Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated October 19, 1982, Docket No. 82-R2D4-238 (Stockton, CA). H. W. Sherbourne, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Dennis J. Duncan, Attorney. For DOSH: Frederick F. Fletcher, CSE.
This appeal was denied. The alleged serious violation of 4999(a) (crane load capacity) and the proposed $400 penalty were affirmed. The Employer was charged with allowing employees to use a three-ton crane to pick up weights of 15,000 to 17,500 pounds. Employees were exposed to the potentially serious hazards of hoisted trailers tipping over or the crane breaking.
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