Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated May 22, 1980, Docket No. 79-R3D4-1582 (Ventura, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Bob Blois, President. For DOSH: Clarence W. Kuhns, CSE.
Excavations, Compound Slope, Penalty Reduced. An alleged serious violation of 1540(d) was affirmed and the proposed civil penalty of $405 was reduced to $100.
Employer was engaged in the process of installing a sewer line at a housing tract when it was cited for exposing employees to the hazards of an excavation whose walls were sloped in a manner inconsistent with the required 3/4 horizontal to one vertical as mandated by 1540(d).
Wrote the AL
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