Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated June 24, 1980, Docket No. 80-R3D3-466 (Paramount, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert Peterson, Attorney. For DOSH: Lawrence Baca, CSE.
Trenches, Defined. An alleged serious violation of 1541 (a) was dismissed.
"Section 1541(a) of the Construction Safety Orders requires trenches five feet or more in depth to be effectively guarded as provided in the subsequent subsections of the order. These subsections describe the details of the shoring systems to be used. Under the Construction Safety Orders trenches are defined as excavations in which the depth exceeds the average width of its
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