dba VEGA SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated June 30, 1982, Docket No. 82-R5D1-261 (Rosemead, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Alexander Vega, Owner. For DOSH: Dwight Goossen, Associate CSE.
This appeal was denied. The alleged general violation of 1541(a) (guarding trenches) was affirmed. No penalty was proposed.
A safety engineer observed an employee of the Employer in a trench eight feet deep that had no shoring. The Employer presented no evidence of independent employee action; the violation was established.
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