Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 22, 1980, Docket No. 80-R1D1-285 (South San Francisco, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: James W. Lowrie, Vice President. For DOSH: Armstrong Lum, Safety Technician.
A serious violation of 1599(a)(1) and its $300 civil penalty were set aside.
Traffic Control, Flagman, Establishing Need For.
At an excavation site at the corner of two streets, Employer's employee moved four or five inches, for approximately 10 minutes, out of the area protected against traffic by cones and barricades.
"Section 1599(a)(1) states that flagmen shall be required at all locations on a construction si
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