Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's Decision dated July 16, 1984, Docket No. 84-R3D1-185 (Corona, CA). Jonah Lebell, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: Ronald D. Korody, Vice President. For DOSH: James T. Brown, District Manager.
A willful/serious violation of 1540(d) was affirmed, but the penalty was reduced.
Excavation Shoring, Sloping or Benching, Willful/Serious Violation--Penalty, Mitigating Factors. Two employees were observed and photographed in an excavation being dug with a backhoe. It was more than five feet deep. "The walls of the excavation were near vertical with no perceptible slope. There was no shoring installed." The Division's engineer "
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