. The Division engineer on three d
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