Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated June 24, 1982, Docket No. 81-R5D1-1548 (San Francisco, CA). Ronald F. Peters, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ronald R. McClain, Attorney. For DOSH: Stephen S. Handin, Staff Counsel.
This appeal was granted only to the extent that the proposed $560 penalty for the alleged serious violation of 3212 (a)(1) (guarding floor openings) was reduced to $200.
Guarding, Floor Openings, False Ceilings. The Employer was cited for failing to adequately guard floor openings. Two employees were injured on two separate occasions when they fell through an 8 1/2-foot false ceiling. The false ceiling--an opening covered
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