Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated August 22, 1983, Docket No. 83-R5D1-507 (Encino, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Joseph Zgrabllich, Owner. For DOSH: Edward R. Grimes, District Supervisor.
This appeal was granted to the extent of reducing the proposed penalty from $310 to $200 and was otherwise denied. The alleged serious violation of 1541(c)(1) (trenches) was affirmed.
Trenches, Shoring, Safety Order Including Tables as Prescribing, Serious Violation Found. Employees were working in and around a trench 16 feet long and 10 to 11 feet deep, in silt and loam. One employee was seen in a five-foot, unshored section o
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