Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 25, 1976, Docket Nos. 76-R4D4-311 and 312. Marilyn L. Nelson, Administrative Law Judge.
Hoist, Construction, Mechanical Lock.
An employee who had been working either at roof level or on the third floor of a building under construction was hospitalized after a fall. During the course of the investigation, the safety engineer saw uncovered roof openings and inadequately marked opening covers. In riding an outside elevator to the top of the building, he also noticed that the hoist's rear gate (away from the building) did not have a mechanical lock. The job superintendent testified that the hoist had been ins
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