Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated January 6, 1977, Docket No. 76-R6D5-844. Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Dennis M. Shanks, Superintendent. For DIS: LindsayC. Ives, CSE.
Appeals Board, Authority of, Federal Court Decisions Not Necessarily Binding. The Judge affirmed a nonserious violation of 1652(e) and a penalty of $110.
"Dennis Shanks testified for the Appellant... Mr. Shanks generally alluded to a Fifth Federal Circuit case which purportedly held that an employer cannot be held responsible for employees if the employer has done everything that it could do to provide safety. * * *
"...Federal decisions are not necessa
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