Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated November 3, 1983, Docket No. 83-R3D1-740 (Orange, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Harry Stephenson, Loss Control Consultant, Fremont Indemnity Company. For DOSH: James T. Brown, District Manager.
This appeal was denied. A repeat, serious violation of 1669(a) (safety line requirement) and $550 civil penalty were affirmed.
An employee who had been connecting beams while working on steel framing fell to the ground from a height of 18 feet three inches. He was not wearing a lifeline at the time of the fall and testified that he had been told that no lifelines were presently available, but
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