Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 21, 1982, Docket Nos. 81-R1D1-1550 and 1551 (Stockton, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Robert J. Daigle, Safety Director. For DOSH: Frank Humphreys, CSE.
A general violation of 1632(a) (guarding on floor/roof/wall openings) was affirmed but a general violation of 1621(a) (guarding elevated areas and wall openings) was vacated.
Unguarded Floor Openings in Multi-Story Construction. Employer, a construction company, was installing columns and rebar at a-multi-story office building site, one-half block in area. Division's engineer testified that: one-third of the 10th floor area was un
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