Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 2, 1978, Docket No. 78-R3D4-104. Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: Barbara J. Weir, Assistant Vice President. For DIS: Clarence W. Kuhns, CSE.
Scaffolding, Guarding Absent---Violations, Serious vs Nonserious, Employer Knowledge of Conditions. An alleged serious violation of 1644(a)(6) was established as general only. The proposed $250 penalty was reduced to and affirmed at $50.
"The evidence presented is sufficient to establish that one of Appellant's employees was working on the platform of a scaffold 11 feet 4 inches above the ground and that this platform had no guardrails on the o
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