Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 23, 1981, Docket No. 81-R1D4-0541 (Berkeley, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Charles Egan, Construction Superintendent. For DOSH: R. D. Moquette, CSE.
This appeal was granted to the extent that a willful/serious violation of 1540(b) (shoring or sloping of excavations) was modified to serious, and a penalty of $5,000 was reduced to $500.
Shoring or Sloping, Division Agreement to Accept Letter from Registered Engineer Establishing Stable Ground.
"8 Cal. Adm. Code 1540(b) requires the walls and faces of all excavations five feet or more in depth to be effectively guarded by a s
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