Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated August 14, 1979, Docket No. 78-R4D3-802 (Long Beach, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Joan E. Spurney, Rustin & Nance. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Staff Counsel.
Cranes, Signal Systems. An alleged serious violation of 1587.12(e) was set aside.
"8 Cal. Adm. Code 1587.12(e) requires that in the event of any known malfunction of a signal system, other than manual, an alternate signal system shall be used or all motion shall be stopped. The Division's only evidence of potential malfunction was an inference that because someone observed the foreman talking into the telephone just after the
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