Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 20, 1977, Docket No. 76-R3D4-410. H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: John M. Jackson, Jr. For DIS: Arthur Olmheim, CSE.
Safety Orders, Not Available or Not Yet Operative. Appellant was found in nonserious violation of 1620(h) where it used No. 4 and No. 5 steel reinforcing bar for scaffold railings rather than material with the equivalent bending stress of 2 x 2 1/4 inch angle iron, which would be No. 11 rebar. Appellant had made efforts at compliance, and on a previous occasion had been inspected and the defect had gone unnoticed. Appellant had argued a violation of due process in that at
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