Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated March 22, 1982, Docket No. 81-R4D2-1519 (Compton, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: J. E. Vance, Safety Manager. For DOSH: Francis E. Bechely.
This appeal was granted. The alleged general violation of 1582.4(c) (approved boom angle indicators on cranes exceeding 50 tons) was vacated.
Cranes, Hydraulic Moving, Boom Angle or Radius Indicators---Violation, Specific v. General Safety Orders. Employer was cited for not having an electronic angle indicator on a 50-ton hydraulic crane. The crane was, however, equipped with a variable radius boom and contained a load chart. Sections 1585.7
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