Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 7, 1977, Docket Nos. 76-R2D3-1139 and 1237. Paul G. Smith, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Joseph Laird, Manager of Loss Control Services. For DIS: C. Duane Niesen, CSE.
Appellant, constructing a sewer treatment plant at Martis Valley, Truckee, CA, was found in serious violation of two different safety orders. An employee worked in an unguarded excavation using a soil compactor and there was heavy equipment nearby. A serious violation of 1540(b) was established and a $550 penalty affirmed. A serious violation of 1670(a) was affirmed where an employee worked 20 feet above a concrete floor on a beam withou
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