Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated December 21, 1977, Docket No. 77-R1D2-722. Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Romeo A. Gasseschi, President. For DIS: Ralph D. Allen, CSE.
Shoring or Sloping, Absent. A serious violation of 1541(a) was established. The proposed penalty of $650 was affirmed.
"Section 1541(a) of the Construction Orders provide(s) that trenches 5 feet or more in depth shall be effectively guarded. The evidence here presented established that Appellant had its employee working in a 12-foot deep trench after a cave-in of the soil without shoring, sloping of ground or otherwise effective guarding against the hazard of
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