Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 6, 1980, Docket No. 79-R1D2-1546 (Scotts Valley, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Gail Davis, General Superintendent. For DOSH: Mako Imamura, CSE.
Construction Site, Failure to Install Guardrails on Stairways Used by Employees. A repeat/general violation of 1626(e) was established for Employer's failure to equip stairway or landing used by employees with rails or other means to prevent a worker from falling from the open sides.
The ALJ rejected Employer's contention that the responsibility for installing rails was that of the Employer who held the iron work subcontract.
He held th
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