RIDGELITE PLANT
Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 1, 1977, Docket No. 76-R4D9-1175. Marilyn L. Nelson, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: V. B. Benfer, President. For DIS: Byron M.Ishkanian, Senior Engineer, Mining and Tunneling.
Penalties, First Instance Sanction. Appellant argued that a penalty should not be assessed for a first-time violation of 7016(c) (unsafe brakes on earthmoving equipment) and that he should be given an opportunity to first correct the condition.
The ALJ ruled to the contrary. "The Appeals Board has previously held that assessments of penalties for first time violations are consistent with the objectives of the C
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