11,733 R.J. & S.W. Shacklett General

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, INC.

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated March 22, 1977, Docket No. 76-R5D2-1238. Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.

For App: Curtis W. Morris, Attorney. For DIS: Allan Coie,Legal Counsel.

Excavations and Trenches, Guarding, Acceptable Means. The Judge vacated an alleged serious/repeat violation.

"The weight of the evidence established that the Appellant excavated a trench in hard, compact ground 7 feet wide 19 feet long by 13 feet deep.

"8 Cal. Adm. Code 1541(e)(5) specifies the shoring members that shall be used. It provides that in hard, compact ground with a depth of over ten feet, three by eight upright

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