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Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 19, 1977, Docket No. 76-R3D4-140. Paul G. Smith, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Peter DiSandro, Jr., President. For DIS: DanielFlaman, CSE.
Penalties, Reduction for Serious Trenching Violation. Appellant was found in serious violation of 8 Cal. Adm. Code 1540(b) where an employee was in an unshored trench that was between five and six feet deep on either side of a culvert pipe. A penalty of $700 had been proposed for the violation, but the ALJ reduced it to $100. The exposure was limited in that the nine mile trench had only a few feet in depth and the employees did not spend an apprecia
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