Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 1, 1979, Docket No. 79-R3D3-636. Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Oliver S. Gregor, Vice President, Warehouse and Transportation. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
Materials Handling and Storage, Tipping Hazards; Repeat/General Violation, Penalty Reduced. A repeated/general violation of 3241(k) was established. The $2,125 proposed penalty was reduced to, and affirmed at, $1,000.
"Section 3241(k) of the General Industry Safety Orders provides in pertinent part that material wherever stored shall not create a hazard. It further provides that it shall be limited in height and sha
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