Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated September 24, 1979, Docket No. 79-R4D5-677 (Canoga Park, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: William A. Victor, Assistant General Counsel. For DOSH: Pamela White McCullum, Staff Counsel.
Serious Violation, Employer Knowledge of, Inferred From Observation of Condition by Safety Engineer. A serious violation was established. The $160 proposed penalty was affirmed.
"The evidence is uncontradicted that an employee of the Employer was engaged in work activities from a platform elevated above a concrete floor attached to an order picker, and that the employee was not using a safety belt at
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