Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 28, 1977, Docket No. 77-R5D3-570. Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Thomas D. Lake, Vice President. For DIS: MarvinG. Meyer, CSE.
Excavations and Trenches, Failure to Slope or Shore [serious violation]. A serious violation of 1541(a) was established. The $650 proposed penalty was affirmed.
"The evidence presented was sufficient to establish that an employee of Appellant entered a trench in excess of five feet in depth and about 18 inches wide at the top at several different times to obtain soil samples. The weight of the evidence presented established that there was a substantial
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