Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 20, 1983, Docket No. 83-R1D1-055 (San Leandro, CA). Adolf Loeb, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Terry Moreland, Vice President-Operations. For DOSH: David D. Strickler, CSE.
This appeal was affirmed. The alleged general violation of 1712(a) (guarding rebar where employees are exposed) was vacated. No penalty was proposed.
Guarding Reinforced Steel, When Work Takes Place Above It.
"The safety order is clear - rebar must be guarded if employees are working above it. A worker on the same level as the protruding steel is not working above it although his height may be greater than that of the rebar t
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