Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 8, 1978, Docket No. 78-R4D6-044. Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For App: James R. Sannita, Safety Management Consultant. For DIS: Samuel Fryefield, CSE.
Roof Operations, Protection Required [serious violation]---Abatement, Reasonableness of Requirements, Loss of Economic Advantage. A serious violation of 1730(b) was established where employees of Appellant were nailing shingles on a roof, which sloped five feet vertical and 12 feet horizontal, whose eaves were 17 feet above ground, without the protection of a parapet, a catch platform, a scaffold or anchored safety belt. The proposed penalty of $185
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