Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 6, 1981, Docket No. 80-R3D2-982 (San Ysidro, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Malcolm Ryals, Owner. For DOSH: Charles A. Fox, Associate CSE.
This appeal was denied. Employer, in the auto auction business, was held in violation of 2946(b)(2) (work near high-voltage lines) with a penalty of $75. Evidence from the inspection, prompted by an injury accident, established that three employees of the Employer were taking down a metal flagpole at the site in order to paint it. The pole, bolted between two wood posts in the ground, struck a 12,000-volt power line when the top bolt was r
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