Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated May 6, 1977, Docket No. 76-R6D6-412. Harold Mitchell, Chairman; Ford B. Ford and Mark K. Bowers, Members.
Citation, Specificity Required, Specific Standard Must Prevail---Excavations and Trenches, Defined. The decision of December 20, 1976 (Digest 11,499) was reversed.
"The evidence presented at the hearing established that the excavation which was the subject of the Division's inspection was 8 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches in depth. The definition section of the Construction Safety Orders (8 Cal. Adm. Code 1504) under `Excavation, Trenches, Earthwork' (Subsection (0)) defines a trench as foll
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