11,412 United Structures, Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 17, 1976, Docket No. 76-R2D6-044. Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.

Safety Belts and Lifelines: Failure to Require, Exposure to Fall in Excess of 15 Feet [serious violation]; Temporary Detachment Under Supervision [not applicable here]. This appeal affirmed a serious violation of 1669(a), together with a penalty in the proposed amount of $500.

Appellant was erecting a roof structure atop 26 foot high walls. The work was complete except for the positioning of the last six purlins in the southwest corner of the building. To guide these purlins into place, two employees were aloft at the 26 fo

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