Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated January 28, 1983, Docket No. 82-R2D3-1160 (Paynes Creek, CA). H. W. Sherbourne. Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ted Cobb, Staff Counsel. For DOSH: Ralph W. Carr, CSE.
This appeal was granted. The alleged general violation of 6251(b) (requirements for logging and sawmill operations) was vacated. No penalty was proposed.
Violation, Logging Safety Order Not Applicable. The Employer was supervising inmates from a state penal institution in a roadside cleanup operation. The Division's safety engineer observed a chain saw on the ground and trees that had been cut. The Employer was charged, under a code secti
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