Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 2, 1983, Docket No. 83-R4D3-705 (Santa Fe Springs, CA). Douglas M. Phillips, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Don Barber, Manager of Pipeline Construction. For DOSH: Thomas S. Butler Jr., District Manager.
This appeal was denied. However, a general, rather than serious, violation of 1540(e) (excavation material) was established.
Spoil, Distance from Edge of Excavation. An employee was observed in an excavation attempting to locate the end of a gas line. The Division's safety engineer testified that the excavation was approximately four feet deep and that next to one side of the excavation was a
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