Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 19, 1982, Docket No. 80-R4D1-599 (La Palma, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Richard Salcedo, Owner. For DOSH: Allan L. Coie, Chief Counsel.
This appeal was granted to the extent that the alleged willful violation of 1670(a) (safety belts and lifelines) was reclassified to a general violation and affirmed. The proposed $4,500 penalty was reduced to $225.
Safety Belts and Lifelines, Exposure to 15-Foot Falls---Violation, Not Willful. Two carpenters were on a forklift removing bundles of 2 x 4s that were coming apart. The forklift which was one foot above the third-story roo
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