10,627 A. S. Hubbs

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB's decision dated October 23, 1975, Docket No. 74-R5D3-790. Ford B. Ford, Chairman; Harold Mitchell, Member. Adolf Loeb, Hearing Officer.

Exposure to Hazard, No Employees Present. This appeal was granted. Appellant's sole issue was the reasonableness of the penalty.

Appellant, operator of trucks, was cited for failure to have a backup warning device (1592). Evidence showed Appellant's sole employee present at the site was the driver of the truck. As driver, he would not be exposed to any hazard presented. The existence of the violation was established but because no employee of Appellant was present other than the driver, the propose

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