14,192 The Pacific Lumber Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 19, 1980, Docket No. 80-R2D2-477 (Scotia, CA). H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Martin B. Marks, Director of Accident Prevention. For DOSH: David Gauthier, CSE.

Logging, Working on Logs That May Roll. A general violation of 6281(a) was established. No penalty was proposed.

"Section 6281(a) states, `all logs which may roll shall be propped, blocked, or bucked from the uphill side.' The substantial evidence showed the log was not propped or blocked or bucked from the uphill side. The evidence further showed the log in question was in a position where it could `roll.' To determine

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