Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 24, 1982, Docket Nos. 81-R1D1-1612 and 1613 (San Mateo, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Jon A. Benner, Project Manager. For DOSH: Frank E. Humphreys, CSE.
This appeal was granted in part on the basis of improper Division evidence: A repeat/general violation of 1632(a) (guarding on floor/roof/wall openings) was retyped to "general" and the $185 penalty set aside because the Division's only evidence of a prior violation was a copy of the citation which the ALJ termed "hearsay." An alleged serious violation of 1620(f) (guardrail load/strength standard) and its $125 penalty were vacated
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