Digest of COSHAB's Decision After Reconsideration dated August 26, 1980, Docket No. 78-R2D1-1049. Mark K. Bowers and Charles Manfred, Members.
Guardrails or Railings, Above 7 1/2 Feet, Absent, Window Opening---Penalties and Penalty Amounts, Evidence to Support. The decision of the ALJ in this matter (Digest 13,062) was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The board affirmed a repeat/general violation of 1621(a) but reduced the civil penalty from $650 to $200.
"Employer was engaged in constructing the exterior walls of a two-story concrete block structure. Masons were observed laying bricks from a metal tubular frame scaffold which rested on the i
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