15,661 Pacific Gas And Electric Company

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated January 30, 1984, Docket Nos. 83-R5D3-1036 and 1037 (San Francisco, CA). Gerald Winerman, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Michael C. Jonas, Attorney at Law. For DOSH: Lyle A. Garratt, District Manager.

This appeal was granted in part. A general violation of 1540(e)(1) (spoil near trenches) was vacated. A serious violation of 1540(d) (shoring or sloping in trenches) and a penalty of $150 were affirmed.

Excavations, Trenches or Earthworks, Spoil Near Edge.

"8 Cal. Adm. Code 1540(e)(1) states that excavated material shall be prevented from falling back into the area where employees are working. This shal

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