Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 24, 1981, Docket Nos. 80-R4D1-1635 thru 1639 (Agoura, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Gary Baker. For DOSH: Frank L. Gress, Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1540(b) was established where an employee of the Appellant worked at the bottom of an unshored vertical cut in a hillside 17 1/2 feet deep; the proposed penalty of $150 was affirmed. An alleged serious violation of 1598(d) was dismissed where Appellant's employee was observed in a roadway without flagging garments but the evidence showed he was not performing or required to perform any work in the roadway.
An alleged s
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