Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 23, 1976, Docket No. 75-R5D1-990. Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
Employer, Responsibility for Unsafe Conditions Cannot be Transferred. This appeal was denied. Established were nonserious violations of 1599 and 1592(a).
"The uncontroverted evidence established that appellant failed to place a sign reading `Flagman Ahead' during road construction ahead of its flagman. Appellant's contention that the general contractor had responsibility for road preparation does not relieve it from the responsibility for assuring that its employees are protected from injury to the extent required by the safety orders
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