Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 20, 1979, Docket Nos. 79-R1D2-1046 thru 1048 (Salinas, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: John A. Barrientos, Safety Director. For DOSH: Ludovico R. Redula, CSE.
Evidence, Witness Impeachment. One general violation was established. No penalty was proposed. An alleged serious violation of 3664(a)(9) was dismissed. One alleged repeat/general violation was also dismissed.
"The citation charged that a forklift was driven by an employee at an excessive rate of speed endangering other employees. The Division sought to prove the violation with testimony of the injured employee, a forkli
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