Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 21, 1978, Docket Nos. 78-R3D5-191 and 192. Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Les Brown, Administrator. For DIS: Glenn W.Yeoman, CSE.
Shoring or Sloping [serious violation]. A serious violation of 1541(a) on trenching was established. The $325 proposed penalty was affirmed. A general violation of 1541(b)(2) was established for failure to provide an exit from a trench. No penalty was proposed for the latter violation.
"The weight of the evidence clearly indicates that the foreman/job superintendent of Appellant, placed in charge of the job site, allowed employees to enter a trench seven
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