Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 20, 1979, Docket Nos. 79-R4D3-837 thru 843 (Long Beach, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Charles F. Powell, vice president. For DOSH: Allen Coie, Staff Counsel.
A serious violation of 3270(a) was established. A $135 penalty was affirmed. An alleged general violation of 2340.26 was dismissed.
Access, Steel Plates.
Steel plates were stacked horizontally and vertically.
"The weight of the evidence clearly indicated that employees climbed a ladder to the top edges of steel plates that were only secured at their bottom edge. The employees were required to traverse the tops
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