Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated May 11, 1984, Docket No. 83-R1D4-1199 (Burlingame, CA). August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Gary J. Williams, Safety Coordinator. For DOSH: George B. Edgar Jr., Associate CSE.
A serious violation of 1620(a) (design of temporary railing) was affirmed, with a penalty of $210.
Window Openings, Barriers, Size Required. An employee was working in a large ninth-floor window opening in an office building under construction. The only protection against falling was a one-by-four-inch barrier across the opening approximately waist-high. Had he fallen out, the fall would have exceeded 100 feet. The D
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