Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 8, 1981, Docket No. 81-R1D1-0044 (San Francisco, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Frank E. Lawson, Jr., Vice President. For DOSH: Stanley Strizver, CSE.
Ladders, Improper Use as a Ramp---Guardrails, Not Applicable to Use on a Ladder. An alleged serious violation of 1621(a) was dismissed. Employer asserted it must have been cited for the wrong safety order.
"The Division presented evidence showing that the Employer was using a job-built wooden ladder as a ramp for employee access from Level (4) to Level (5) of the building under construction. The vertical distance from Level (
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