Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated September 23, 1982, Docket No. 82-R5D4-449 (Moorpark, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
This appeal was denied. The alleged general violation of 1540(b) (guarding excavations) was affirmed. The evidence established that an employee of the Employer worked in a portion of an excavation which was five feet, 10 inches deep without shoring, sloping or other means of protection. No penalty was proposed.
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