Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 6, 1980, Docket Nos. 79-R2D1-1564 and 1565 (Burlingame, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Daniel Nowak, Superintendent, Sacramento Area. For DOSH: William Rummell, Associate CSE.
Manhole Ladder, Unsecured Segmented Ladder. A repeated general violation of 1675(a) (broken or weak ladders) was established.
The ALJ held that the Employer had created a risk of serious physical harm to his employees by compelling them to use a segmented manhole ladder tied together by makeshift wire rather than by the appropriate ladder clips. The ladder was used to access a below-ground tank with an a
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