Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated March 14, 1984, Docket Nos. 83-R1D4-1030 and 1031 (San Jose, CA). Robert A. Heron, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Walter B. Willard of Alexander & Alexander of California, Inc. For DOSH: James Kinney, Associate CSE.
A regulatory violation of 342(a) (reporting accident or illness) was affirmed, without penalty. An alleged violation of 1632(a) (floor, roof, and wall openings to be guarded), with proposed $50 penalty, was vacated.
Reporting, Serious Injury, Absolute Requirement. An employee fell from a roof at Employer's construction site and spent two and one-half weeks unconscious in an intensive care u
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